How to Inspect Your Drive Belt

Belt drive gliding? Electricity bill that you are paying for is not producing any product for you or in motion the real amount of air? Do you have Belt drives which seem to “eat belts” producing unnecessary stoppage and production deficits?

Appropriate drive belt care is important to maintain equipment moving maximum to its capacity and to maintain various drive components from wear in advance. At the time of the slippage Sheaves and belts wear works rapidly than they should. Bad drive maintenance is not a personnel issue-but drives are not easily retrieved or available for routine maintenance. Generally, it is noticed when a machine makes unusual noises or smells coming from the area of the drive or in the terrible case, the machine stops functioning. Belt drives can be examined while functioning by looking and listening.

Approved procedures regarding machine shut down, and lock out should be followed and it should be started with safety to perform an inspection in your plant.

Ventilation is crucial because the core increase of 10 degrees C in the v-belts can reduce the belt life in half. So inspect the drive for damage or rise of dust or other external material on the extended metal to confirm suitable ventilation.

Further-examine the belt or belts on the drive. Check cracks and finishing on v-belt sidewalls. Some wear that are in operation for some times are normal for v belt drive, but if the sidewalls are shining and worn down or there are huge cracks that get roughly through the belt, it is time to change them. Look for poorly worn, damaged or missing teeth.

Follow the recommended settings-if the belts seem to be in good condition or fixing new belts. You can follow machine manuals if you have it in your maintenance database or if not then tensioning belts are available online by most manufacturers. Your belt supplier is also providing a simple tension gauges that can make your job simple and accurate. V-belt drives can works as high as 98% if it installed and maintained properly and number falls drastically if tension isn’t modified correctly.

Conclusion:-

There are many companies available in the market providing drive belt. But the company can attract its customers by maintaining its quality of the product only. If you are looking for good quality of belts you should buy it from an authentic vendor.