Consider Kevlar Belts for Your Most Demanding Applications
High temperatures and abrasive environments prove to be the most challenging applications for conveyor belt manufacturers. Oftentimes, the temperature exceeds the limits of traditional urethane or rubber belting. Kevlar belts continue to fill a specialized niche in the industry.
Woven Kevlar belts are also available with a wire woven inside the carcass to reduce stretch and also dissipate heat onto the conveyor. Carbon fibers are another option that are designed for heat dissipation as well as adding anti-static properties to the belt.
Kevlar is rated up to 1,000° F and has a break strength of up to 4,000 pounds/in.
Sparks has experience with engineered Kevlar products to include the following applications:
- High-temperature aluminum extrusion lines on the cooling tables
- Handling glass cullet
- Moving glass extrusions
- Metal Forming
- Monofilament belts with Kevlar tension members for low-stretch applications
- Tension members within Teflon belts for oven applications
- Specialty covers on timing belts
- Tension members inside timing belts for food processing or where increasing flexibility or reducing the overall belt weight is critical
- High-temperature roller sleeves
- Truly Endless belts
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