New service-free bandless V-belt technology

Gates presents a service-free bandless V-belt that cuts maintenance costs

The new Quad-Power 4 belt does not require re-tensioning in the first hours after installation. No re-tensioning means less production standstills and fewer maintenance costs. Imagine the benefits for difficult-to-reach belt drives.

Unlike conventional V-belts, the new Quad-Power 4 bandless V-belt does not suffer from severe tension decay in the first hours after installation. This new generation of V-belts uses innovative minimal-stretch cords to maintain stable tension over the entire lifetime of the belt. This way maintenance and plant engineers can skip the production downtime for re-tensioning recently installed V-belts.

The entire range is exclusively made out of EPDM, a high-performance synthetic rubber compound. The previous generation of Quad-Power belts already featured this advanced material but Gates has optimised the construction even further to provide V-belts that last longer and offer high resistance to wear even under extreme temperatures.

Gates’ second generation EPDM belts withstand the widest temperature range in the market. The belt maintains its exceptional performance in extreme cold conditions as low as -50 °C and resists hardening to avoid cracking in temperatures up to +130 °C. 

Furthermore, the bandless, moulded notch construction guarantees consistent pulley to belt contact resulting in energy efficiencies as high as 98% which is 3% higher than wrapped V-belts. 

The Quad-Power 4 V-belt is also available in PowerBand construction for high shock-loaded or vibration-prone drives. A high-strength tie band permanently joins two or more belts to provide lateral rigidity and allow all of the strands to work together as one unit. This keeps the belts running in a straight line in the pulley grooves and eliminates jumped, flipped, tangled or separated belts. 

New materials and the use of advanced manufacturing technology have led to a new generation of raw edge V-belts that outperform all similarly sized belts in a wide range of applications. As a world-leading manufacturer of high-grade belts, Gates brings with Quad-Power 4 another groundbreaking product into the market that helps production sites to cut down on maintenance costs and energy consumption. 

More information can be found here.

Gates new generation of V-belts are specifically designed to maintain stable tension over their entire lifetime without the need for periodic re-tensioning.