Whether you need a pulley for a household clothesline or for your sailboat, determining the necessary pulley size requires just a few simple calculations. The two basic pulley systems are "rope and pulley" and "belt and pulley" which are made of two different sized pulleys: the driver pulley,...
The inertia values of the motor, coupling, and pulleys are typically specified by their respective manufacturers. However, the inertia of the load must be calculated. Remember that the load includes the mass of both the external load and the belt, since the motor has to generate enough torque ...