The ContiTech Power Transmission Group has expanded its range for commercial vehicles with the addition of a new V-ribbed belt. The CONTI HEAVY DUTY POWER, designed for front end accessory drives, makes commercial vehicles more reliable and environmentally friendly and offers customers direct added value.
The CONTI HEAVY DUTY POWER has a service life of more than 500,000 km in heavy-duty applications. Due to a new material combination, the belt is particularly flexible. It functions perfectly well even under extreme conditions, as for example when dust or stones work their way into the drive.
“In a market where a long service life plays an important role, the reliability of the belt is a key factor,” stresses Philip Nelles, Head of the Automotive Original Equipment segment at the ContiTech Power Transmission Group. “The long service life minimizes the maintenance cost and, in turn, the length of unproductive time a vehicle spends in the garage.”
Compared with standard belts, the new belt can also reduce power loss in the belt drive system by up to 10 per cent. This in turn leads to a reduction in fuel consumption and CO2 emissions. The new belt therefore helps the commercial vehicle industry comply with the increasingly stricter norms related to lower emissions.
The ContiTech Power Transmission Group is initially starting production of the CONTI HEAVY DUTY POWER in China and Europe. Later on, the belt can be produced at all plants worldwide meeting global specifications. This would ensure that customers all over enjoy the uniform product quality and safety.
The ContiTech plants are getting attuned to the high flexibility and low quantities required by the commercial vehicles market to enable quick product delivery. Customers benefit a lot from the group’s decades of experience with commercial vehicle drive belts. The company is one of the world’s leading specialists in rubber products, with extensive R&D activities.