On 23-Dec-17 5:31 PM, N_Cook wrote:
Metal tape with round or square holes in, engaging with balls or pegs
set in pulleys. Firstly any generic name for this?
I'm after design criteria, for steel tape, 1.25 or 1.5 inches wide,
flexible enough to wrap around 1 foot diameter pulleys.
So the trade-off between tape thickness , size and spacing of
holes/sprockets for maximum tension/torque transfer and tape integrity.

Most of these systems now use beaded float line.

Multi-strand stainless wire has brass beads peened on every 6" or so.
The pulleys have holes that line up with the beads.