belt
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loop of flexible material used to mechanically link rotating shafts
Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- machine element
- Part of
- linkage
- Image
- HagleyBeltDrive01.jpg
- Connects with
- sheave
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- Belt drives
- topic's main category
- Category:Belt drives
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Encyclopedic overview
Flat belt Flat belt drive in the machine shop at the Hagley Museum
A belt is a loop of flexible material used to link two or more rotating shafts mechanically, most often parallel. Belts may be used as a source of motion, to transmit power efficiently or to track relative movement. Belts are looped over pulleys and may have a twist between the pulleys, and the shafts need not be parallel.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “belt” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.