Friday 20 November 2015

Poly V - Multi Rib Belts

This belt category is basically a flat belt with a corrugated driving surface; ridges running longitudinally around the inside of the belt. The groove-to-groove pitch distance, groove angles, groove depth of these poly V belts comply with international standards. The common profiles are H, J, K, L, and M, being relatively thin, with a well-supported tensile member, these belts perform better than V-belts on drives with small diameter pulleys. They are particularly suited to serpentine pulley configurations and can drive flat pulleys from the backside of the belt as well which is important in serpentine drives. The low mass and high flexibility of Poly v/ribbed belts allow them to tolerate small diameter pulleys, reverse bending, high drive speed, and high speed ratios. Poly V/ribbed belts do not rely as much on the wedging action (as a v-belt) to transmit torque, and therefore tensions tend to run higher
Typical Applications
The “H” profile is used primarily in the white goods appliance sector as the drive belt for washing machines and tumble dryers. They are also found in many small electric hand tools and equipment like belt sanders and kitchen blenders. The “K” profile has been used almost exclusively in the automotive market as the prime driver for front-end accessory drives (FEAD). One belt, connected to the vehicle crankshaft will drive the alternator, water pump, power steering pump, A/C compressor, and other auxiliary equipment, such as air pumps or alternator/and the modern starter hybrids.

The “J”, “L”, and “M” belt profiles can be used on many industrial drives and can in some cases replace the Classical or Wedge belts.


Monday 16 November 2015

Warehouse Extended Storage and New Lighting

Another eventful few weeks in the short life of Drive Parts Direct Ltd has seen us put in extra warehouse racking, a floor and new lighting as we increase our total storage area. It’s great to be out “of the dark” and “into the light” - our old lighting was somewhat tired and did need some attention, to say the least. Our new system has movement detectors and the lights come on as you approach the area/row you need to pick from, not only a lot, lot, better than the old lighting but also a lot more energy efficient.
I am delighted to report that this increase in warehouse space (earlier than originally planned) came about due to our need to be able to hold more stock of the Steigentech belting & matting product as it is proves to be a quality, value product range, and sales to the UK market continue to grow. As well as our extra space for increased core product we have now added the Steigentech PK section Poly V belts into our range – this like our J section poly V belts & metric and imperial timing belts are stocked in sleeve form that can be cut to your required widths. We have also created space to add extra sizes of the popular matting and flooring products and additional ranges will be added in the coming weeks and months.
We still have a lot of work to do in relocating some product and re organising the warehouse but I am delighted with the progress made so far and now the main “building” work has been completed I can “see the light at the end of the tunnel” and once everything is complete we will have a warehouse to be proud off.

For those of you who have purchased our products I hope you are experiencing the quality and value for money, and enjoyed the service we have given, I thank you for your custom and support and we look forward to being of service to you again in the future.