Whether you’re dealing with excessive temperatures, corrosives like salt or sand, or need components that can handle frequent wash downs, selecting the right products for the job will help ensure a greater return on your investment. Learn how to avoid common hose system and belt drive problems in markets like oilfield, agriculture, mining, marine, and more. This webinar covers long-term solutions for issues that are holding your system back from optimal productivity, and offers recommendations for products that can help. Watch this webinar to: Understand the benefits of making informed, thoughtful decisions about the components you choose for use in challenging environments. Learn the most important things to consider when selecting components for harsh environments, and about products specifically designed to address problems. Learn which questions to ask as you’re troubleshooting issues, find resources to help when you’re experiencing recurring failure, and get tips to maximize your resources in a challenging environment.

1. Selecting the Right Components
for Harsh Environments
Find solutions for hose system and belt drive issues

2. Before We Start
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3. Moderator
Paul Heney
Design World
Presenters
Brent Oman
Tim Dean
Gates Corporation
Gates Corporation

4. Selecting the Right Components
for Harsh Environments
Presented by Tim Deans: Global Hydraulic Engineering Lead
&
Brent Oman: Manager, Product Application Engineering
Gates Corporation

5. Selecting the Right Products for Extreme Environments
• Learn how to avoid common problems that harsh environments
pose for end markets including:
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Oilfield
Agriculture
Mining
Marine
Food & Beverage
Construction
And more!

6. Selecting the Right Products for Extreme Environments
• Benefits to Making Informed Product Decisions:
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Avoid costly downtime
Reduce risk of damage to components and expense of replacing components
Avoid contamination (for example, in the food industry)
Prevent environmental damage (for example, from a toxic spill)
Improve productivity
Avoid potential damage
Ensure a safe working environment

7. Environmental Issue: Abrasion
• Hose/Hydraulics
o Issues: hose abrasion, routing problems, crushing
issues, scraping, premature failure, rust/oxidation
o Solutions:
• Re-routing
• Use abrasion-resistant cover
• Switch to dual line hose
o Recommended Products: Mega Tuff® cover,
XtraTuff™ cover, and dual line hose such as M3K
DL or CM2T® DL

8. Environmental Issue: Abrasion
• Belts
o Issues: sprocket wear and rust, which results in belt wear
o Solutions:
• Replace sprockets and belts when signs of extreme wear
or rust appear
• Use plated sprockets and bushings to help prevent rust
• Review current drive guard and brainstorm methods to
further minimize belt drive exposure to abrasives
o Recommended Products: Poly Chain® GT® Carbon™
synchronous belt drive systems, Predator® V-belt drive
systems

9. Environmental Issue: Corrosion
• Hose/Hydraulics
o Issues: exposure to fertilizers, road and sea
salt, and UV radiation, which can break down
the steel in couplings creating a red rust on
the surface of the metal
o Solutions:
• Use corrosion resistant hose and plating
o Recommended Products: TuffCoat™ plating,
TuffCoat™ Xtreme, stainless steel couplings

10. Environmental Issue: Corrosion
• Belts
o Issues: exposure to humid or moist environments leave belt
drive components susceptible to rust corrosion
o Solutions:
• Minimize the exposure to fluids. In many cases, a madeto-order metal solution can minimize corrosion and
extend drive life
• Use stainless steel or electroless nickel-plated sprockets
and bushings
o Recommended Products: 8mm Stainless Steel Poly Chain®
GT®2 sprockets or Gates Made-To-Order-Metals support team

11. Environmental Issue: Temperature Extremes
• Hose/Hydraulics
o Issues: hose breakdown
o Solutions:
• Replace with ozone resistant hose and/or hose that can handle a broad range of
temperatures
o Recommended Products: High-temperature hose (M4KH, M3KH, C5D and G2XH, for
example), PowerClean™ (Pressure Washer), 205MB Steam King® (Steam), 232MB
Steam Queen® (Steam) or Barricade™ 4219BF (Marine)

12. Environmental Issue: Temperature Extremes
• Case Study
Before
After

13. Environmental Issue: Temperature Extremes
• Belts
o Issues: high temperatures can damage compounds and
cause cracking, chunking out, tooth shear. Quality belts
can withstand temperatures near -40F or lower
o Solutions:
• Replace cracked belts with belts that have special
high-temperature construction,
• Ensure proper ventilation
• Work with manufacturer engineering support for
applications in extreme cold
o Recommended Products: Predator® belt drive systems,
molded notch V-belts, PowerGrip® GT®2

14. Environmental Issue: Contamination
• Hose/Hydraulics
o Issues: unsanitary environment due to contaminants; product damage
o Solutions:
• Flush with chemically compatible fluid
• Blow out contaminants with shop air
• Utilize a cleaning projectile, like a sponge or pellet
o Recommended Products: MegaClean™ system

15. Environmental Issue: Contamination
• Belting
o Issues: frequent wash down to meet sanitary requirements;
product damage; incompatibility with industry standards (food
safety standards for example)
o Solutions:
• Replace with easy-to-clean, joint-free components
designed for the food and beverage industry
• Reduced maintenance through ability to clean in place
o Recommended Products: Gates Mectrol PosiClean® food grade
belting
Gates Mectrol PosiClean® food grade belting

16. Environmental Issue: Fluid Incompatibility
• Hose/Hydraulics
o Issues: unsanitary environment due to contaminants; product damage
o Solutions:
• Select hose compatible with the fluid being transferred
• Check chemical resistance charts for compatibility with materials,
couplings, and O-rings
o Recommended Products: MegaSys® spiral wire and wire braid hoses, Stallion®
and Mustang® acid-chemical hoses

17. Environmental Issue: Exposure to Fluids
• Belts
o Issues: solvents or oils can create rubber belt swelling or
stickiness
• Fluid contaminants can degrade material integrity and
belt strength, resulting in delamination
o Solutions:
• Review current drive guard and brainstorm methods to
further minimize belt drive exposure to contaminants
• Select a degradation-resistant belt
o Recommended Products: Poly Chain® GT® Carbon™ belt
system

18. Environmental Issue: High Pressure
• Hose/Hydraulics
o Issues: leaks, bursts, coupling blowoffs and whipping hose can lead to safety
hazards and environmental contamination
o Solutions:
• Make sure the working pressure of the hose is greater or equal than
maximum system pressure
• Use a sleeving system or hose cover to contain bursts and leaks
o Recommended Products: M-XP™ Million-Impulse Cycle hose, spiral wire
hydraulic hose, LifeGuard® line-of-sight sleeving, MegaSys® constant pressure
hoses

19. Environmental Issue: Hazardous Environments
• Belts
o Issues: static electricity or highly charged environments are a fire hazard
o Solutions:
• Clean debris and contaminants and ground systems properly
• Use a static-conductive belt line
• Bleed off residual static buildup with a static-conductive brush
o Recommended Products: Super HC, Hi-Power II, and Tri-Power V-belts; 8mm
and 14mm PowerGrip GT2 synchronous belts

20. Be Proactive in Harsh Environments
• Ensure optimal production and minimal
maintenance by proactively choosing
products and solutions that can
withstand your challenging
circumstances.
• With the right design, most appropriate
products and a thorough maintenance
regimen, you can be sure your
equipment will run smoothly long-term.

21. Questions?
Gates Corporation
Design World
Paul Heney
pheney@wtwhmedia.com
Phone: 440.234.4531
Twitter: @DW_Editor
Brent Oman
BO9493@gates.com
Phone: 303.744.5800
Gates Power Transmission Facebook - facebook.com/GatesPowerTransmission
Gates Power Transmission YouTube - youtube.com/gatespt
Gates Belts & Applications Blog - gatesbeltsandapplications.blogspot.com
Gates Corporation
Tim Deans
TD1403@gates.com
Phone: 303.744.5070
Gates Fluid Power Facebook - facebook.com/GatesFluidPower
Gate Fluid Power YouTube - youtube.com/GatesFluidPower
Gates Fluid Power Twitter - twitter.com/GatesFluidPower

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