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News Release from: Hutchinson Transmission | Subject: Flexonic belt
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 21 April 2008
Elastic belt raises portable compressor
power
Hutchinson said that its elastic belt working with a brush-type motor enables portable piston compressors of 1-5HP operating at 6-14 bar to be made 'oil-free'.
Hutchinson's Flexonic belt can be used for portable compressors from 1 to 5HP and a pressure of 6 to 14 bar The company said that the elastic Flexonic belt allows piston compressors to become 'oil-free', more economical and light-weight with the use of a small universal brush-type motor
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 10 Apr 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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With the Flexonic, there is no longer any need to change compressors to vary the flow rate, said Hutchinson, just modify the belt drive.
The Flexonic belt withstands temperatures up to 120 deg C (248 deg F) and allows for design choices (size of the piston and air chamber) to find the best solution.
Its elastic cable provides the following advantages.
* Reliable power transmission (stabilized tension).
* A life span of more than 300h.
* Noise reduction.
* Pressure adjustment.
* A consistent output.
Compatible with Poly-V standard pulleys (specification ISO 9982), the Hutchinson Flexonic belt is available for portable compressor in the PH and PJ profiles.
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