flat belt drive

[nidanaya]

there is a an induction motor conntected to a plastic bottle head cutter and recently it has been giving loose drive with belt spippage.how am i supposed to tighten the belt ?remove the belt and increase the distance and then fix the belt or what?

 

[MiketheEngineer]

New belt or move pulleys apart??

 

[btrueblood]

Or add a tensioner (idler pulley on a spring loaded mount, or adjustable mount). See the other belt thread in this forum.

 

[Tmoose]

What does the O&M manual "say" ?