Demand for plastic belts remains strong. Although demand from the logistics industry due to the booming online shopping business has slowed down, both production volume and shipment value have been higher than the previous year, supported by stable demand from the food industry. In the future, demand for logistics is expected to pick up again due to the construction of...
Belt manufacturer Bando Chemical held in September a webinar on how to select materials for transmission belts. Takamitsu Akashi, General Manager of the Industrial Materials Division Sales Department and General Manager of the Power Transmission Sales Group, served as MC and instructor for the day. For rubber toothed belts, the rubber materials used include chloroprene rubber (CR), ethylene propylene rubber...
Gates Unitta Asia Co. has launched the U-550, a new contact-free sonic belt tension meter. By employing a microphone to perceive the natural-frequency sound waves generated by belts and then analyzing these waves using a computer, the product makes it possible for anyone to easily and accurately measure a belt’s tension without the need for contact. The measurement process here...
Gates Unitta Asia Co. has launched the U-550, a new product in its lineup of sonic belt tension meters. The U-550 employs a microphone to perceive the natural-frequency sound waves generated by belts, then analyzes these waves using a computer. The process here makes it possible for anyone to easily and accurately measure a belt’s tension without the need for...
Japan’s shipments of rubber products this July came to a total value of roughly 211.04 billion yen ($1.97 billion), rising by 6.4 percent over the same month last year, according to figures put together by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI). Looking at individual product types, automotive tires up made 53 percent of the total here, and saw...
Forecasts for belt and hose sales in 2019 are showing a pessimistic outlook despite what have been favorable market conditions so far this year. These findings come from TGS, an association of industrial rubber product wholesalers in the greater Kanto region. Conducting an independent survey as part of a report on belt and hose trade flows for 2018, TGS found...
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