Hi Mactec - The numbers indicate that an Alpha V will work in the given conditions and the consideration is the join life. It may last a month, a year or forever in Spoos application. An application or design engineer from the company would be able to help from experience to choose a belt, there are many out there and people have favorites. If a jointless belt is available then its clear thats preferable. All belts should be inspected regularly and replaced when deemed needed. We aim at infinite life but in reality this is not achieved.

The exercise has been worthwhile to gain a better understanding of the belt design process (for me at least as I had not thought much about joins before) and gives Sploo the information to talk to a belt rep in confidence. Thanks for umpiring. Peter