Guide flanges are needed in order to keep the belt on the sprocket. Due to tracking characteristics, even on the best aligned drives, belts will ride off the edge of the sprockets. Flanges will prevent this belt ride-off. On all drives using stock or made-to-order sprockets, the following conditions should be considered when selecting flanged sprockets:
1. On all two-sprocket drives, the minimum flanging requirements are two flanges on one sprocket or one flange on each sprocket on opposite sides.
2. On drives where the center distance is more than eight times the diameter of the small sprocket, both sprockets should be flanged on both sides.
3. On vertical shaft drives, one sprocket should be flanged on both sides, and all the other sprockets in the system should be flanged on the bottom side only.
4. On drives with more than two sprockets, the minimum flanging requirements are two flanges on every other sprocket or one flange on every sprocket —on alternating sides around the system.
On made-to-order sprockets, flanges must be securely fastened, such as using mechanical fasteners, welding, shrink-fit or other equivalent methods.
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