V-Belts Technical Information for V-Belts & Wedge Belts

V Belts & wedge Belts

Welcome to our V-belt & wedge belt section. We can supply virtually any industrial or agricultural V-belt or wedge belt. We have over one million drive belts ready for immediate dispatch from our facility in Kent.

In this section you will find the following types of belts:

1. Wedge belts
2. Cogged wedge belts
3. Cogged V-belts
4. Kevlar V-belts
5. Kevlar lawn mower deck belts
6. Double sided lawn mower deck belts
7. AA section double sided V-belts
8. BB section double sided V-belts
9. Classical V-belts, nut link V-belting
10. Fan belts

We hold in stock a vast range of Medway V-belts, Megadyne V-belts, & Fenner V-belts but we can also supply any of following brands on a 48 hour lead time:

• HTC
• Dayco
• Gates
• Roulands
• Goodyear
• Contitech 

More Drive V-wedge Belt Information

Vee belts (also known as V-belt or wedge belts) are an early solution that solved the slippage and alignment problem. The V-belt was developed in 1917 by John Gates of the  Gates Rubber Company. The “V” shape of the belt tracks in a mating groove in the Vee pulley (or sheave), with the result that the belt cannot slip off. The belt also tends to wedge into the groove as the load increases — the greater the load, the greater the wedging action — improving torque transmission and making the vee belt an effective solution. They can be supplied at various fixed lengths or as a segmented section i.e. nutlink, where the segments are linked (spliced) to form a belt of the required length. For high-power requirements, two or more vee belts can be joined side-by-side in an arrangement called a multi-V, running on matching multi-groove vee pulleys. The strength of these belts is obtained by reinforcements with fibres like steel or polyester.