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Gates new Poly Chain® GT® Carbon™ belt features carbon fiber tensile cords that provide high strength and length stability, while reducing stretch on drive systems used in high-torque applications.
The carbon cord construction also provides more flexibility than aramid fiber reinforcement, allowing the use of backside idlers. The Poly Chain GT Carbon belt is designed with a 15 percent increase in horsepower ratings over the Gates Poly Chain GT®2 belt it’s replacing. Plus, the Poly Chain GT Carbon belt lasts three times longer than roller chain.
Use drive systems for optimum performance
When paired with Gates Poly Chain GT2 sprockets, Gates Poly Chain GT Carbon belt drive system is an ideal width-for-width replacement for roller chain drives. Not only do synchronous belts and sprockets experi¬ence dramatically less wear than roller chain, but Gates sprockets can outlast roller chain sprockets 10-to-1.
The world’s most powerful synchronous belt drive system.
In a class of its own! That’s the only way to describe a Poly Chain GT Carbon Belt drive system. In the lab or in the field, Gates has proven that the power density of a Poly Chain GT Carbon drive matches that of conventional roller chain drives and many gear drive systems as well.
FACT: The result is a belt drive system with horsepower capacities that surpass those of standard roller chain drives in equivalent widths, especially in pitch sizes #35 to #140. All this with a belt tough enough to take all the stop, start, shock loading, back bending backlash you can dish out.
Why carbon?
Gates Poly Chain GT Carbon belt is designed with the same tough, polyurethane body and efficient modified curvilinear tooth profile as its predecessor, the Poly Chain GT2 belt. But now it’s even better.
Gates is the first company in the world to com¬mercialize a carbon cord belt. You won’t see it, but the black-coloured carbon fiber reinforcement provides high strength and length stability, while reducing stretch and increasing flexibility.
The facing is a nylon fabric that acts as a wear-resistant surface, protecting the teeth. It also helps keep frictional loss to a minimum. The blue colour of the belt helps distinguish it from the Poly Chain GT2 belt.
Carbon cord belt attributes
• Key Attributes:
– Higher modulus: pitch fit stays constant at various loads.
– Dimensional stability: Under strain ~ negligible elongation
– Environmental resistance: Not subject to decay from harsh environment (water, oil, most contaminants)
– Flex fatigue: Better flex fatigue resistance than steel, glass and Aramid fibers
– Fit: designed for maximum performance with genuine Gates Poly Chain GT2 sprockets
For overall cost reduction, choose belts over roller chain
A synchronous belt drive system has many cost-saving advantages for plant maintenance managers and design engineers. In the MRO market, synchronous belt drives can greatly reduce day-to-day operational costs. They can also increase production output compared to the downtime and lost productivity resulting from all-too-frequent maintenance and replacement of roller chain and V-belt drives. Drive system design engineers who utilize Gates Poly Chain GT Carbon synchronous belt drive systems will have a competitive edge in the marketplace. They’ll be able to provide end-user customers with better-per-forming, longer-lasting, cleaner, quieter and maintenance-free products that operate at a significantly lower overall cost.
If you thought roller chain was your only drive option, think again. Now there’s the Gates Poly Chain GT Carbon belt, part of a powerful genuine Gates synchronous belt drive system that outperforms roller chain in even the most demanding high- torque applications.
Why choose Poly-Chain over roller chain?
The body and teeth of Poly Chain Carbon belts are made of a durable polyurethane compound specially blended for uncompromising adhesion to the tensile cords, and the teeth are reinforced with a heavy wear-resistant nylon fabric known as carbon blue. This allows for exceptional tooth shear strength and excellent flex life. The Poly-Chain Carbon belt has better flex fatigue resistance than steel, glass and Aramid fibers.
The Poly Chain GT Carbon belt's strength lies in its carbon fibre tensile cord member that runs through the middle of it. It performs flawlessly under the harshest operating conditions; The Poly Chain GT Carbon belt is not subject to decay from harsh environment (water, oil, most contaminants).
The cords provide high impact strength to handle shock and surge loading. It’s the strongest, toughest belt the market has ever experienced! And with no metal-to metal contact between belt and sprockets, sprocket life increases over roller chain sprockets by an even higher ratio 10-to-1 or more.
*A risk free conversion that will pay for itself in less than a year
This statement is based on an average. Some pay back a lot quicker.
Visit www.gates.com/nothingtougher to use our savings calculator and find out how much you can save by switching
Don’t Settle for old technology. For more information about the many performance advantages of Poly Chain® GT® Carbon™ belt drive systems, contact your local Gates representative. Gates offers the largest, most experienced power transmission distribution worldwide.Find out more: www.gates.com/nothingtougher.
