one-half degree (0.5° or one-eighth inch in one foot) will adversely affect V-Belt life.

Improper sheave
alignment produces uneven wear of one side of the V-Belt, causing the V-Belt to roll over in the sheave
groove and throws all the load on one side of the V-Belt, stretching or breaking the cords on the side.

6.2.2 Installation and Take-up Allowances

After calculating a center distance from a standard pitch length, make provisions for adjusting the
center distance as in Figure No. 12 (with installation allowance). This will allow for installation of the V-Belts
without injury, for V-Belt tensioning and for maintenance of proper tension throughout the life of the
V-Belts. Refer to Table No. 5 and Table No. 6 for values.

調 整 距 Allowance
Take-Up 離
中 心 距
Center Distance

安 裝 間 隙 Allowance
Installation

Figure No. 12 - V-Belt Installation and Take-Up Allowances

Placing V-Belts on Sheaves---Shorten the center distance of the drives until the V-Belts can be put on
the sheaves without forcing. Forcing the V-Belts can cause internal injury to the V-Belts.

V-Belt Selection---For maximum service, replace V-Belt drives with a complete new matched set of
V-Belts.

NEVER employ a used V-Belt as a replacement for a V-Belt in a set. Used V-Belts, normally, are worn
in cross-section and are stretched. A new V-Belt so applied with used V-Belts will ride higher in the groove,
travel faster and operate at a much higher tension than the used V-Belts, and the cord center may be
ruptured allowing the new V-Belt to elongate. Shortly after this occurs, the new V-Belt will cease to accept
its full share of the load, leaving part of its load to the old V-Belts to accept. Thus, the new V-Belt is ruined.
V-Belts from different manufactures should not be mixed, for the same reasons.

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