At Gates Innovation Centers, engineers and chemists take a flexible approach to designing your belt drive system. They combine predictive analysis techniques with practical application experience. They analyze potential solutions using various methods described below. For more complex designs, these methods include computer simulation and synthesis. Performance factors are carefully evaluated to achieve the optimal solution—a belt drive you can rely on to meet your application's requirements.
- Finite Element Modeling (FEA) - Complete linear, non-linear and transient power transmission system predictive analysis capability enabling early product design optimization
- Drive Design Analysis – Calculates system slip, threshold tension, belt life, component peak loads, system natural frequency and alignment requirements based on system geometry, component inertia and torque data as well as belt friction coefficients, life characteristics and groove profile geometry
- Frequency Domain Analysis – Predicts minimum damping, minimum tension, maximum belt span and maximum tensioner arm vibration based on the data from ABDS V.3 plus crank shaft angular vibration
- Slip ratio analysis
- Waterfall Analysis/Sound Modal
- Crankshaft Angular Vibration
- Crank Effective Tension
- Crankshaft Vibration Analysis - State-of-the-art crankshaft vibration analysis software combines Accessory Belt Drive System Analysis with crankshaft vibration analysis for optimization of system performance.
- Dynamic Laser Displacement
- Time Domain Vibration Analysis
- Synchronous and V-Belt Multi-Point Drive Analysis (Design IQ™)
- Variable Speed Belt Drive (VSBD) Analysis
- Engine Modal Analysis
- Microscopy for failure analysis and surface chemical composition detection
