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Old 02-27-2016, 05:21 PM   #21 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by mcrews View Post
ok.........thousands of wires woven & bound together to form a steel belt......your point? ......
Sorry, but the steel wires in a fire's belt are not woven. They are parallel in a layer, completeli surrounded by rubber in 2 layers. They "pantograph" when stressed - that is they change angle - so the width and length of the belts can change.

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