Polyurethane transmission belt market prospects
The transmission belt is the power generated by the rotation of the motor or engine of the prime mover, which is transmitted to the mechanical equipment by the belt through the pulley, so it is also called the power belt. It is the core connecting component of electromechanical equipment, with an unusually wide variety and a wide range of uses. Transmission belts are inseparable from giant motors of several kilowatts, to micro motors of less than one kilowatt, and even precision machinery such as household appliances, computers, and robots. Its biggest feature is that it can be freely shifted, far and near transmission, simple structure, and easy to replace. Therefore, from primitive machinery to modern automatic equipment, there are transmission belts. The products have undergone many changes and the technology has become more mature. In recent years, with the rise of high-tech industries, transmission belts made of new materials have gradually replaced traditional products, and polyurethane transmission belts are particularly prominent.
At present, Germany's Jin Kelin, Switzerland's Habakki, Radar, and Japan's Nitta are all well-known large companies in this field, and they all take polyurethane-based high-end and special micro-belts as their full-strength development leaders. product. Gates Mectrol of the United States, which is mainly engaged in the development of polyurethane products for linear positioning, transmission control and conveying markets, has also introduced polyurethane conveyor belts for the food industry. This new product is a 3mm pitch transfer belt, which has a small pitch and is soft, making it easy to transfer from one conveyor to another.
Polyurethane conveyor belts are more flexible than plastic chain-link conveyor belts, and conveyor belts in the food industry must be cleaned frequently. Therefore, plastic chain belts require a lot of cleaning work, and this polyurethane conveyor belt is easy to clean. In addition, the plastic chain belt is easy to retain bacteria, and it also takes time to remove. Gates Mectrol's new polyurethane timing belt will not retain many bacteria and clean up quickly.
The latest product in the transmission belt is the toothed belt, also known as the synchronous belt. It integrates the advantages of gears, chains, and belt transmissions, and has the characteristics of high transmission efficiency, accurate transmission ratio, low noise, energy saving, and convenient maintenance. Although its transmission principle had several patents as early as 1900, it was not industrialized until half a century later, and finally became the leading transmission product of precision machinery in the 1980s. In particular, high-precision micro-belts made of saturated butadiene rubber and polyurethane elastomers have entered the high-tech field.
