Siderflex Rubber Conveyor Belts with a steel heart a winning synergy

Interview for World Cement magazine.

 

Marco Taddio, Technical Director in SIG SpA Italy, considers the advantages provided by Rubber Conveyor Belts with Metal Casing: a "steel heart", in fact.


Much has been said over the years about the obvious benefits of handling bulk solid bulk through conveyor belts, including lower operating and maintenance costs while ensuring performance.

For a long time, SIG has supplied its customers with a product known as SIDERFLEX thanks to the collaboration with Bekaert: this product is not a simple steel conveyor belt, but an innovative belt that stands out for its quality, its performance and flexibility of use.

Its casing is known as Fleximat, which is produced through a complete technological cycle that uses basic steel and iron products.

In a different way compared to the previous TST models, where simple steel cables were placed along the axis of the belt creating a one-dimensional structure, in the case of the FLEXIMAT the steel cables offer a form of active two-dimensional protection that opposes the possible penetration of external objects.ù

In the past, in fact, it happened that TST tapes could be completely cut in two parts, often without any warning signs of the impending accident. However, with the advent of SIDERFLEX, the energy required to break the steel shield would cause the thermal shield to block the movement of the belt, ensuring the safety of most of the tapes.

Sophisticated protection systems were available for TST tapes, but at extremely high costs which required the installation of sensors also to foresee possible cracks and breaks in the event of external penetrations. However, the advent of SIDERFLEX guarantees savings as it is a tape that protects itself without the need for any external equipment. In addition, the open cable structure of the Siderflex places it halfway between a textile belt and a TST: based on its 4x7 construction, the SIDERFLEX achieves important characteristics of elasticity and elongation without having to resort to a 7x7 structure.

Rubber Conveyor Belts with metal casing - Siderfex
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