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Improve efficiencies and your bottom line

Compact-Grid conveyor belt is designed to offer superior support for small products. Compact-Grid’s 70% open surface area makes it easy-to-clean and offers exceptional flow-through properties for heating, cooling, and coating operations. Compact-Grid’s no-slip positive drive provides the highest standard in belt tracking, which means the belt will run straight and true even under heavy loads. Compact-Grid conveyor belt is available in two sizes meshes, 10mm and 15mm.

  • Heating
  • Drying
  • Cooling
  • Coating
  • Freezing
  • Frying
  • Baking
  • Elevating
  • De-Elevating

Compact-Grid™ conveyor belt advantages:

  • USDA Accepted
  • Superior support for smaller products
  • Belt joining is fast and simple
  • Excellent belt tracking, positive drive design
  • No welds as in competitive style belts
  • Easy to clean, clean-in-place
  • No places for product particles to be trapped
  • Lighter weight than many comparable belts
  • Perfect for frying, cooking, and cooling applications
  • 10mm mesh boasts a 70% open area and 15mm boasts a 73% open area allowing for excellent drainage in coating operations
  • Available in 10mm and 15mm meshes

Standard Belt Data:

Imperial Measurements Metric Measurements
Pitch .394” 10mm
Space Width (average) .394” 10mm
Wire Diameter .062” 1.6mm
Belt Thickness .20” 5.2mm
Weight 1.0lb/ft2 4.9kg/m2
Percent Open Area 70% 70%
Opening Size (largest opening) ø.42” circle ø10.6mm circle
Max Width 144.96” 3682mm
Min Width 11.1” 282mm
Max Working Tension 5lb/joint (150lb/ft) 2.27kg/joint (227kg/m)
Max Speed 150ft/min 45.7m/min
Min Transfer Diameter .63“ 16mm
Min Sprocket Diameter 2” 51mm

 

Belt Width Availability:

Inches Millimeters Number of Spaces Inches Millimeters Number of Spaces Inches Millimeters Number of Spaces
11.102 282 27 32.362 822 81 53.622 1362 135
11.89 302 29 33.15 842 83 54.409 1382 137
12.667 322 31 33.937 862 85 55.197 1402 139
13.465 342 33 34.724 882 87 55.984 1422 141
14.252 362 35 35.512 902 89 56.772 1442 143
15.039 382 37 36.299 922 91 57.559 1462 145
15.827 402 39 37.087 942 93 58.346 1482 147
16.614 422 41 37.874 962 95 59.134 1502 149
17.402 442 43 38.661 982 97 59.921 1522 151
18.189 462 45 39.449 1002 99 60.709 1542 153
18.976 482 47 40.236 1022 101 61.496 1562 155
19.764 502 49 41.024 1042 103 62.283 1582 157
20.551 522 51 41.811 1062 105 63.071 1602 159
21.339 542 53 42.598 1082 107 63.858 1622 161
22.126 562 55 43.386 1102 109 64.646 1642 163
22.913 582 57 44.173 1122 111 65.433 1662 165
23.701 602 59 44.961 1142 113 66.22 1682 167
24.488 622 61 45.748 1162 115 67.008 1702 169
25.276 642 63 46.535 1182 117 67.795 1722 171
26.063 662 65 47.323 1202 119 68.583 1742 173
26.85 682 67 48.11 1222 121 69.37 1762 175
27.638 702 69 48.898 1242 123 70.157 1782 177
28.425 722 71 49.685 1262 125 70.945 1802 179
29.213 742 73 50.472 1282 127 71.732 1822 181
30 762 75 51.26 1302 129 72.52 1842 183
30.787 782 77 52.047 1322 131 73.307 1862 185
31.575 802 79 52.835 1342 133 74.094 1882 187

Compact-Grid™ is now available up to 144″ wide contact us for more information.

Compact-Grid™ 10mm Drive Components

Slim Profile Sprockets:

MILLIMETERS INCHES
Number of Teeth: Outside Diameter: Root Diameter: Outside Diameter: Root Diameter:
8 58.07 44.97 2.286 1.771
9 64.51 51.41 2.540 2.024
10 70.94 57.84 2.793 2.277
11 77.35 64.25 3.045 2.530
12 83.76 70.66 3.298 2.782
13 90.16 77.06 3.550 3.034
14 96.55 83.45 3.801 3.286
15 102.94 89.84 4.053 3.537
16 109.33 96.23 4.304 3.789
17 115.72 102.62 4.556 4.040
18 122.10 109.00 4.807 4.291
19 128.48 115.38 5.058 4.543
20 134.86 121.76 5.310 4.794
21 141.24 128.14 5.561 5.045
22 147.62 134.52 5.812 5.296
23 153.99 140.89 6.063 5.547
24 160.37 147.27 6.314 5.798
25 166.75 153.65 6.565 6.049
26 173.12 160.02 6.816 6.300
27 179.49 166.39 7.067 6.551
28 185.87 172.77 7.318 6.802
29 192.24 179.14 7.568 7.053
30 198.61 185.51 7.819 7.304
31 204.98 191.88 8.070 7.554
32 211.35 198.25 8.321 7.805
33 217.73 204.63 8.572 8.056
34 224.10 211.00 8.823 8.307
35 230.47 217.37 9.074 8.558
36 236.84 223.74 9.324 8.809
37 243.21 230.11 9.575 9.059
38 249.58 236.48 9.826 9.310

3 Piece Stacking Sprockets:

MILLIMETERS INCHES
Drive Sprocket Tracking Guide Outside Diameter Round Blank OD Drive Sprocket Tracking Guide Outside Diameter Round Blank OD
# of Teeth Root Diameter Driving Shelf Outside Diameter Root Diameter Driving Shelf Outside Diameter
8 50.66 55.66 60.06 44.97 1.995 2.191 2.365 1.771
9 56.88 61.88 66.28 51.41 2.239 2.436 2.609 2.024
10 63.12 68.12 72.52 57.84 2.485 2.682 2.855 2.277
11 69.39 74.39 78.79 64.25 2.732 2.929 3.102 2.53
12 75.67 80.67 85.07 70.66 2.979 3.176 3.349 2.782
13 81.97 86.97 91.37 77.06 3.227 3.424 3.597 3.034
14 88.28 93.28 97.68 83.45 3.476 3.672 3.846 3.286
15 94.59 99.59 103.99 89.84 3.724 3.921 4.094 3.537
16 100.92 105.92 110.32 96.23 3.973 4.17 4.343 3.789
17 107.24 112.24 116.64 102.62 4.222 4.419 4.592 4.04
18 113.58 118.58 122.98 109 4.471 4.668 4.842 4.291
19 119.91 124.91 129.31 115.38 4.721 4.918 5.091 4.543
20 126.25 131.25 135.65 121.76 4.97 5.167 5.341 4.794
21 132.59 137.59 141.99 128.14 5.22 5.417 5.59 5.045
22 138.93 143.93 148.33 134.52 5.47 5.667 5.84 5.296
23 145.28 150.28 154.68 140.89 5.72 5.916 6.09 5.547
24 151.63 156.63 161.03 147.27 5.97 6.166 6.34 5.798
25 157.97 162.97 167.37 153.65 6.219 6.416 6.59 6.049
26 164.32 169.32 173.72 160.02 6.469 6.666 6.84 6.3
27 170.68 175.68 180.08 166.39 6.72 6.916 7.09 6.551
28 177.03 182.03 186.43 172.77 6.97 7.166 7.34 6.802
29 183.38 188.38 192.78 179.14 7.22 7.417 7.59 7.053
30 189.74 194.74 199.14 185.51 7.47 7.667 7.84 7.304
31 196.09 201.09 205.49 191.88 7.72 7.917 8.09 7.554
32 202.45 207.45 211.85 198.25 7.97 8.167 8.34 7.805
33 208.8 213.8 218.2 204.63 8.221 8.417 8.591 8.056
34 215.16 220.16 224.56 211 8.471 8.668 8.841 8.307
35 221.52 226.52 230.92 217.37 8.721 8.918 9.091 8.558
36 227.87 232.87 237.27 223.74 8.971 9.168 9.342 8.809
37 234.23 239.23 243.63 230.11 9.222 9.419 9.592 9.059
38 240.59 245.59 249.99 236.48 9.472 9.669 9.842 9.31
39 246.95 251.95 256.35 242.85 9.722 9.919 10.093 9.561
40 253.31 258.31 262.71 249.22 9.973 10.17 10.343 9.812

Standard Belt Data:

Imperial Measurements Metric Measurements
Pitch .590” 15mm
Space Width (average) .590” 15mm
Wire Diameter .082” 2.08mm
Belt Thickness .26” 6.7mm
Weight 1.18lb/ft2 5.8kg/m2
Percent Open Area 73% 73%
Opening Size (largest opening) ø.63” circle ø16mm circle
Max Width 120.5” 3061mm
Min Width 10.7” 271mm
Max Working Tension 7.5lb/joint (150lb/ft) 3.41kg/joint (227kg/m)
Max Speed 170ft/min 51.8m/min
Min Transfer Diameter 1.0“ 25mm
Min Sprocket Diameter 2.5” 64mm (6 teeth)

 

Belt Width Availability:

No. of Spaces Overall Belt Width Standard # of Slim Pofile Sprockets Standard # of Stacking Drive Sets
mm inches
17 271 10.669 2 2
19 301 11.850 3 2
21 331 13.031 3 2
23 361 14.213 3 2
25 391 15.394 3 2
27 421 16.575 3 2
29 451 17.756 3 2
31 481 18.937 3 3
33 511 20.118 4 3
35 541 21.299 4 3
37 571 22.480 4 3
39 601 23.661 4 3
41 631 24.843 4 3
43 661 26.024 4 3
45 691 27.205 4 3
47 721 28.386 5 3
49 751 29.567 5 3
51 781 30.748 5 3
53 811 31.929 5 4
55 841 33.110 5 4
57 871 34.291 5 4
59 901 35.472 5 4
61 931 36.654 6 4
63 961 37.835 6 4
65 991 39.016 6 4
67 1021 40.197 6 4
69 1051 41.378 6 4
71 1081 42.559 6 4
73 1111 43.740 6 5
75 1141 44.921 7 5
77 1171 46.102 7 5
79 1201 47.283 7 5
81 1231 48.465 7 5
83 1261 49.646 7 5
85 1291 50.827 7 5
87 1321 52.008 7 5
89 1351 53.189 8 5
91 1381 54.370 8 5
93 1411 55.551 8 5
95 1441 56.732 8 6
97 1471 57.913 8 6
99 1501 59.094 8 6
101 1531 60.276 8 6
103 1561 61.457 9 6
105 1591 62.638 9 6
107 1621 63.819 9 6
109 1651 65.000 9 6
111 1681 66.181 9 6
113 1711 67.362 9 6
115 1741 68.543 9 7
117 1771 69.724 10 7
119 1801 70.906 10 7
121 1831 72.087 10 7
123 1861 73.268 10 7
125 1891 74.449 10 7
127 1921 75.630 10 7
129 1951 76.811 10 7
131 1981 77.992 11 7
133 2011 79.173 11 7
135 2041 80.354 11 7
137 2071 81.535 11 8
139 2101 82.717 11 8
141 2131 83.898 11 8
143 2161 85.079 11 8
145 2191 86.260 12 8
147 2221 87.441 12 8
149 2251 88.622 12 8
151 2281 89.803 12 8
153 2311 90.984 12 8
155 2341 92.165 12 8
157 2371 93.346 12 9
159 2401 94.528 12 9
161 2431 95.709 13 9
163 2461 96.890 13 9
165 2491 98.071 13 9
167 2521 99.252 13 9
169 2551 100.433 13 9
171 2581 101.614 13 9
173 2611 102.795 14 9
175 2641 103.976 14 9
177 2671 105.157 14 9
179 2701 106.339 14 10
181 2731 107.520 14 10
183 2761 108.701 14 10
185 2791 109.882 14 10
187 2821 111.063 15 10
189 2851 112.244 15 10
191 2881 113.425 15 10
193 2911 114.606 15 10
195 2941 115.787 15 10
197 2971 116.969 15 10
199 3001 118.150 15 11
201 3031 119.331 16 11
203 3061 120.512 16 11

 

Compact-Grid™ is now available up to 144″ wide contact us for more information.

Compact-Grid™ 15mm Drive Components

Slim Profile Sprockets:

MILLIMETERS INCHES
Number of Teeth: Root Diameter: Outside Diameter: Root Diameter: Outside Diameter:
6 48.03 67.68 1.891 2.665
7 57.77 77.42 2.274 3.048
8 67.46 87.11 2.656 3.430
9 77.12 96.77 3.036 3.810
10 86.76 106.41 3.416 4.189
11 96.38 116.03 3.794 4.568
12 105.99 125.64 4.173 4.946
13 115.59 135.24 4.551 5.324
14 125.18 144.83 4.928 5.702
15 134.77 154.42 5.306 6.079
16 144.35 164.00 5.683 6.457
17 153.93 173.58 6.060 6.834
18 163.50 183.15 6.437 7.211
19 173.07 192.72 6.814 7.588
20 182.64 202.29 7.191 7.964
21 192.21 211.86 7.567 8.341
22 201.78 221.43 7.944 8.718
23 211.34 230.99 8.321 9.094
24 220.91 240.56 8.697 9.471
25 230.47 250.12 9.074 9.847
26 240.03 259.68 9.450 10.224
27 249.59 269.24 9.826 10.600
28 259.15 278.80 10.203 10.976

3 Piece Stacking Sprockets:

MILLIMETERS INCHES
Drive Sprocket Tracking Guide Outside Diameter Round Blank OD Drive Sprocket Tracking Guide Outside Diameter Round Blank OD
# of Teeth Root Diameter Driving Shelf Outside Diameter Root Diameter Driving Shelf Outside Diameter
6 57.92 65.42 65.42 48.03 2.280 2.575 2.575 1.891
7 67.06 74.56 74.56 57.77 2.640 2.935 2.935 2.274
8 76.31 83.81 90.09 67.46 3.004 3.300 3.547 2.656
9 85.63 93.13 99.41 77.12 3.371 3.667 3.914 3.036
10 95.00 102.50 108.78 86.76 3.740 4.035 4.283 3.416
11 104.40 111.90 118.18 96.38 4.110 4.406 4.653 3.794
12 113.83 121.33 127.61 105.99 4.481 4.777 5.024 4.173
13 123.27 130.77 137.06 115.59 4.853 5.149 5.396 4.551
14 132.74 140.24 146.52 125.18 5.226 5.521 5.768 4.928
15 142.21 149.71 155.99 134.77 5.599 5.894 6.141 5.306
16 151.69 159.19 165.47 144.35 5.972 6.267 6.515 5.683
17 161.18 168.68 174.97 153.93 6.346 6.641 6.888 6.060
18 170.68 178.18 184.46 163.50 6.720 7.015 7.262 6.437
19 180.18 187.68 193.97 173.07 7.094 7.389 7.636 6.814
20 189.69 197.19 203.47 182.64 7.468 7.763 8.011 7.191
21 199.20 206.70 212.99 192.21 7.843 8.138 8.385 7.567
22 208.22 216.22 222.50 201.78 8.217 8.512 8.760 7.944
23 218.24 225.74 232.02 211.34 8.592 8.887 9.135 8.321
24 227.76 235.26 241.54 220.91 8.967 9.262 9.509 8.697
25 237.28 244.78 251.06 230.47 9.342 9.637 9.884 9.074
26 246.80 254.30 260.59 240.03 9.717 10.012 10.259 9.450
27 256.33 263.83 270.11 249.59 10.092 10.387 10.634 9.826
28 265.86 273.36 279.64 259.15 10.467 10.762 11.010 10.203

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Reading Bakery Systems

Compact-Grid

“Here at Reading Bakery Systems, Compact-Grid™ has been used with great success! We originally looked to Compact-Grid for its open area since we use it in an oven application. Now we also look to this product because of its durability, how well it tracks, ease of installation and how quickly it splices together.”

“We also appreciate the great service we get from Wire Belt Company of America, they stand behind their products and are happy to help you in any way that they can.”

Rich Risser
Mechanical Designer
Reading Bakery Systems


Conveyor belt improves yields, eases sanitation for Barber Foods

Compact-Grid

Portland, Maine-based Barber Foods has long had a strong foothold in the retail market for portion-controlled chicken products. In fact, it was the first company to offer stuffed chicken entrées — most notably its Chicken Cordon Bleu and Chicken Kiev products. Ensuring uniformity in those products is a top priority, and losing breading on a conveyor belt means lost dollars and extra time spent on the third shift.

A breaking belt

Barber Foods had been using a balanced weave belt on its batter applicator, where the product was secured between two belts and moved through the batter mixture, but the belt kept breaking. “I was changing wires on a daily basis,” says Jayson Hebert, manufacturing engineer at Barber Foods. And in addition to the annoyance of such continual maintenance, Herbert says the downtime was costing the company up to $2,000 to $3,000 per minute.
The original belt’s thickness and belt mass also limited batter mixture flow through, creating excess batter carryout and coagulation of the crumb mixture in and around the belt. That coagulation often led to belt failure. Hebert knew it was time for a change. Enter Wire Belt’s Compact-Grid™.

A new solution
Flow through immediately improved. “I got better pick up because it allows batter to flow through,” Hebert says. “There’s not as much build up on the belt, and it’s much easier to clean.” In fact, Hebert says the stainless steel Compact-Grid™ is very easy to sanitize because the belt has 70 percent open surface area, and is .20 inches thick, which helps circulate air and enhance drainage.

The previous belt’s breakages were costing the company an extraordinary amount of money, so Herbert saw almost immediate payback on his investment. What’s more, in contrast to the previous belt, Hebert says that the new belt is very reliable, adding that it was in use for a “month and a half before there was a single break.”

Universal appeal
Hebert now has the Compact-Grid™ on two lines and three different pieces of equipment — two batter machines and a transfer conveyor, which improves yield. Previously, Hebert was losing pieces of product because of the belt’s spacing. The Compact-Grid™ has an openness of 10 mm x 10 mm (3/8 inch x 3/8 inch). Now chicken fingers and entrée products move smoothly and easily with little interruption and Herbert can run strip meat on the conveyor without worrying that the product will fall through.

Everyone in the plant seems to be satisfied with the Compact-Grid’s performance. “It’s really easy to clean, so sanitation likes it. Production likes it because there are fewer product defects, and maintenance likes it because of its reliability,” Hebert says. “I plan to use this [belt again] in the future.”

Wire Belt’s Compact-Grid™ conveyor belt offers a cost effective solution to replacing hard to clean balanced weave and plastic modular belts. At Barber Foods we dramatically reduced batter carryout, maximizing product yield and minimizing product waste. The 70% open surface and lower belt mass offered Barber Foods better flow through, speeding up production!

By Alicia Karapetian
Poultry Magazine
6/1/2008


Conveyor Belt Makes Better Baked Even Better

Compact-Grid

Better Baked Foods needed a small transfer conveyor with a small radius transfer point and a belt that would allow spices to be passed through for reclaim ability. In addition, the conveyor belt had to be clean in place, stainless, durable and easily replaceable.

The North East, PA, – based baking company found its solution with Wire Belt Company of America, Londonderry, NH. The company’s Compact-Grid™ belting is engineered specifically to handle smaller, delicate products while providing a lighter weight, open-mesh belt design. Moreover, the conveyor’s 70% open surface area gives optimal performance in processes where product coating, drainage and liquid/air circulation are factors.

“It met all of our needs and the technical support was first rate. We only need a few feet so our purchase order was very small, but we were treated as if we had an order of $25,000,” says Sam Triscari, Project Engineer at Better Baked Foods. “This conveyor has been in almost continuous for close to 10 months at an average of 10 hours a day, five days a week, and has been operating just like it was put in yesterday.”

The Compact-Grid raises the bar to the next level for metal conveyors by offering efficiency, easy cleaning and durable performance, even in tight spaces.

Snackfood & Wholesale Bakery Magazine
8/13/2008


Conveying success

Compact-Grid

Wire Belt’s Compact-Grid™ solved Sunrise Foods’ conveyor belt surge problem while enhancing its overall conveying system

Sunrise Foods LLC, Albertville, AL a processor of value-added poultry products, was experiencing surge problems with a conveyor belt that enters and exits its IQF line. The company can run up to 4,000 lbs of IQF tenders and/or boneless breast an hour totaling up to 64,000 lbs a day on this belt. After reviewing its options, Sunrise chose the Compact-Grid™ from Wire Belt Company of America, Londonderry, NH.

“The previous belt’s weight was causing surging because it was long. Wire Belt was the only company offering a lighter belt in the weight category and length we wanted,” said Kevin Huff, Sunrise Foods’ Maintenance Manager.

Compact-Grid™ is Wire Belt’s newest conveyor belt innovation. It’s engineered specifically to handle smaller, delicate products, while giving processors a light-weight, open mesh belt design that can outperform many competitive offerings, Wire Belt says. The system’s rugged framework offers maximum strength under significant loads, lessening the time processors will spend on maintaining their conveying system and reducing the number of belt replacements over time.

Installation on a plant conveying system is quick and easy. When the time arrives to replace a belt, Compact-Grid’s design allows processors to join or splice the belt on their conveyor by simply hooking the belt ends together and crimping to close.

The belt is ideal for a cooking operation, such as a conveyorized fryer or an oven, as well as transferring a product directly onto a cooking line. Made of stainless steel, the Compact-Grid™ won’t sweat, slip, droop or catch fire on a system like plastic conveyor belts can. It’s rugged, open design also makes it the perfect solution for cooling freshly baked or freshly fried products in high-volume, high throughput processes.

Multiple advantages

  • Advantages of the Compact-Grid™ include:
  • Lower belt mass offers increased efficiency
  • Lighter weight than many comparable conveyor belt options
  • Positive drive design eliminates expensive and heavy chain edged conveying configurations
  • Low horsepower requirement means lower energy consumption in the drive systems

More open areas provide optimum cleaning and sanitation. Its 70% open area makes Compact-Grid™ easy to clean and keep clean. Its clean-in-place design means no clean-out-of-place tanks are required. And the belt doesn’t feature closed “link-barrels” like plastic modular belts or woven-wire helixes, such as balanced-weave wire belts. Equally important, there are no places for product particles to be trapped or for pathogens and allergens to hide.

Its grid pattern is designed for optimal product support and it allows maximum flow through for superior convection. Wire Belt says the system is perfect for cooking applications like frying and baking and ideal for high-speed cooling and drying operation. Compact-Grid’s open design allows for excellent flow-through and drainage in coating operations.

Designed with total cost in mind

No expensive tracking systems are required for Compact-Grid™ as are with friction-drive belts. And it offers a much tighter wrap capability than most friction-drive systems for improved conveyor-to-conveyor transfers minimizing chance of product yield loss in high-speed operations.

The Compact-Grid™ is built to outlast other types of conveyor belting in the medium-duty performance category. Improved convection capabilities optimize performance and energy consumption in cooking and cooling operations. Its simplified splicing operation speeds installations and replacements, reducing maintenance time and lowering labor costs.

When asked what he likes best about the Compact-Grid™, Huff answers: “It’s compact, lightweight, east to work with and easy to clean and sanitize. And Wire Belt has been great in responding to our service needs.”

Meat & Poultry Magazine
April 2008

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