You may want to look at Gates Design IQ and Design Flex Pro software. I think they are still free. I have used Design IQ more than a few times. It has worked great. Many many belts to choose from. We did one project that required a two sided toothed belt to gave two opposing shafts opposite rotations that were timed.
Dale On Monday, May 11, 2020, 03:34:49 PM EDT, N. Christopher Perry <vwpe...@comcast.net> wrote: The GT3 is a great profile to use. N. Christopher Perry > On May 11, 2020, at 2:07 PM, Chris Albertson <albertson.ch...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > I'm doing a new design CNC build. I will be using timing belts and > medium-size (NEMA 23 and 34) stepper motors. > > Question: What tooth profile is the best to use? The goal would be > minimum backlash then things like noise and belt wear. I can choose > anything I want because this is for a new machine. > > From my reading, I think the Gates GT3 profile, with 3mm pitch is the > current best belt type. Yes I know many mills work fine with HTD or > XL or even v-belts. > -- > > Chris Albertson > Redondo Beach, California > > > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
