Thank you Mr.Gary Blenkhorn,

These carcass thickness values differ from manufacturer to manufacturer.

As the carcass thickness directly relates to the vulcanizing strength and the cost of the belt, searching for any standard or basic guide line.

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Thank you Mr.Ishwar G. Mulani.

Let us consider EP ( Elastomer Polyamide or Polyester-Nylon ) fabric belts of rating 800/4. So each ply rating is 200 N/mm.

So each ply of 200 N/mm, would the ply thickness be different from manufacturer to manufacturer ?

If yes, as you said, the carcass thickness would vary among the manufacturers. But again, if this answer is YES, the reason would be required.

If the answer is NO, the carcass thickness should be same for all the manufacturers, if the bonding layer between the plies used are same.

The belt manufacturers are sharing the carcass thickness details in their brochures or in their websites.

If this is a very sensitive information for them, I do not think that they would have shared this information.

I am wondering if there is any standardization is available for this carcass thickness which is important for belt strength and the belt's price.

Thank you very much for joining in this post & lots of regards,

S.Ganesh ■