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Gates Corporation sign at company headquarters in 1144 Fifteenth, Denver, Colorado Gates Industrial Corporation plc , based in Denver, Colorado , is a manufacturer of power transmission belts and fluid power products, which are used in diverse industrial and automotive applications. [ 1 ]
A gilmer belt was a brand or trade name for a mechanical belt used for transferring power between axles in a machine.The gilmer belt was originally sold by the L. H. Gilmer company after 1949, [9] and represents one of the earliest toothed belt designs.
The mechanical belt drive, using a pulley machine, was first mentioned in the text of the Dictionary of Local Expressions by the Han Dynasty philosopher, poet, and politician Yang Xiong (53–18 BC) in 15 BC, used for a quilling machine that wound silk fibres onto bobbins for weavers' shuttles. [1]
A pulley is a wheel on an axle or shaft enabling a taut cable or belt passing over the wheel to move and change direction, or transfer power between itself and a shaft. A sheave or pulley wheel is a pulley using an axle supported by a frame or shell (block) to guide a cable or exert force.
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A dumb pulley can lift very large masses a short distance. It consists of two fixed pulleys of unequal radii that are attached to each other and rotate together, a single pulley bearing the load, and an endless rope looped around the pulleys. To avoid slippage, the rope is usually replaced by a chain, and the connected pulleys by sprockets.
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