• BS AU 218:1987

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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    Withdrawn date:  15-05-2000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

    Publisher:  British Standards Institution

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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

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

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    Committee W/-
    Development Note This document is no longer used by industry.
    Document Type Standard
    Publisher British Standards Institution
    Status Withdrawn

    Standards Referenced By This Book - (Show below) - (Hide below)

    BS 6889:1987 Specification for generating racks for synchronous belt drive pulleys
    BS 4548:1987 Specification for synchronous belt drives for industrial applications

    Standards Referencing This Book - (Show below) - (Hide below)

    BS 5265-1:1979 Mechanical balancing of rotating bodies. Recommendations on balance quality of rotating rigid bodies
    ISO 5296:2012 Synchronous belt drives Belts with pitch codes MXL, XXL, XL, L, H, XH and XXH Metric and inch dimensions
    ISO 5294:2012 Synchronous belt drives Pulleys
    BS 903-A26:1969 Physical testing of rubber Determination of hardness
    ISO 5295:2017 Synchronous belts — Calculation of power rating and drive centre distance
    ISO 5288:2001 Synchronous belt drives Vocabulary
    ISO 254:2011 Belt drives Pulleys Quality, finish and balance
    BS 903-A16:1987 Physical testing of rubber Determination of the effect of liquids
    ISO 155:1998 Belt drives Pulleys Limiting values for adjustment of centres
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