The new Design Flex® Pro™ is available for download!

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Design Flex® Pro™ WEB version also available!

Design Flex® Gates' industrial drive design software
now available online
Gates' Design Flex® is a Windows based drive calculation program allowing the design of belt-drive systems with increased efficiency and enhanced performance in less time. This powerful software is now avalailable to you for free over the internet.

Design Flex® : updated version now online! 
Now included: PowerGrip® GT3, Poly Chain® GT Carbon™ and Quad-Power II upgraded power ratings. Problems with Windows XP SP 2 Integrated solved.

Fast and easy
Design Flex® offers a step-by-step drive calculation procedure for both V- and synchronous belts based on the criteria and/or limitations specified by the user. By means of an easy to follow menu, two pulley drives are calculated and multiple drive design solutions are generated.

Design Flex® lets you save your drive results, so you can easily build an electronic library or immediately e-mail your design without the need for printing and faxing.

Design criteria include:
     ·  Service life
     ·  Initial cost of drive
     ·  Number of belts - size of drive
     ·  Required parts and more

Who qualifies?
Because Design Flex® is a professional-grade design tool it is intended for design engineers and others who are well versed in drive design.

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The program offers a step-by-step drive calculation procedure for both V-belts and synchronous belts based on the critera and/or limitations specified by the user. Design Flex® runs under Windows 95, 98, 2000, NT, Millennium, requires a Pentium 133 processor or higher and an 800 x 600 screen resolution or higher. A minimum of 32 MB RAM is recommended for satisfactory calculation speed.

To download your free copy of Design Flex® simply click here to go to the sign up page now. After registering at Gates.com/europe we will notify you via email with instructions on downloading the program.

Register Now to Download Your Copy of the Gates Design Flex® program.