High Tension and Low Tension Pulley?
· A low tension pulley would be a snub or bend pulley with 50% rated belt tension. You have to then look at the vector force on a pulley to rate its shaft and shell and bearings. If the belt tension is Tmax, and the head pulley has a belt wrap of 180 degrees, then the pulley force is 2 x Tmax, or Tmax/pillow block. So you need to rate the pulley and its design according to the belt vector force ...