4. Make an Internet research about the latest technology about belts and chain drives.

Include technical
specification such as operating data and drawings/illustration if available. Use a maximum of 4 pages
for printout. Please edit the information gathered from the Internet. Duplication of research materials
is strictly not allowed. Always include the sources in your footnotes/endnotes of references.
optibelt DELTA CHAIN Carbon

The optibelt DELTA CHAIN Carbon sets new standards in the market for high performance timing belts.
Up to 100% higher power transmission is possible compared to high performance rubber timing belts
such as optibelt OMEGA HP. The focus here is on drives with very high torques. In general, the overall
width can be considerably reduced for power drives with small and medium center distances.
The innovative combination of materials comprising an extremely resistant polyurethane compound,
an abrasion-resistant and specially treated polyamide fabric, as well as a carbon fibre cord, provides
the optibelt DELTA CHAIN Carbon with unmatched strength and resistance to a wide range of
chemicals, oils and fluids.
This means that the optibelt DELTA CHAIN Carbon is suitable for a wide variety of applications and
can be an alternative for roller chains as well.

Advantages of optibelt DELTA CHAIN Carbon:

• Wide range of Temperature Resistance

- Operating temperatures of approximately from - 30°C to +80°C.
• Increase of Impact Strength
- Due to combination of hard polyurethane and hard-wearing carbon fibers.
• High Level of Reliabilty
- Resistant to oils, chemicals and fluids.
• Developed specialized webbing
- For minimal wear and reduced running noise
• Increase of dimensional stability and ultimate tensile strength
- Due to its carbon tension member
 • Increase of power transfer
- Compared with high-performance rubber timing belts
• Reduced overall width
- With the same power transfer compared with high-performance rubber timing belts
Technical Data:
 Product Range

References:
http://dcc.optibelt.com/en.html
https://www.optibelt.com/en/products/pu-timing-belts/optibelt-delta-chain-carbon/
5. Submit a 3-page research work about the latest technology/design of the use of wire ropes. Include
a brief description for each of their industrial application and technical specifications (drawings,
tables and charts) from the manufacturer if available.

Space Mountain Catapult (Star Wars Hyperspace Mountain)

Star Wars Hyperspace Mountain is an indoor/outdoor steel roller

coaster in Discoveryland at Disneyland Paris. Originally themed around Jules Verne's classic 1865
novel From the Earth to the Moon, the attraction first opened on June 1, 1995, three years after the
park's debut in an attempt to draw more guests to the financially-unstable European resort. Unlike
other Space Mountain attractions at Disney theme parks, the installation at Disneyland Paris had
a steampunk-detailed appearance with a Columbiad Cannon and a plate-and-rivet exterior under its
previous theme. It was the only Space Mountain to feature inversions, a launch, a section of track
that exits and re-enters the interior, and a synchronized on-Board audio track.

Rope System which powers the catapult

The catapult pusher, which is a carriage fixed to the rope system below the train, moves the train
into the departure position in the lower section of the track, which is 50m long and inclined by 32
degrees.
After a short waiting time, purposefully designed to increase the tension of the passengers, the
canon is fired.

The rope reeving system rotates in a pretensioned, “closed loop” system, causing the pusher to
launch the train.

Under the acceleration of 1.3G the passengers are pressed into their seats and the train reaches a
speed of more than 50km/h in less than 2 seconds.”

The steel wire rope is Casar Turboplast. It has a nominal diameter of 36mm with a wire grade of
1770 N/mm2, and consists of an independent steel wire rope core, a plastic layer and eight
compacted outer strands.

The rope ends are attached to the drum. As the drum rotates, one rope end is wound onto the drum
and the other end is payed off. As a result, the rope length stored on the drum always remains the
same: it corresponds to the length of the pusher stroke plus the required dead wraps. This
configuration allowed the design of a very short drum with only one wrap empty, resulting in very
small fleet angles for the wire rope.

After the rope travels from the drum through the pusher, it is held by friction to the headstock
sheave. There it is deflected by 180°.

Shortly before the summit of the slope is reached, the pusher decelerates. The train enters the dome,
subjecting passengers to a short moment of weightless condition. Then it shoots forward to
continue along the track.

The rope travels back to the drum via the mid-span supporting sheave. And the pusher resets to its
starting position, ready to launch another train.

Meanwhile, passengers will experience the start of their breathtaking roller coaster trip. They will
arrive 90 seconds later back at their point of departure.

References:
http://www.ropetechnology.com/bro_engl/designing-the-impossible-WRN-2018-12.pdf
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars_Hyperspace_Mountain#Original_concept