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Where standard V-belts don’t meet the challe Available in both PowerBand® belts and Singles, Predator® belts have the highest power density of any V-belt, and stretch dramatically less than standard cross sections. That’s why they’re ideal for use on problem drives requiring high-impact strength and load-carrying power, including: crushers, de-barkers, hogs, grinders, wood hogs, pallet grinders, shredders, tub grinders and car shredders. 180 160 Standard 8V 0 17" O.D. 8VP 100 12.5" O.D. 8VP 120 Standard 5V 140 12.5" O.D 5VP Replaces several belts with the strength of a single belt. Features...

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enge, Gates Predator belts are the solution. Predator Singles Now offered for applications when PowerBand belts are not an option. These belts are specially designed for use on metric multi-groove sheaves, deep groove sheaves and drives with limited room for "take up." They can also be an "A" section solution for multi-groove A/B sheaves. Case Studies: Predator Singles Green Triangle Forest Products Hogger Drive A hogger drive running five 5V 850 belts was burning through them every few months. When the belts failed, there was 1-2 hours of downtime to replace and re-ten- sion the drive....

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How can Predator belts help solve your most common shock-load belt drive problems and save you money at the same time? The scenarios and case studies listed below are real-life examples of how Predator belts can work for you. A machine that easily shreds cars to the size of baseballs in an average of 30 seconds can be demanding. The 48-groove 8V section drive con- stantly needed re-tensioning, but the design of the drive did not allow for it, so the belts flopped until they wore out. The recycling company was continually spending time and resources to main- tain the equipment. Gates...

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