BS 3790:2006

This standard BS 3790:2006 Specification for belt drives. Endless wedge belts, endless V-belts, banded wedge belts, banded V-belts and their corresponding pulleys is classified in these ICS categories:

• 21.220.10 Belt drives and their components

This British Standard specifies the dimensions and certain other properties of endless wedge belts, V-belts and equivalent banded belts and their corresponding grooved pulleys, when used for power transmission.

Recommendations and information on the design, selection and installation of drive assemblies are given in Annex C and Annex E. Recommendations on the storage of belts are given in Annex B.

This standard does not apply to industrial variable speed drives employing pulleys with movable flanges, or to drives specified in BS 3733 or BS ISO 5287.