Belt with corrugated material
An elevator system includes a hoistway, an elevator car movable along the hoistway, and one or more belts operably connected to the elevator car to propel the elevator car along the hoistway. A belt of the one or more belts includes one or more tension elements extending along a belt length, and a jacket at least partially encapsulating the one or more tension elements. The jacket includes a jacket base formed from a first material and one or more insert layers embedded in the jacket base material. The one or more insert layers have a corrugated shape along the belt length, and are formed from a second material different from the first material.
1. A belt for an elevator system, comprising:
one or more tension elements extending along a belt length; and
a jacket at least partially encapsulating the one or more tension elements, the jacket including:
a jacket base; and
one or more insert layers embedded in the jacket base, the one or more insert layers having a corrugated shape along the belt length;
wherein the one or more insert layers at least partially define an outer surface of the belt.
2. The belt of claim 1 , wherein a tension element of the one or more tension elements is formed from a plurality of fibers suspended in a matrix material.
3. An elevator system, comprising:
a hoistway;
an elevator car movable along the hoistway;
one or more belts operably connected to the elevator car to urge the elevator car along the hoistway, a belt of the one or more belts including:
one or more tension elements extending along a belt length; and
a jacket at least partially encapsulating the one or more tension elements, the jacket including:
a jacket base formed from a first material; and
one or more insert layers embedded in the jacket base material, the one or more insert layers having a corrugated shape along the belt length, the one or more insert layers formed from a second material different from the first material;
wherein the one or more insert layers at least partially define an outer surface of the belt.
4. The elevator system of claim 3 , wherein a tension element of the one or more tension elements is formed from a plurality of fibers suspended in a matrix material.