Forech

🇦🇪 UAE

Special Purpose Belt

Sidewall Belts

Mg 4350

Forech’s unique Sidewall Belts allow end users to carry bulk materials at high inclines and angles up to 90 degrees. This allows material to be carried where space requirements are critical, and increases overall belt efficiency and throughput.

Applications

Forech’s sidewall belts can be used in multiple industries to successfully meet space and efficiency constraints. These industries include:

  • Coal and Wood Chips Fired Power Stations
  • Underground Mining (coal and ore)
  • Ship Loading and Unloading, Ship to Ship loading
  • Sand preparation in foundry plants
  • Slope conveying in open-pit mining
  • Steep angle carrying in road construction machines

Benefits

One of the key advantages of Forech’s sidewall belting is the use of cross-rigid base belts. These specially tailored belts can be deflected from the horizontal to a perpendicular incline and back again without any bowing or sagging in the belt.

This is achieved through custom-made fabric constructions, a special belt composition and our in-house production procedure. This ensures that our sidewall belts have a long life and can withstand operating pressures at high inclines.

Characteristics

Choosing Between Cold and Hot Vulcanised Belts

As sidewall belts usually operate in enclosed conditions, the usual temperature ratings applied to flat rubber conveyor belts cannot be applied. Increased temperature exposure over the life of the belt results in accelerated ageing and a reduction in belt elasticity which adversely effects the belt life.

The effective belt operating temperature therefore determines operating life of the belt.

If the operating temperature is consistently above 70° C, as in the case of heat resistant applications, Forech recommends, use of Hot Vulcanised high angle belts. This is because at high operating temperatures, the cold bonding adhesives used for both the cleats, sidewalls and the belt-splice start to break down. To ensure trouble free service in such applications Forech offers sidewall belts with the cleats and the sidewall in heat resistant quality which are fixed on the base belt with hot vulcanisation.

The operating temperatures listed above for standard quality can be increased by 30°C if a Heat Resistant belt is used.

Range

Standard Range of Sidewalls

Sidewall TypeHeightBase WidthPitchWeight
(Swh)(bw)(P)Standard Quality
mmmmmmKg/m
N
Non Fabric
re-inforced
6050401.6
8050401.8
10050402.1
12050402.3
S
Fabric
re-inforced
12050402.4
16078634.1
20078635.2
24078636.2
25075606.6
28075607.5
30075609
4001008018.5
160GB75604.5
200GB75605.5
240GB75606.4
250GB75606.6
280GB75607.5
300GB75609

Standard Range of Cleats

Cleat TypeHeightBase WidthWeight
(Fht)(bw)Standard Quality
mmmmKg/m
T40701
50701.25
601001.3
C701102.5
1101102.9
TCF901002.6
1101103.4
1401505
1801505.75
2201507.55
TCF GB1401505
1801507.35
2301509.75
26016011.9
28017313.9
TCFW28027022
36027025.5