Product Description
Flat-Flex? belts are USDA-approved and designed to be cleaned in place. Flat-Flex? belts come in over five thousand combinations, including materials, wire diameter, spacing, design pattern, and lateral breadth.
Applications
- Transport
- Cooking
- Heating
- Drying
- Cooling
- Coating
- Drainage
- Freezing
- Enrobing
- Frying
- Baking
- Dough Rolling
- Battering
- Breading
- Shrink Wrapping
- Sterilisation
- Soldering
- Architectural Mesh
- Shuttling
- Turning
- Side Shifting
- Collating
- Crumbing
- Searing
- Glazing
- Preparation
- Sieving
Advantages
Advantages of using Flat-Flex? conveyor belts
The distinctive features of Flat-Flex? conveyor belts provide various benefits that increase production, assist in managing?costs, and improve your total product quality, including:
- The largest proportion of open-mesh area available- up to 86%
- Easy to clean, clean-in-place design
- No-slip, positive drive
- Very low belt mass
- Smallest diameter end rolls and drive rolls
- Positive driven for?accurate tracking
- USDA Accepted
Flat-Flex? belts are available in various materials, including 302 stainless steel. Other materials offered are 316 stainless steel, different carbon steels, and high-temperature performance materials.
C-CureEdge? Technology is available for most Flat-Flex? belts. This technology completely avoids the chance of the belt edge catching and tangling.
Standard Belt Data
Flat-Flex® is available in a variety of wire sizes and pitches. The information below is an excerpt from our whole line of Flat-Flex® belting. A larger range of pitch and wire diameter variations is available; if you do not find the standard you need, don’t hesitate to contact our customer service team or technical sales engineers.
Edge Loop Types:
| C-Cure-Edge® |
Double Loop Edge (DLE) |
Single Loop Edge (SLE) |
| Check the reference chart below for edge availability per mesh |
Flat-Flex® Imperial Reference Chart:
| Nominal Strands Per Foot, Wire Diameter |
Actual Pitch |
Strands Per Foot |
Opening between Wires |
Standard Edge Loop Size (inches +/-.0156) |
Weight |
Min. Transfer Diameter (grooved) |
Typical Open Area |
Edge Availability |
| Single Loop Edge (SLE) |
Double Loop Edge (DLE) |
C-Cure Edge (SLE CC) |
| 72 x .035″ |
.167″ |
72 |
.132″ |
0.188″ |
0.26 lbs/sq.ft |
0.375″ |
77% |
• |
• |
|
| 72 x .050″ |
.167″ |
72 |
.117″ |
0.188″ |
0.53 lbs/sq.ft |
0.438″ |
67.50% |
• |
|
|
| 54 x .035″ |
.222″ |
54 |
.187″ |
0.188″ |
0.2 lbs/sq.ft |
0.500″ |
82.50% |
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• |
|
| 48 x .050″ |
.250″ |
48 |
.200″ |
0.313″ |
0.37 lbs/sq.ft |
0.625″ |
77.50% |
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• |
|
| 42 x .050″ |
.289″ |
41.5 |
.239″ |
*0.281″ |
0.33 lbs/sq.ft |
0.625″ |
80% |
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• |
• |
| 42 x .062″ |
.289″ |
41.5 |
.230″ |
*0.281″ |
0.52 lbs/sq.ft |
0.750″ |
75% |
• |
|
• |
| 32 x .072″ |
.375″ |
32 |
.303″ |
0.313″ |
0.58 lbs/sq.ft |
1.000″ |
79% |
• |
|
• |
| 32 x .082″ |
.375″ |
32 |
.293″ |
0.313″ |
0.72 lbs/sq.ft |
0.875″ |
75% |
• |
|
• |
| 27 x .050″ |
.453″ |
26.5 |
.403″ |
0.25″ |
0.24 lbs/sq.ft |
1.000″ |
86% |
• |
• |
|
| 24 x .072″ |
.500″ |
24 |
.428″ |
0.281″ |
0.44 lbs/sq.ft |
1.125″ |
82% |
• |
|
• |
| 24 x .092″ |
.500″ |
24 |
.408″ |
0.5″ |
0.73 lbs/sq.ft |
1.250″ |
78% |
• |
|
• |
| 24 x .110″ |
.500″ |
24 |
.390″ |
0.512″ |
1.04 lbs/sq.ft |
1.500″ |
72% |
|
|
• |
| 15 x .092″ |
.774″ |
15 |
.682″ |
0.313″ |
0.52 lbs/sq.ft |
1.500″ |
85% |
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|
|
| *Other dimensions available and may be more common |
Flat-Flex® Metric Reference Chart:
| Strands Per Foot, Wire Diameter and nominal pitch |
Pitch (nominal) |
Opening between Wires (nominal) |
Standard Edge Loop Size |
Weight |
Min. Transfer Diameter (grooved) |
Typical Open Area |
Edge Availability |
| Single Loop Edge (SLE) |
Double Loop Edge (DLE) |
C-Cure Edge (SLE CC) |
| 6mm x 1.27 (50.8) |
6mm |
4.72mm |
6.35mm |
1.90kg/sq.mts |
7.94mm |
76% |
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|
| 9mm x 1.57 (33.9) |
9mm |
7.42mm |
12.70mm |
2.14kg/sq.mts |
12.70mm |
79% |
• |
|
|
| 12mm x 1.83 (25.4) |
12mm |
10.16mm |
7.14mm |
2.25kg/sq. mts |
15.88mm |
81% |
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|
|
The Most Common Flat-Flex® Drive Components:
| Strands per foot x Wire Diameter |
Sprocket Diameter |
Number of Teeth |
Root Diameter |
Bore |
Sprockets part number |
Blanks part number |
| 72 x .035 and 72 x .050 |
1.25” |
20 |
1.08” |
1/2” |
G72-125S050 |
B108S050 |
| 2.00” |
34 |
1.85” |
3/4” |
G72-2S075 |
B185S075 |
| 2.00” |
34 |
1.85” |
1” |
G72-2S100 |
B185S100 |
| 54 x .035 and 27 x .050 |
2.00” |
25 |
1.80” |
3/4” |
G54-2S075 |
B180S075 |
| 3.00” |
39 |
2.80” |
3/4” |
G54-3S075 |
B280S075 |
| 3.00” |
39 |
2.80” |
1” |
G54-3S100 |
B280S100 |
| 48 x .050 |
1.25” |
13 |
1.08” |
1/2” |
G48-125S050 |
B108S050 |
| 2.00” |
22 |
1.77” |
3/4” |
G48-2S075 |
B177S075 |
| 3.00” |
35 |
2.80” |
3/4” |
G48-3S075 |
B280S075 |
| 3.00” |
35 |
2.80” |
1” |
G48-3S100 |
B280S100 |
| 42 x .050 and 42 x .062 |
1.25” |
12 |
1.08” |
1/2” |
G42-125S050 |
B108S050 |
| 1.25” |
12 |
1.08” |
5/8” |
G42-125S063 |
B108S063 |
| 1.25” |
12 |
1.08” |
3/4” |
G42-125S075 |
B108S075 |
| 2.00” |
20 |
1.80” |
3/4” |
G42-2S075 |
B180S075 |
| 2.00” |
20 |
1.80” |
1” |
G42-2S100 |
B180S100 |
| 3.00” |
29 |
2.67” |
3/4” |
G42-3S075 |
B267S075 |
| 3.00” |
29 |
2.67” |
1” |
G42-3S100 |
B267S100 |
| 32 x .082 |
2.00” |
15 |
1.80” |
3/4” |
G32-2S075 |
B180S075 |
| 3.00” |
22 |
2.66” |
1” |
G32-3S100 |
B266S100 |
| 4.25” |
32 |
3.85” |
1” |
G32-425S100 |
B385S100 |
| 24 x .072 and 24 x .092 |
1.63” |
8 |
1.28” |
3/4” |
G24-163S075 |
B128S075 |
| 2.00” |
11 |
1.77” |
3/4” |
G24-2S075 |
B177S075 |
| 3.00” |
17 |
2.70” |
3/4” |
G24-3S075 |
B270S075 |
| 3.00” |
17 |
2.70” |
1” |
G24-3S100 |
B270S100 |
| 4.25” |
24 |
3.83″ |
1” |
G24-425S100 |
B383S100 |
| 15 x .092 |
3.00” |
10 |
2.58” |
3/4” |
G15-3S075 |
B258S075 |
| 4.25” |
15 |
3.75” |
1” |
G15-425S100 |
B375S100 |
| • The sprockets listed above are made from stainless steel material. • For plastic material change the letter “S” to “D.” |
| • Sprockets and Blanks are produced without a keyway. Add a “K” to the part # (for example, G24-35100K). • Sprockets are supplied with two set screws, blanks are supplied with one. |
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