Light Duty Conveyor Belting

Light duty belting is fabric-ply belting rated about 35 to 280 PIW, with thin covers or none at all, built to carry product rather than survive impact.

Move up to heavy duty when material drops onto the belt from a height, when it is sharp or abrasive (aggregate, scrap, ore), when you need thick covers to absorb wear, or when the drive needs more tension than a light duty belt is rated for. For boxes, bags, produce, packaged food or finished parts, light duty is almost always the right family.

In everyday use, yes. Most people searching for lightweight belting or a light conveyor belt mean thin, flexible belting for carrying product rather than bulk material. Some suppliers use "lightweight" for plastic (thermoplastic) belts. If you are not sure what you are replacing, send us the old belt's name or a photo and we will identify it.

Yes, on its own page: PVC conveyor belting. PVC belts have a PVC cover on an interwoven polyester carcass, rather than rubber on fabric plies.

An FDA-approved belt has a cover made from compounds approved for contact with food. Our food belts use white, green or tan nitrile, white RMV rubber, butyl or PTFE (Teflon), from 35 to 150 PIW, and our solid woven cotton belts are FDA approved too.

You need one wherever the belt touches food, or where an inspector or customer audit requires food-contact materials. If your line is also USDA-inspected, confirm the belt meets the rules for your product.

They describe each face of the belt. COS is Cover One Side: rubber on top, a thin friction surface underneath. FS is a friction surface: a thin rubber skim instead of a thick cover. FBS is friction on both sides. Bare means the fabric is exposed on that face, which slides more easily on a slider bed. So "1/16 X FS" means a 1/16" cover on top and a friction surface underneath.

For hot, tacky product, a silicone cover releases best: our hot stock and water family has red and white silicone belts at 90 and 120 PIW, rated to 500 °F. For a hard, slick, non-stick surface on a food line, our 3-ply PTFE (Teflon) food belt is the option.

If the problem is drag on a slider bed rather than product sticking, a bare-back belt is usually the answer. Several of our package handling belts have bare backs for that reason.

Solid woven cotton is cotton woven into a single carcass, with no rubber at all. It is light, flexible and FDA approved, and suits food and baking lines and slider beds that do not need the abrasion or oil resistance of a rubber cover. Ours runs 45 to 110 PIW, 2 to 4 plies.

Transmission belts have friction surfaces on both sides (SBR, 3 to 8 plies, 90 to 280 PIW) and are built to drive or move against pulleys, slider beds and roller beds. Package handling belts have a cover on top for grip on cartons and totes, often with a bare back for slider beds.

Yes. Every belt is cut to the width and length you order. We can also install mechanical lacing, splice it endless (vulcanized or glued), and add cleats, sidewalls or V-guides. Finishing is quoted to order; tell us your application requirements.

Every light duty belt is listed in our online store with its full specs. Choose your width, enter the length, add it to the cart and check out to request a quote, and we will come back with pricing and delivery.

Often, yes. Many OEM replacement belts are a standard construction cut to an OEM size. Send the part number, or a photo of the old belt with its width, length, ply count and thickness, and we will identify the construction and quote a replacement.