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Originally Posted by CapriRacer
.... Remember, the steel belt isn’t solid steel. It is a series of parallel wires set at an angle in 2 layers in opposite directions. The wires themselves don’t stretch, but they do change angle as the belt goes through the footprint, thus changing the length and the width of the belt. The process is called pantographing. ...
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I have been on this site for seven year this month and have seen steel belt stretch debated repeatedly. Never yet until now do I recall the term "pantographing" being used. This is the first time I have ever heard this phenomena explained here or anywhere. (A search of EM shows it was mentioned once in June 2012 by another user.)
Thanks for that. Great little explanation of an elegant concept. I effin love that.
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