ACCU-LINK ®

Technical calculation
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TECHNICAL CALCULATION
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SYMBOL UNIT DEFINITION SYMBOL

Cg correction factor n2 (RPM) speed of bigger pulley (slower)
n1 (RPM) speed of smaller pulley (faster) P (kW) power to be transmitted
d (mm) pitch diameter of smaller pulley Pc (kW) corrected power
D (mm) pitch diameter of bigger pulley Pb (kW) basic performance of a single belt
I (mm) center distance Pa (kW) actual belt power
i transmission ratio Q number of belts
Ts (N) static belt tension v (m/s) peripheral belt speed
g (°) arc of contact Fs service factor

CHOICE OF BELT SECTION

To choose between the sections, to find out the corrected power (Pc ) it is first necessary to calculate: Pc= P × Fs

Table 1: belt section selection

10000
Rotational speed (1/min.)

1000

Z/3L
A/4L
B/5L
C

100

10
0,1 1 10 100

Power (kW) (Pc )

DETERMINATION OF ACTUAL POWER RATING

The actual power rating Pa is given by the drive working conditions: Pa = Pb × C g
where Pb is the power base of the belt and C g is the arc of contact correction factor as per following table.

Table 2: arc of contact correction factor Cg

The arc of contact is calculated as follows: g = 180 - (57 x [(D-d):l])
Arc of
180° 175° 170° 165° 160° 155° 150° 145° 140° 135° 130° 125° 120° 115° 110° 105° 100°
contact g
Cg 1,00 0,99 0,98 0,96 0,95 0,93 0,92 0,90 0,89 0,87 0,86 0,84 0,82 0,80 0,78 0,76 0,74

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Table 3: service factor Fs

DRIVES
(1)
(2)
AC electric motors: high slip, squirrel cage,
AC electric motors: high torque, high slip, single phase, wound rotor, commutator
synchronous
DC electric motors> series and compound excitation
DC electric motors: parallel excitation
Single-cylinder internal combustion engines with direct coupling or with
Multi-cylinder internal combustion engines
countershaft
Gas or steam turbines
Steam engines

Daily operating hours

Applications
0-8 (1) 8-16 (1) 16-24 (1) 0-8 (2) 8-16 (2) 16-24 (2)
Light use
Classical industrial drives up to 5 kW
1,0 1,1 1,2 1,1 1,2 1,3
Fans, pumps, compressors
Light conveyors
Normal use
Drives up to 15 kW
Fans, pumps, compressors, line shafts, machine 1,1 1,2 1,3 1,2 1,3 1,4
tools, punches, generators
Heavy conveyors
Heavy use
Textile machines
saw mills, woodworking machines, 1,2 1,3 1,4 1,4 1,5 1,6
brick machines, piston compressors,
paper mills, positive blowers

DETERMINATION OF NUMBER OF BELTS

The number of belts comes from the following formula:

Q = Pc : Pa

The final number of belts is given by rounding up Q to the next higher integer number.

TRASMITTABLE POWER
Table 4 - Z/3L profile
1,10

1,00

0,90

0,80

0,70

0,60
Power (kW)

2'' pulley
0,50 3'' pulley
4" pulley

0,40

0,30

0,20

0,10

0,00
500 1500 2500 3500 4500 5500
Belt speed (RPM)

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Table 5 - A/4L profile

4,50

4,00

3,50

3,00

2,50
HPower (kW)

2.6'' pulley

2,00 3.6'' pulley

4,6" pulley

1,50

1,00

0,50

0,00
600 1100 1600 2100 2600 3100 3600 4100
Belt speed (RPM)

Table 6 - B/5L profile

9,00

8,00

7,00

6,00

5,00
Power (kW)

4.4'' pulley

4,00 5.2" pulley

6.8" pulley

3,00

2,00

1,00

0,00
500 1000 1500 2000 2500 3000 3500
Belt speed (RPM)

Table 7 - C profile
16,00

14,00

12,00

10,00
Power (kW)

8,00 7'' pulley

8'' pulley
10" pulley
6,00

4,00

2,00

0,00
300 500 700 900 1100 1300 1500 1700 1900 2100 2300
Belt speed (RPM)

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CALCULATION EXAMPLE

MACHINE DATA
P = 12 kW
Speed: 1100 rpm
Drive sheave: 8”
Driven sheave: 12”
Center distance: 38”

Application: compressor
Type of engine: 1
Working hours: 8-16 per day
Fs will be 1,2

CHOICE OF BELT SECTION

The corrected power Pc is
Pc= P × Fs= 12 × 1,2 = 14,4 kW
Because of the high power, we can go for a C section, expecting more than one belt to be used.

DETERMINATION OF ACTUAL POWER RATING

Arc of contact g
g = 180 - (57 x [(D-d):l]) = 180 - (57 × [(12-8):38]) = 174°
This means that Cg is 0.98.
The belt power rating Pa is
Pa= Pb× Cg = 8 × 0,98 = 7,84 kW

where Pb comes from table 7.

DETERMINATION OF NUMBER OF BELTS

The final number of belts is:
Q = Pc: Pa = 14,4 : 7,84 = 1,84
This means that the actual number of needed belts is 2.

RANGE
ACCU-LINK® belts are available in Z/3L, A/4L, B/5L and C sections. ACCU-LINK® can work on standard pulleys for V-belts.
Megadyne can supply open end ACCU-LINK® in carton boxes or endless belts in light carton sleeves.

Z/3L A/4L B/5L C

Belt weight g/m (+/-1,5) 43,0 76,5 117,5 178,5
Min pulley diameter (mm) 45 80 140 225
Service temperature range -25 °C / +80 °C (-13 °F / 176 °F)
Standard roll lengths (ft) 25-100 25-100 25-100 25-50
Standard sleeve lengths (ft) 5 5-6 6 5

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