• Flexible Steel Lacing Company

Conveyor Belt Fasteners In Large Sizes

Flexco offers its Scalloped Edge SR rivet-hinged conveyor-belt fasteners in improved design for heavy duty, thicker-belt applications. It is now available in larger R51/2 and two R6 sizes in addition to the original and smaller R5 size. It provides a lower-profile belt splice that results in easier installation, smoother passage under belt cleaners and longer splice life. The new larger sizes also are offered in RustAlloy, a low-chrome, 400 Series stainless steel alloy for superior resistance to corrosion, abrasion and wear in abusive mining, quarrying and heavy industrial uses. Noticeably different from familiar earlier Flexco SR fasteners and imitations, the new Scalloped Edge design features leading/trailing edges formed into a concave, scalloped shape with more prominent coining (bevelling). These features allow the fastener plate ends to embed deeper into the belt cover with less effort, for reduced splice height in installations that do not use skiving (countersinking). With deeper installation, plus the scallop and coining to reduce the initial leading-edge contact area, the new design invites belt scraper blades to ramp up and over the plates easily, without encountering any hard edge impact.