PowerGrip GT3 Drive Design Manual

Gates is constantly looking to add innovative products to provide our distributors and our customers with the best quality and selection available. As part of that effort, single sided PowerGrip GT2 belts have been upgraded to PowerGrip GT3 constructions. An upgraded product line requires an upgraded drive design manual so for technical information on the new PowerGrip GT3 belts please download the drive design manual using the link below.

PowerGrip GT3 Design Manual

PowerGrip 5mm GT2 Aluminum Sprockets

Gates is now offering a selection of aluminum sprockets for 5mm pitch PowerGrip GT2 and GT3 belting.  These sprockets will be offered in both 9mm and 15mm widths.  They are not offered in 25mm widths.  While the parts are not yet listed in our Industrial Power Transmission catalog, they are listed in our new PowerGrip GT3 Drive Design Manual which you can find here: http://www.gates.com/products/industrial/industrial-belts/product-application-engineering

It is very important to note that these sprockets have LIMITED wear resistance with our 5mm PowerGrip GT belts, and INSUFFICIENT wear resistance and load capacity for our 5mm Poly Chain belts.  These sprockets are also available in sizes down to 12 teeth.  Our MINIMUM sprocket tooth count recommendation for 5mm PowerGrip GT2/GT3 belting is 18 teeth.  Going below this will significantly impact belt life.  For these reasons, these sprockets are best used for prototyping purposes.

Have You Seen The New gates.com Website?

Visit http://www.gates.com/ to see the new Gates website.  This means a new and fresh look along with new functionality.  As with any major change, though, there are improvements as well as things that don’t work the same way they used to, and saved links that may not work any longer. 

The main site features are included in the clean and concise menu bars at the top of the main page.  The feature box located in the middle of the screen provides easy access to some of the most popular sites.

Belt identification and interchanging tools are readily accessible in the feature box as well as a “where to buy” tool and a site search tool.   The search engines in the site are very fast and powerful, so are a great place to start when looking for new information.  Below the three promotion boxes click on Popular Links for ready access to popular pages like the PartView System, Design Flex Software, Design IQ Software and a series of fluid power related sites.

Our Product Application Engineering page for industrial power transmission products is located at:  http://www.gates.com/products/industrial/industrial-belts/product-application-engineering or can be accessed by navigating to http://www.gates.com/drivedesign as before.  Our page includes contact information and links to valuable engineering tools and sites as well as useful drive design manuals, users manuals and related literature.

You can be assured that changes and improvements have and will continue to be made to our new site.  After navigating the site a bit, hopefully new functionality, improvements and faster screen loads will be seen.

For technical assistance or questions, feel free to contact Product Application Engineering at 303-744-5800 or at ptpasupport@gates.com.