SELECTION OF 'V' BELT TO DRIVE BLOWER

POWER RATING OF BLOWER (HP): 5

MOTOR SPEED (RPM): 1500
MEASURED VALUE AT SITE
CENTRE DISTANCE, 'C' (inch) : 16.34
O.D. OF SMALL PULLEY (MOTOR) (inch): 4.49
O.D. OF LARGE PULLEY (BLOWER) (inch): 4.69
SPEED RATIO (i): 1.04
V' BELT SECTION: B' SECTION

AS WE HAVE TO DESIGN PULLEY ALSO,

TAKING STANDARD SMALL PULLEY PITCH DIA, 'd' (inch): 5.5
KEEPING SPEED RATIO SAME AS 1.04
LARGE PULLEY PITCH DIA, 'D' (inch): 5.72

NOW, PITCH LENGTH OF 'V' BELT, L, (inch) = 2XC + {(D-d)²/4C} + 1.57X(D+d)

50.493
NOW, AS PER FENNER CATALOGUE, FOR 'B' SECTION PITCH LENGTH EXCEEDS INSIDE LENGTH BY 1.18
SO, THE INSIDE LENGTH OF BELT IN INCH = 49.313
POWER RATING CALCULATION OF BELT
BELT SPEED (FPM) = 0.262 X d X RPM of d
2161.5
NOW, FROM MITCHELL HP RATING TABLE FOR B SECTION V-BELT
AT BELT SPEED, FPM= 2100 AND d= 5.5
HP RATING OF SINGLE BELT = 3.88
TAKING NO. OF BELTS = 2
HP RATING OF SELECTED BELT DRIVE = 7.76

AS THE POWER RATING OF BELT DRIVE IS HIGHER THAN THAT REQUIRED BY BLOWER, OUR DESIGN IS
SELECTED BELT IS 'B51' WHICH MEANS A 'B' TYPE V-BELT WITH 51 INCHES (CLOSER TO CALCULATED VA
FOR THIS BELT WE HAVE TO ADJUST THE CENTRE DISTANCE TO 17.3 INCHES
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²/4C} + 1.57X(D+d)

EDS INSIDE LENGTH BY 1.18 inch

BY BLOWER, OUR DESIGN IS O.K.

S (CLOSER TO CALCULATED VALUE OF 49.313) INSIDE LENGTH.