How to order v-belts 2

[Swedishrigpig]

Gents

I need to order some Europeean V-belts in the USA.
The purchase department cant locate these belts, in spite of pictures with the model and manufacturer clearly visible.

Gates Super HC SPA 1450
and
Pirelli Equi-Match SPA 865

How can I explain better what I need so that they can easily find them?

As far as I can read on the Web, SPA is the profile, and the numbers will then be the circumference in mm, but is it the measurements on the outside of the belt, or am I completely wrong?

 

[Artisi]

Can not understand the why you are having such problems.
As far as I am aware Gates is a US company so you shouldn't have any problem buying belts.

From memory the belt length is measured at about midway inside / outside dia. ie, the mean dia. of the pulley.

Take a belt and visit the local engineering supplier.

 

[unclesyd]

ake a look at this site.

http://www.speedcontrolinc.com/catalog/Section1_MetricVBelts.pdf

 

[diskullman]

You need new purchasing agents. These belts are made by every v belt manufacturer. They are an odd european profile, so some of the major domestic suppliers may not keep inventory. Your purchasing department may be trying to buy from a large distributor or catalog house that cannot identify the numbers. Try a smaller independant distributor.
Manufacturers or Importers that stock this belt will be:

Speed Control
Jason Industrial
Optibelt
Ammetric
Pirelli
Dunlop

The proper order nomenclature would be SPA 1450 & SPA 865



Russell Giuliano

 

[racookpe1978]

Marked for reference

 

[Swedishrigpig]

Thank you guys. I will forward this info to the Purchase dep ashore.
I noticed that some list the Pitch length, which is slightly less.
Example SPA 1432 (plus 18mm to get the Outside Lenght=1450)

All the best,

M

 

[dinjin]

http://www.gates.com/

This may be all you need.

 

[ScottyUK]

Try the Gates VulcoFlex range:

http://www.gates.com/europe/brochure.cfm?brochure=10996&location_id=15577

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[PeterCharles]

They are an odd European profile

European they may be, ODD they are not. And they've been around for years.

 

[diskullman]

Yes, they are odd,(as in unpopular) as this profile is the only European wedge belt that does not directly correalate to an American size, example spz=3V,SPB=5V, SPC =8V.
Please do not attempt to correct me. They have been around for years, but few American distributors will even bother with them, due to low US demand.

Russell Giuliano

 

[ScottyUK]

There are places outside of the US you know. US demand is of essentially no relevance to what goes on in Europe where they're reasonably common, although perhaps less so than the standard Z, A, B, C sections.

There are all manner of 'odd' things in the US which are quite normal to the people who live there, just as you think some things in Europe are 'odd' even though they are normal to folk on this side of the water: it's a matter of perspective.

Your post is unnecessarily rude and arrogant.


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If we learn from our mistakes I'm getting a great education!

 

[PeterCharles]

As Scotty says, there are places outside the US. Further these places use different standard, and different units of measurement and different laws. Currently my pet hate is the English system for measurement being referred to feet and inches when feet and inches is actually Imperial, English measurements being metric. Of course being late converts to the metric system we still buy our milk and beer in pints measure our road distance in miles and the inside leg of our trousers in inches, but that's all part of the English loveable idiosyncratic nature.

 

[diskullman]

In those places outside the US, there should be no problems identifying an European V Belt. However, in the US these belts are not considered standard, and when attemting to replace a worn out pulley, it is cheaper to replace the entire set with something more standard. A replacement pulley means an expensive trip to the machine shop.

If you think my post was rude, then I am sorry you are offended so easily. Arrogant perhaps, for a reason.

Russell Giuliano