Conveyor Belt Lacing, Splices and Adhesives

A hinged splice has a removable pin, so the belt can be opened to take it off the conveyor or to clean it. Clipper®, Alligator® lacing, Flexco® SR™ Rivet Hinged and Flexco® Bolt Hinged are hinged. A solid-plate splice is one piece across the joint, so it is stronger and fine material cannot sift through it; Flexco® Bolt Solid Plate is the usual choice for aggregate, cement and mining belts. If you need to open the belt regularly, choose hinged. If you need the strongest, sift-free joint, choose solid plate.

Three numbers decide it: the belt's thickness, its rated tension (PIW) and the smallest pulley it runs over. The fastener's thickness range must cover your belt, its rating must be at least the belt's working tension, and your smallest pulley must be at least the fastener's minimum pulley diameter. Send us the belt name or those three numbers and we will size it for you.

Both are hinged, light-duty lacing. Clipper® wire hooks suit thin belts, up to 25/64" (10 mm), and small pulleys, down to 15/16", and give a very low-profile joint; they are installed with a Clipper® lacer. Alligator® lacing takes belts up to 1/2" (13 mm), is rated 25 to 200 PIW, and is hammered on by hand, which makes it a common field fix on agricultural and light-duty belts.

Elevator belt splices such as Tapco Dura-Splice and Maxi-Lift Maxi-Splice clamp the two belt ends between grooved plates, 2" of belt width per set. That avoids the double thickness and the extra belting a lap splice needs, and the splice can be taken apart. They are rated up to 800 PIW. Tapco's splices take belts up to 1/2" thick; Maxi-Splice takes 1/4" to 5/8" and needs a head pulley of at least 12".

Where combustible dust or flammable vapors are present, such as many grain and feed elevators. The bronze splices, Tapco-Splice NS and Maxi-Splice AB, are made for these sites; the standard ductile-iron and cast-iron versions are not non-sparking. Check the requirements that apply to your site before you order.

A glued joint runs flush and has no metal, which suits thin fabric belts and food lines. It needs clean, controlled conditions, and for Habasit Thermofix joints a hot press set to that belt's joining data. A mechanical fastener goes on in minutes on site and can be taken apart. If you want a seamless loop without doing it yourself, we can splice the belt endless, vulcanized or glued, before it ships.

Yes. Every belt we sell is cut to your width and length, and we can install mechanical lacing, splice it endless, and add cleats, sidewalls or V-guides. All finishing is quoted to order; tell us your application requirements.

Yes, for most lines. Clipper® hooks, for example, come in galvanized, stainless, Monel® and other metals, and Flexco's heavier fasteners in galvanized, stainless, MegAlloy® and Everdur. Tell us the conditions (wet, corrosive, food, magnetic separation) and we will quote the right metal.

Flexco® mechanical fasteners, tools, belt cleaners and Flex-Lag® lagging; Tapco elevator belt splices, punches and elevator bolts; Maxi-Lift Maxi-Splice; and Habasit belt adhesives. Jealco is an authorized Tapco distributor and an independent distributor for the other lines. If you need a brand not listed here, ask: we source what the job needs.