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Gates Design IQ Software

This program provides a blank slate for designing multi-point and complex serpentine belt drives. Utilizing a specific Gates product that you have identified, as well as your drive specifications, the software will calculate:

  • belt tension
  • shaft load
  • belt length
  • and more


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Products Included in Design IQ

V-Belts

 

Synchronous Belts

 Belt

Sizes 

 

Belt 

Sizes 

Super HC®

3V, 3VX, 5V, 5VX, and 8V

Singles and PowerBands

 

Poly Chain® GT®  Carbon™

8mm and 14mm

Hi-Power® II

A, B, C, and D

Singles and PowerBands

 

Poly Chain GT®2

5mm , 8mm, and 14mm

Hi-Power II Dub-V

AA, BB, CC, DD

 

PowerGrip® GT2

2mm, 3mm, 5mm, 8mm and 14mm

Predator®

3VP, 5VP, 8VP, and CP

 

PowerGrip Timing

MXL, XL, L and H

Tri-Power®

AX, BX, and CX

 

PowerGrip HTD®

3mm, 5mm, and 20mm

Polyflex® JB®

3M, 5M, 7M, and 11M

PowerGrip® Twin Power®

3mm, 5mm, 8mm, 14mm, XL, L and H

Micro-V®

J, L, and M




For Help Designing Drives or anything else!

Click Here for Known Design Flex Software Problems and Solutions
 

Contact us if you would like help from Gates Product Application Engineers or a Gates Distributor in designing the most efficient V-belt and synchronous belt drives for your needs. Send us an email at PTPASupport@gates.com or simply call 303-744-5800.

 

Design IQ Software System Requirements
Design IQ should run but may not run on 64-bit versions of Windows 7, Vista, and XP. Additional software from Microsoft (which you might already have installed) is required to make Design IQ operate on these. Settings for running DIQ may need to be changed. Send an email to PTPASupport@gates.com if you have problems.
  • Microsoft Windows 2000, XP, Vista, or Win 7.
  • At least 1 Gigabyte of RAM
  • At least 18 Megabytes of free disk space to install, 10 Megabytes to run
  • A video card and monitor with at least 800 x 600 resolution
  • A pointing device such as a mouse
  • A keyboard
  • A laser or ink-jet printer - dot-matrix printers are not supported
  • The installer must be an administrator
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