belts

Bando Chemical Hosts Webinar on How to Select Materials for Transmission Belts

Belt manufacturer Bando Chemical held in September a webinar on how to select materials for transmission belts. Takamitsu Akashi, General Manager of the Industrial Materials Division Sales Department and General Manager of the Power Transmission Sales Group, served as MC and instructor for the day. For rubber toothed belts, the rubber materials used include chloroprene rubber (CR), ethylene propylene rubber...

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Gates Unitta Asia Launches New U-550 Sonic Belt Tension Meter

Gates Unitta Asia Co. has launched the U-550, a new contact-free sonic belt tension meter. By employing a microphone to perceive the natural-frequency sound waves generated by belts and then analyzing these waves using a computer, the product makes it possible for anyone to easily and accurately measure a belt’s tension without the need for contact. The measurement process here...

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Gates Unitta Asia Launches Sonic Belt Tension Meter With Improved Performance

Gates Unitta Asia Co. has launched the U-550, a new product in its lineup of sonic belt tension meters. The U-550 employs a microphone to perceive the natural-frequency sound waves generated by belts, then analyzes these waves using a computer. The process here makes it possible for anyone to easily and accurately measure a belt’s tension without the need for...

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Japan’s Rubber Product Shipment Value Rises 6.4% Year-on-Year for July

Japan’s shipments of rubber products this July came to a total value of roughly 211.04 billion yen ($1.97 billion), rising by 6.4 percent over the same month last year, according to figures put together by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI). Looking at individual product types, automotive tires up made 53 percent of the total here, and saw...

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Wholesalers in Greater Kanto Region Show Pessimistic Outlook for Belt and Hose Sales

Forecasts for belt and hose sales in 2019 are showing a pessimistic outlook despite what have been favorable market conditions so far this year. These findings come from TGS, an association of industrial rubber product wholesalers in the greater Kanto region. Conducting an independent survey as part of a report on belt and hose trade flows for 2018, TGS found...

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Bando Chemical Receives Energy Conservation Award for Flat Belt System

Bando Chemical Industries Ltd. (TYO:5195) recently received a chairman’s award from the Energy Conservation Center, Japan (ECCJ), as part of the 2018 Energy Conservation Grand Prize awards. The company won this off the back of its Hyper Flat Drive (HFD) System, a flat belt drive system that was rated strongly for enabling a high level of energy conservation. This marks...

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