Stationary Engine On Belts & Belt Driving, by the staff of Stationary Engine magazine. Published by Kelsey Publishing Ltd., Cudham, Kent, United Kingdom, 1996. 9 x 10¾ paperback, 30 pages. ISBN: 1-873098-41-3

Please note this book is new, not used.

From the Introduction:

The series of articles taken from Stationary Engine magazine, which makes up this book, was originally inspired by a simple request, in a reader's published letter, for some information on belt driving. The response from other readers was overwhelming and a seven-part series on belts and belt driving was the result.

The topic of belts and belt driving does not appear to have been covered in any depth since before WW2. While they do not and cannot cover every aspect of the subject these articles are likely to stand as the reference work for some time to come, so it is appropriate that their usefulness can now be perpetuated by the publication of this book.

For some readers the equations used may at first glance appear daunting. In fact most of them become very much simpler with the use of a good pocket calculator which has to be recommended. We hope that much of the reference material contained in these reprinted features will prove of value to stationary engine and tractor enthusiasts alike.

--Gordon Wright

Table of Contents:

• Alligator belt fastening technology
• Pulley speed calculations
• Calculating length belt
• Speed of triple set-up
• Belt suitability and care
• Getting the best grip
• Matching belts to pulleys
• Wooden pulleys
• Belt drive set-ups
• Hp for Balata or textile belt transmission
• Dr Sandor's Universal Pulley Calculator
• Belt thicknesses for pulleys
• Balata belt weights to lengths
• Hp transmitted by cold rolling shafting
• Hp transmitted by open single belts
• Joining leather belts
• Other Balata and cotton belt fastenings
• Vee belts
• Belt pulleys
• Equipment speeds
• Some suggested implement speeds
• Countershaft
• Multiple shafting (three or more shafts),
• Power required to raise water
• Power to drive pumps
• Stephen's V-belt Drives Table
• Hornsby and a chaff cutter
• Petter M and a generator
• Simplex driving a meal mill
• Correct belt coiling
• Rope driving
• Engine Torque: Belts in action in their day
• Blackstone pumps' outputs
• Letters: Centrifugal force, rope drives
• Leather belt weights

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