SERVICE FACTORS FOR DESIGNING V-BELT DRIVES
Driven Machine Type Driver Type
    ELECTRIC MOTORS   ELECTRIC MOTORS
    AC Normal Torque   AC High Torque, Hi-Slip
       Squirrel Cage        Induction and Single
Please see the examples of various      Sychronous        Phase, Slip Ring  
machines below. Select the group      Split Phase     DC Compound Wound
that most closely matches your   DC Shunt Wound     1 Cylinder Internal Combustion
application.   Internal Combustion Engines   Line Shafts, Clutched
  Intermittent Service Normal Service Continuous Service Intermittent Service Normal Service Continuous Service
  3-5 Hours / Day or Seasonal 8-10 Hours per Day 16-24 Hours per Day 3-5 Hours / Day or Seasonal 8-10 Hours per Day 16-24 Hours per Day
Blowers and Exhaust Fans            
Agitators            
Centriugal Pumps 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.1 1.2 1.3
Fans in General up to 10 HP            
Light Duty Conveyors            
Compressors: Centrifugal            
Centrifuges            
Conveyors: Belt; Coal, Ore, Sand            
Dough Mixers            
Fans: Over 10 HP            
Generators            
Laundry Equipment 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.2 1.3 1.4
Machine & Boring, Grinders,            
Milling, Shapers            
Paper Machinery            
Presses, Punches, Shears            
Printing Machinery            
Pumps: Centrifugal, Gear            
Screens: Revolving, Vibratory            
Positive Displacement Blowers            
Textile Machinery            
Brick Machinery            
Compressors: Piston            
Conveyors: Drag, Elevator, Pan, Screw            
Elevators: Bucket 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.4 1.5 1.6
Exciters            
Extractors            
Hammer Mills            
Paper Pulpers            
Pulverizers            
Pumps: Piston            
Rubber Calendars, Extruders, Mills            
Crushers (Gyratory-Jaw-Roll)            
Hoists 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.5 1.6 1.8
Ball, Rod or Tube Mills            
Sawmill Machinery            
Triplex Piston Slush Pump 1.0 1.0 1.4 1.0 1.0 1.4
Duplex Piston Slush Pump 1.0 1.0 2.0 1.0 1.0 2.0
Chokable Equipment 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0