Flat rubber belts were developed around the turn of the century primarily as replacements for leather belts. With the advent of V-belts, fewer machines were designed to use flat belts, and their ...

FRANKLIN, Ky.—Proximity to a customer base is crucial for any manufacturer, and that is exactly what pushed the Northern Ireland-based Smiley Monroe Inc. to begin a conveyor belt manufacturing ...

DETROIT—The old-fashioned fan belt is losing its grip. The familiar toothed rubber belt, a staple of car engines for nearly a century, is driving fewer mechanical components as electricity takes over ...

Admittedly you have to be at least 40 to remember the Dutch DAF car (it was absorbed into Volvo in the 1970s). It pioneered a transmission using a rubber pulley rather than individual gears. The ...

Most vehicles have a rubber belt on the front of the engine that drives accessories such as the air-conditioning compressor, power steering pump and alternator. If this accessory drive belt (also ...