TB Woods Incorporated Company Profile

TB Wood's Incorporated was founded in 1857 and began as a foundry producing wood burning stoves. Our company's tradition of product innovation started early -- Wood's entered the power transmission industry at the turn of the century with the introduction of flat belted drives and line shafting.

Since the introduction of V-belt drive systems in the 1930's, Wood's has been a leading innovator in belted drives. In 1945, Wood's introduced the quick detachable ("QD") Bushing system. In the early 1950's the company introduced variable speed pulleys and synchronous timing belt drive systems. In 1957, Wood's developed and patented its Sure-Flex® ...

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