Homogeneous FoodGuard Timing Belts for the Food Industry
Our homogeneous FoodGuard timing belts are a belt solution specially developed for the food industry. They feature sealed edges, a design without a winding nose and a continuously homogeneous structure. During manufacturing, the tooth and backing profiles are produced in a single extrusion process. This eliminates the need for additional welded or bonded joints between the tooth and backing profiles. This reduces potential areas where contamination could accumulate and makes the belts easier to clean. Manufacturer documentation confirming FDA and EU compliance for food contact is available for FoodGuard timing belts.
Belt structure
- The belts are manufactured from polyurethane (PU) in an FDA-compliant version. The material is available in hardness grades of 60, 84 and 92 Shore A.
- Aramid is used for the tension members. Versions without tension members or with tension-member-free zones are also available.
Wide Range of Backing Profiles
Our FoodGuard timing belts are available with numerous specially developed backing profiles for different conveying applications in food production and packaging. Depending on the application, profiles such as nubs, lamellae, sawtooth or grooved profiles are available. Additional customised surface designs can be produced on request. This allows the properties of the timing belt to be specifically adapted to the product being conveyed and the operating conditions.
Standard tooth profiles
Homogeneous FoodGuard belts are available with T5, T10, ST5 or Poly-V profiles. An optional tooth-side polyamide coating (PAZ) can be applied for additional abrasion protection. Materials with documented FDA compliance are available for this purpose.
Product features
- Available tooth profiles T5, T10, ST5, Poly-V 6.5
- Available widths: up to 300 mm
- Belt material: PU, hardness 60 / 84 / 92 Shore A
- Tension cords: Aramid or without tension cords, zones without tension cords also available on request
- Tension cord diameter 0.3 mm for T5; 0.6 mm for T10
- Tooth and back profile manufactured in one working process
- Without winding nose
- Side edges closed
- Without joints and welding seams
- Approx. 20 different standard back profiles, others on request
- Coating on tooth side: White PAZ polyamide with documented FDA compliance, available on request.
- Colors: Natural / ultramarine blue (RAL 5002) / sky blue (RAL 5015)
- Temperature resistance: - 10 to 40 °C, temporarily up to 50 °C
- Resistance to water, oil and certain chemicals
- Not resistant to chlorine, vinegar, turpentine oil, styrene, zinc chloride
- Food contact comliance: Regulation (EC) No. 1935/2004, Regulation (EU) No. 10/2011 and applicable FDA requirements, as documented by the manufacturer.
Typical applications
- Sausage and cheese slicers (surface with spikes),
- Transport and filleting of fish (lamellar or sawtooth profiles)
- Haul-off belts to produce sausages
- Transport of bakery products
- Transport of meat and sausage products
- Transport of containers (trays)