Design synchronous belts

Design belt transmission with 2 pulleys
  1. On the ribbon, click Design tab Power Transmission panel Synchronous Belts .
  2. On the Generator, Design tab:
    • Select the base midplane for belt trajectory.
    • Click the down arrow next to the Belt edit field to select a belt.
    • Add 2 pulleys. The first pulley is always a driver.
    • Specify position of each pulley by dragging a grip at the center of the pulley.
    • Specify the pulley diameter by dragging a grip or using the Pulley Properties dialog box.
  3. Click OK to generate belt transmission.
Note: On the Calculation tab, you can perform calculations and a strength check. The calculation is performed when you click Calculate.

Design belt transmission using 3 pulleys
  1. On the ribbon, click Design tab Power Transmission panel Synchronous Belts .
  2. On the generator, Design tab:
    • Select the base midplane for belt trajectory.
    • Click the down arrow next to the Belt edit field to select a belt.
    • Add 3 pulleys. The first pulley is always a driver.
    • Specify the position of each pulley by dragging a grip at the center of the pulley.
    • Specify the pulley diameter by dragging a grip or using Pulley Properties dialog box.
    • Open the Pulley properties dialog box to determine the power ratio. If the power ratio of pulley is 0.0, it is an idler.
  3. Click OK to generate the belt transmission.
Note: On the Calculation tab, you can perform calculations and a strength check. The calculation is performed when you click Calculate.

Design belt transmission with an idler
  1. On the ribbon, click Design tab Power Transmission panel Synchronous Belts .
  2. On the generator, Design tab:
    • Select the base midplane for belt trajectory.
    • Click the down arrow next to the Belt edit field to select a belt.
    • Add 3 pulleys. The first pulley is always a driver.
    • Select which pulley can have a sliding position.
    • Specify the position of each pulley by dragging a grip at the center of the pulley.
    • Specify the pulley diameter by dragging a grip or using Pulley Properties dialog box.
    • Open the Pulley Properties dialog box to determine power ratio. If power ratio of pulley is 0.0, it is an idler.
  3. Switch to the Calculation tab.
  4. Select the type of strength calculation.
  5. Enter the calculation values. You can change the values and units directly in the edit fields.
  6. Click Calculate to perform the calculation.
  7. Calculation results are displayed in the Results area. The inputs that fail the calculation are displayed in red (their value doesn't correspond with other inserted values or calculation criteria). Reports of the calculation are displayed in the Summary of Messages area which is displayed after clicking the chevron in the right lower part of the Calculation tab.
  8. Click OK to generate belt transmission.

Edit synchronous belts
  1. Open the Autodesk Inventor assembly with the Design Accelerator with a synchronous belt already inserted.
  2. Right-click the synchronous belts transmission subassembly, and select Edit Using Design Accelerator.
  3. Edit the synchronous belt transmission. You can change the number or type of pulleys, recalculate values, and so on.
Parent topic: Synchronous Belts Component Generator