HUTCHINSON TRANSMISSION: REPLACE A TRAPEZOIDAL BELT WITH A HUTCHINSON RIBBED BELT.

The Poly-V® is the belt for all industries. Poly-V® belts can be installed on all drive applications currently using a trapezoidal belt.
Refer to our section dedicated to the Poly-V® for listings of its advantages, design and part numbers.

Flexonic®, the first elastic belt for indutry. For more information on its advantages and characteristics, refer to our section dedicated to the Flexonic®.

HUTCHINSON's household appliance and automotive experience is today being employed in all industries producing solutions that are unique, economical and reliable.

Poly-V® belts can be utilized on existing applications that use trapezoidal belts also called V belts.

V belts can be replaced with Poly-V® belts for improved efficiency.

Discover the advantages of replacing your trapezoidal belts with a Poly-V®:
- Economical, the Poly-V® belt has a longer life span and can replace trapezoidal belt sets.
The pulley diameter is also reduced as compared to the trapezoidal (Poly-V®: 9 mm, TRAPEZOIDAL: 50 mm), which allows a gain in space and a reduction of the drive size.
- Compact, the Poly-V® offers larger speed ratios (Poly-V® 1:60, trapezoidal 1:20), installation time is optimized (for example, 1 Poly-V® can replace 15 trapezoidals).
- Reliable, maintenance costs are reduced due to the stability of its tension.
- Silent, the Poly-V® belt diminishes vibrations (amplitude reduction to 40%).

A successful example of transformation of a V belt drive to Poly-V®: exercise bikes

On exercise bikes, which use a trapezoidal belt drive, several problems have been noted:
- Irregular pedaling due to belt slippage is an annoyance.
- The trapezoidal belt commands larger pulley diameters thus impacting design possibilities.

The HUTCHINSON Poly-V® solution permits:
- Ease of use. Because of its design, the poly-v® belt absorbs shocks causing pedaling to be more consistent.
- Compacity and design freedom. Thanks to its larger contact surface, a reduction of up to 30% of the pulley diameter is possible. The designer is no longer limited by a cumbersome drive constraint.

Discover the advantages of replacing your trapezoidal belts with a Flexonic®:
The Flexonic® belt absorbs shocks and vibrations, allowing for a noise level reduction and increased life span of drive components.
The easy installation of the Flexonic® saves time on the assembly line.
The maintenance budget is cut because the tension of the Flexonic® belt is stable.

A successful example of drive transformation of V belts to Flexonic®: refrigeration units

On truck refrigeration units, which have a drive using trapezoidal belts, several problems are of note:
- Complex and cumbersome installation.
- Lack of stabilized drive tension (Addition of a tensioning device).
- Maintenance is time consuming and costly.

The HUTCHINSON Flexonic® solution offers:
- Cost reduction (removal of 3 to 4 tensioners per unit).
- Easy installation.
- Compacity and enhanced design possibilities.
- Simplicity and maintenance time gain.
- Increased drive life span (in certain cases, x2).

HUTCHINSON makes available various technical tools its customers engineering community, such as:
- On-line calculation, allowing easy dimensioning of your PolyV® belt.
- The applications library, showing a variety of applications on which Hutchinson belts could be installed.
- The Technology section, to answer all of your technical questions and find installation recommendations.

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