TABLE 4: SERVICE FACTORS FOR DESIGNING TIMING BELT DRIVES
Driven Machine Type Driver Type
  ELECTRIC MOTORS   ELECTRIC MOTORS
  AC Normal Torque   AC High Torque, Hi-Slip
     Squirrel Cage      Induction and Single
Please see the examples of various    Synchronous      Phase, Slip Ring  
machines below. Select the group    Split Phase   DC Compound Wound
that most closely matches your DC Shunt Wound   1-3 Cylinder Internal Combustion
application.   4+ Cylinder Internal Combustion Engines   Line Shafts, Clutched
  Intermittent Service Normal Service Continuous Service Intermittent Service Normal Service Continuous Service
  3-5 Hours / Day or Seasonal 8-10 Hours per Day 16-24 Hours per Day 3-5 Hours / Day or Seasonal 8-10 Hours per Day 16-24 Hours per Day
Display Equipment            
Dispensing Equipment            
Instrumentation 1.0 1.2 1.4 1.2 1.4 1.6
Projection Equipment            
Measuring Devices            
Medical Equipment            
Appliances, Sweepers, Sewing Machines            
Office Equipment 1.2 1.4 1.6 1.4 1.6 1.8
Light Belt Conveyors, Light Package Screens            
Oven Screens, Drum, Conical 1.3 1.5 1.7 1.5 1.7 1.9
Wood Lathes, Band Saws            
Agitators for Liquids            
Dough Mixers            
Drill Press, Lathe            
Screw Machines, Jointers            
Circular Saws, Planers 1.4 1.6 1.8 1.6 1.8 2.0
Laundry Machinery            
Paper Machinery except Pulpers            
Printing Machinery            
Agitators for Semi-Liquids            
Conveyor Belt: Ore, Coal, Sand, Line Shafts            
Machine Tools: Grinder, Shaper, Boring Mill            
Milling Machines            
Pumps: Centrifugal, Gear, Rotary Pipeline 1.5 1.7 1.9 1.7 1.9 2.1
Screens: Vibrating Cam Type            
Textile: Warpers, Reels            
Compressor: Centrifugal            
Fans, Blowers, Centrifugal            
Brick Machinery except Pug Mills            
Conveyors: Apron, Pan, Bucket, Elevator            
Elevators: Bucket            
Extractors, Washers            
Induced Draft Exhausters 1.6 1.8 2.0 1.8 2.0 2.2
Saw Mill Machinery            
Generators and Exciters            
Textile Machinery: Looms, Spinning Frames            
   Twisters            
Rubber Calendars, Extruders, Mills            
Centrifuges            
Conveyors: Flight, Screw            
Hammer Mills 1.7 1.9 2.1 1.9 2.1 2.3
Paper Pulpers            
Brick and Clay Pug Mills            
Fans, Blowers, Propeller Mine Fans 1.8 2.0 2.2 2.0 2.2 2.4
Positive Blowers            
Reciprocating Compressor            
Mills, Ball, Rod, Pebble, etc. 1.9 2.1 2.3 2.1 2.3 2.5
Pumps: Reciprocating            
Notes:  
1. Equipment subject to choking should use a minimum of 2.0 service factor.
2. Additional service factors are required for unusual conditions such as load reversal, heavy shock, plugged motor stop and electric brakes. Generally add 0.5 to 1.0 to the above, depending on the severity of the condition.