The flange is a geometric entity defined by a frustum. The sloped surface of flange contacts the belt's side contact nodes, lower side contact nodes or upper side contact nodes of the belt depending upon its configuration. It is typically used in conjunction with a V-belt and defined in conjunction with a roller body. In fact, if you want to use the Surface creation option for the flange, you should create a roller body before making the flange. You select the Point, Distance creation option, the roller body is not needed
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R |
Radius |
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W |
Width |
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A |
Angle |
(b) Dimension information
Figure 1 Flange