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    THE NEW XTREME V-FORCE™ MEGA BANDED V-BELT PROVIDE GREATER MACHINERY UPTIME, TEMPERATURE PERFORMANCE AND SMOOTH RUNNING STABILITY

    The newest generations of Agricultural, Forestry and Industrial machinery continue to increase in rated power, material throughput, and expectations for uptime and platform reliability. The needs of belt driven power transmission technologies to

    enable uptime has only become more prominent in the highly competitive and global industrial equipment market.

     

     

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    INTRODUCING XTREME V-FORCE™ MEGA

    Watch how our Ethylene Elastomer wrapped banded v-belts enable OEM's to design power transmission drives with improved cost and packaging. 

     

     

    ETHYLENE ELASTOMER TECHNOLOGY

     

    • Increased load carrying compounds.
    • Optimized Aramid tensile cords.
    • Environmentally improved - no toxic ingredients, no chlorine compounds.
    • Greatly expanded operating temperature for broad all season performance.
    • Improved crack resistance, durability and reduced wear.

     

     

    FEATURES AND BENEFITS

    • World’s first wrapped belt technology using Ethylene Elastomer compounds.
    • Two EE platforms for Agriculture, Forestry and Industrial performance are available for OEMs.

    MEGA BASIC

    • 30% improvement in lifetime over the current standard platforms based on Polychloroprene material.
    • Improved flex for higher speed drives.
    • Extended operating temperatures to +130 degrees C and -40 degrees C.

    MEGA HIGH

    • 30% load increase over the highest load carrying Polychloroprene platform.
    • Highest speed applications.
    • Extended operating temperatures to +130 degrees C and -40 degrees C.
    “At Gates, transforming our industrial belt platforms using Ethylene Elastomer compounds is a priority,” said Tom Pitstick, Chief Marketing Officer and Senior Vice President of Product Line Management for Gates. “With the development of our PowerGrip® GT®4 synchronous belts, G-Force™ RedLine™ CVT power sports belts and this new EE Banded V-Belt family, we are leading the way in advanced materials development in our industry.”