Provided by:Gates Australia Pty Ltd
19/08/2008 - If you are faced with the following challenges - small diameter sprockets, inadequate tension and lack of ongoing maintenance. Your Solution, Poly Chain GT Carbon Drive System, tolerant to tight bends and under-tensioning in harsh applications.
Scenario 1: A Go-Kart amusement park was using a V-belt drive powered by a 5 HP motor to propel these fast little cars around the track.
Problems -The V-belt slipped badly due to stretching and the belt lasted only about two weeks on the average.
Gates PolyChain Carbon System Replacement
DriveR – 8M-30S-12
DriveN – 8M-80S-21
Belt – 8M-896-21 Gates PolyChain
The Result - Gates Poly Chain GT belts were installed approximately one year ago and they've reported no downtime to date. the new drive has not slipped in all that time so the Go-Karts still are running at full throttle.
Scenario 2: A Go-Kart track operator using 8MGT 25:67 drive with 1.5 in OD back side idler eliminated premature failures with Poly Chain® GT® Carbon™:
The impressed operator asked Gates for a higher ratio drive, so a special 14 groove driver was substituted, with 200 hr lifetime goal.
The Result - Poly Chain® GT® Carbon™ delivers! In fact, the belt ran 1107 hrs before failure, including several days with the frozen idler, which eventually melted as the belt continued to perform. Nothing Tougher!
