Flat-Flex Wire Conveyor Belts

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

Flat-Flex^® Conveyor Belt Advantages:

The unique features of Flat-Flex® conveyor belts offer numerous benefits that increase productivity, help contain costs and improve your overall 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 a wide variety of materials, the standard is 302 stainless steel. Other materials available include: 316 stainless steel, various carbon steel, and high temperature performance materials.

Flat-Flex’s C-CureEdge® Technology is an available option for most Flat-Flex® belts. This technology eliminates the possibility of the belt edge catching and tangling.

Standard Belt Data

Flat-Flex® is available in a wide range of wire diameters & pitches. The below data is an extract from our full range of Flat-Flex® belting. There is a wider range of pitch and wire diameter variations available, please ask our customer service team or technical sales engineers if you do not see the specification you require.

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
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	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″	67.5%	•
54 x .035″	.222″	54	.187″	0.188″	0.2 lbs/sq.ft	0.500″	82.5%	•	•
48 x .050″	.250″	48	.200″	0.313″	0.37 lbs/sq.ft	0.625″	77.5%	•	•
42 x .050″	.289″	41.5	.239″	*0.281″	0.33 lbs/sq.ft	0.625″	80%	•	•	•
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%	•

*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
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	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%	•	•
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%	•

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” 2.00” 2.00”	20 34 34	1.08” 1.85” 1.85”	1/2” 3/4” 1”	G72-125S050 G72-2S075 G72-2S100	B108S050 B185S075 B185S100
54 x .035 and 27 x .050	2.00” 3.00” 3.00”	25 39 39	1.80” 2.80” 2.80”	3/4” 3/4” 1”	G54-2S075 G54-3S075 G54-3S100	B180S075 B280S075 B280S100
48 x .050	1.25” 2.00” 3.00” 3.00”	13 22 35 35	1.08” 1.77” 2.80” 2.80”	1/2” 3/4” 3/4” 1”	G48-125S050 G48-2S075 G48-3S075 G48-3S100	B108S050 B177S075 B280S075 B280S100
42 x .050 and 42 x .062	1.25” 1.25” 1.25” 2.00” 2.00” 3.00” 3.00”	12 12 12 20 20 29 29	1.08” 1.08” 1.08” 1.80” 1.80” 2.67” 2.67”	1/2” 5/8” 3/4” 3/4” 1” 3/4” 1”	G42-125S050 G42-125S063 G42-125S075 G42-2S075 G42-2S100 G42-3S075 G42-3S100	B108S050 B108S063 B108S075 B180S075 B180S100 B267S075 B267S100
32 x .082	2.00” 3.00” 4.25”	15 22 32	1.80” 2.66” 3.85”	3/4” 1” 1”	G32-2S075 G32-3S100 G32-425S100	B180S075 B266S100 B385S100
24 x .072 and 24 x .092	1.63” 2.00” 3.00” 3.00” 4.25”	8 11 17 17 24	1.28” 1.77” 2.70” 2.70” 3.83″	3/4” 3/4” 3/4” 1” 1”	G24-163S075 G24-2S075 G24-3S075 G24-3S100 G24-425S100	B128S075 B177S075 B270S075 B270S100 B383S100
15 x .092	3.00” 4.25”	10 15	2.58” 3.75”	3/4” 1”	G15-3S075 G15-425S100	B258S075 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.

Materials available:

Flat-Flex® belts are available in a wide variety of materials; the standard is 302 stainless steel. Other materials available include: 316 series stainless steel, various carbon steels, and specialist materials suitable for high temperature applications.

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Flat-Flex® product brochure
Flat-Flex® support brochure
Joining Flat-Flex® single loop edge
Joining Flat-Flex® double loop edge
How to identify a Flat-Flex® conveyor belt
How to make joining clips
Installing joining clips
EZ-Splice® joining instructions
Sprocket Placement
Flat-Flex® trouble shooting guide
Flat-Flex® USDA equipment acceptance certificate