Application Profile V-Belt Sheaves Wood Chippers Product Application P-8642-TBW 2/19 A major manufacturer of commercial wood chippers had experienced the complete failure of an imported belted drive installed as a replacement on a chipper from a product line that it recently acquired. After a period of use, the drive sheave broke apart, causing significant damage to the belt drive and other machine components. The OEM was a long-time belted drive customer of TB Wood’s (TBW). Based on the high level of trust that had been established over the years, the OEM contacted the TBW engineering team to help analyze the failure of the competitor’s belted drive. After careful examination of the drive design, TBW engineers uncovered multiple problems with the competitor’s drive that would ha

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