After two years of construction, John Edwards, proprietor of Dream Machines Ltd. has completed a very substantial project for a client; a seriously modified 2006 C6 Corvette convertible. After much initial discussion it was agreed to give the Vette a complete overhaul.

In 2008, the employees of Optibelt North America were asked to examine a critical drive in a coal-fired power plant. Soon it became obvious that the installed standard V-belts were not able to meet the requirements of the 350 PS pump drives. The belts failed at regular intervals which lead to production downtimes,...

Just twenty years ago, driving a vehicle has often been a quite noisy experience. The reason: The noise emitted by the belt drives was more than annoying. Wet conditions, a lack of tension or simply an exceeded operational life were causes for the undesirable side effects.