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BS AU 218:1987

Withdrawn

Withdrawn

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Specification for automotive synchronous belt drives

Available format(s)

Hardcopy , PDF

Withdrawn date

15-05-2000

Language(s)

English

Published date

29-01-1988

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Foreword
Committees responsible
Specification
Section one. General
1.1 Scope
1.2 Definitions
Section two. Belts
2.1 Belt designation
2.2 Dimensions
2.3 Resistance to ozone
2.4 Resistance to oil
2.5 Resistance to low temperature
2.6 Resistance to high temperature
2.7 Hardness of rubber core
2.8 Tensile strength
2.9 Fabric adhesion
Section three. Pulleys
3.1 Pulley designation
3.2 Groove profile
3.3 Pitch-to-pitch tolerances
3.4 Pulley dimensions
3.5 Material
3.6 Surface finish
3.7 Parallelism
3.8 Taper of outside diameter
3.9 Axial and radial run-out
3.10 Balancing
Appendices
A. Flex fatigue test for belts
B. Measurement of the pitch length of a synchronous
     belt
C. Determination of belt resistance to ozone
D. Determination of belt resistance to oil
E. Determination of belt resistance to low temperature
F. Determination of belt resistance to high temperature
G. Determination of tensile strength of belt
H. Determination of fabric adhesion
J. Procedure for checking pulley groove profile
K. Determination of axial and radial run-out
L. Recommendations for design of synchronous belt
     drives for internal combustion engines for
     automatic purposes
Tables
1. Terms and definitions
2. Nominal belt tooth dimensions
3. Pitch length tolerances
4. Belt width tolerances
5. Minimum tensile strength of belts
6. Loads required to peel fabric from a belt tooth
7. Pulley groove tolerances
8. Pitch and summation of pitch tolerance of pulleys
9. Pulley diameter tolerances
10. Surface finish of synchronous pulleys
11. Axial run-out
12. Radial run-out
13. Test pulley dimensions and characteristics
14. Belt tensions in fatigue test rig
15. Dimensions of belt length measuring fixture pulleys
16. Torque ratings for belts
17. Installation tension for belts
Figures
1. Nominal belt tooth dimensions
2. Pulley groove profile
3. Unflanged, flanged and signle flanged pulleys
     indicating position of minimum unflanged width
4. Flange dimensions
5. Limiting speeds above which pulleys require dynamic
     balancing
6. Schematic arrangement of fatigue test machine
     and pulleys
7. Length measuring fixture
8. Clearance between measuring pulley and belt
9. Measurement of axial run-out
10. Measurement of radial run-out

Requirements for synchronous pulleys and endless belts (of pitch code 2A). Describes a flex fatigue test and gives guidance on system design.

Committee
W/-
DevelopmentNote
This document is no longer used by industry.
DocumentType
Standard
Pages
24
PublisherName
British Standards Institution
Status
Withdrawn

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