Delta Industrial Belt Retention & Spacer System

General Description

Recommended Materials & Settings

• PETG (TPU Could Potentially Be Used Instead *Not Tested, Infill & Pattern May Differ) (For Bottom & Top Piece)
• PLA or PLA+ (For Spacers 1-6mm, *PETG Can Also Be Used Just Fine In Order To Keep BOM Simple)
• 30% Infill (For Bottom & Top Piece)
• 100% Infill (For Spacers 1-6mm)
• Cubic
• 4 Walls
• Tree Supports (Auto) / (Touching Build-plate Only) / (For Bottom & Top Piece) / (No Supports Needed for Spacers)

Print Orientation

• Spacers 
  • should be always printed on their largest flat face (Top Face/Bottom Face of the Cylinder)
• Bottom Piece 
  • should always be printed with the non-countersunk mount holes facing down on to the build-plate (Same Orientation as Top Piece)
• Top Piece 
  • should always be printed with the non-countersunk mount holes facing down on to the build-plate (Same Orientation as Bottom Piece)

Hardware 

• Bolts Metric Standard M3 Socket Head Hex Screws 
  • (Initial Recommended Length is 12mm, *However Length Will Most Likely Differ Between Different Belts, & Different Stacks Of Spacers) 
  • (2 Needed)
• Nuts Metric Standard M3 Hex Nuts
  • (Ideally, A decent Quality, As Lower Quality Nuts May Begin To Skip In The Counter Sunk Mount)
  • (2 Needed)

Tools

• Standard Metric M2.5 Hex Alan Key OR Standard Metric M2.5 Hex Driver Bit 
  • (Necessary For Proper Assembly & Regular Use)
• File OR Sandpaper 
  • (Not Necessary But Great For Smoothing Out The Inner Clamp Faces If The User Finds Them To Be Not Of Quality Due To Potentially Poor Overhangs From The Use Of PETG & Minimal Support)

Assembly

Assembly is rather straightforward for installing a retention plate/spacer onto a nylon belt

1. Take the Bottom Piece Retention Plate, (The one with two visible countersunk hex nut holes)
2. Press two Standard Metric M3 Hex Nuts firmly into the openings of the countersunk hex-shaped holes, with the hex nuts in the orientation that will match the holes when pressed in (There should be two hex nuts total, one in each slot)
3. Set aside the Bottom Piece Retention Plate for now
4. Take the Top Piece Retention Plate and begin threading the two Standard Metric M3 Socket Head Hex Screws into the counter sunk holes (Each bolt should go into their respective countersunk mount fairly smoothly with a bit of pressure by pressing on the top of the socket screw, if they do not go in, thread them a bit more until they are freely moving up and down in their respective mounting holes)
5. Now grab both the Bottom & Top Piece Retention Plates & put them together (Both Pieces should be facing each other so that the counter sunk holes & countersunk hex holes are facing away from one another on the outsides of each piece, with the two pairs of non-countersunk hole openings facing towards one another)
6. Begin to evenly screw both Standard Metric M3 Socket Head Screws Gently downwards until they become tight, and are each biting into their respective counterpart Standard Metric M3 Socket Head Nuts. (Make sure to go in an alternating pattern when screwing the bolts downwards, one rotation on one screw, then one rotation on the other screw until they both can no longer travel downwards any further.
7. Then take the assembled Retention Plates & slightly loosen them so that the unit can be slid onto the woven nylon belt
8. Slide the Retention Unit down the belt until you reach the desired location
9. Once you have reached the desired location, re-tighten both bolts until they can go no further (The bolts will most likely almost always travel less once clamping the belt, than they did previously when first assembled, this is normal, and means they are doing their job) (Do not overtighten past the point of maximum tension or the mounts may crack) (The Two Bridges each located on their respective plate are intended to be able to bend a small amount to allow for high tension) 

Compatibility & Proper Usage 

• The Belt Retention & Spacer System, as described in the listed files, is intended to be generally compatible with standard 1.5" in-width, nylon woven belts. Such intended belts are ones offered by general outdoors gear manufacturers such as Arcteryx, Fairwin, WorkerMod, Condor, & Others.
• With an initial closed space of 1.5" x 3mm there is a small gap of additional needed space so that when properly bolted, the belt stays put, however can be slid along the belt if enough force is applied.
• Spacers are intended to be used after the belt retention clamps have been properly adjusted, and there is still an excess gap which is only being filled by the two tensioning bolts, as shown in the images below
• No teeth or ridges for extra bite are offered by default so that when properly installed, the retention plates cannot damage the belt permanently. 
• These Retention Clamps are intended for multiple uses, such as the two shown in the real-world examples

1. Clamping to the belt as a spacer/retention to prevent other equipment mounted on the belt from sliding back and forth causing annoyance. (Great for securing gear such as belt loop mounted mag-holders, dump pouches, holsters, phone pouches, and general storage pouches.
2. Clamping to the belt itself, bringing the often additional excess on most nylon belts into a secure position where it will stay put and not flap around. (This is great for belts being used over clothing such as gear belts, making it ideal to not cut the excess material so that it can be re-adjusted around different clothing or layers of clothing)

Final Notes

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Last updated on The 24th of October, 2024. :)