ContiTech advances rubber timing-belt technology

Hanover, Germany – ContiTech claims to have developed one of the strongest rubber timing belts in the market:

The Synchroforce Carbon, which is equipped with a hybrid tension member made of a glass carbon compound, is said to match the performance to polyurethane belts.

With the demands on machines growing constantly, there is a constant need for higher-performance belts, according to Rodrigo Maia, head of the Industry EMEA/APAC segment in the ContiTech power transmission group

“One of carbon’s features…