Belting

In the transmi ion of power by endle bands from one shaft to another, is, properly, such of these bands as are flat. The most usual flat belt is made of oak-tanned leather, the greater length being made up of short pieces from the hide, cemented together at a scarf joint, and copper rivets and burrs hold the joint from tearing apart. Belts can thus be of indefinite length, and have been made up to 60 in. wide. Leather belting is not adapted for damp places. Rubber belt is made by calendering woven canvas or duck in as many “plies as nece ary for strength, with layers of rubber between, and an outer IMG:content-0487.png:[merged small][graphic][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][ocr errors][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][merged small][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][merged small][merged small]