5.2.2 Compound Flat-Belt Drives: 374 Mechanical Engineer's Pocket Book
5.2.2 Compound Flat-Belt Drives: 374 Mechanical Engineer's Pocket Book
5.2.2 Compound Flat-Belt Drives: 374 Mechanical Engineer's Pocket Book
Example
The driver pulley rotates at 500 rev/min and is 600 mm in diameter. Calculate the diam-
eter of the driven pulley if it is to rotate at 250 rev/min.
500 600
diameter DN 1200 mm
250
DN
DR D2
D1
Intermediate
driven pulley
Driver pulley
Layshaft Intermediate Driven pulley
driver pulley
(1) To identify the direction of rotation, the rules for open and crossed-belt drives apply
(Section 5.2.1).
(2) The relative speeds of the pulley wheels are calculated by the expression:
Example
Calculate the speed in rev/min of the driven pulley if the driver rotates at 600 rev/min. The
diameters of the pulley wheels are: DR 250 mm, D1 750 mm, D2 500 mm,
DN 1000 mm.