Conveyor Belt Materials

Basics

• This page intends to go over what materials can be used for a conveyor belt (as the belt)

Options

Fabrics

• Natural Plant Fiber Based Cloth
• Semi-Synthetic Cloth
• Polyester Cloth?

Advantages

• Cheap
• OSE Produceable
• Easy to connect segments (simple stiching, perhaps even by a basic sewing machine)

Disadvantages

• Not Sealed
• Hard to Clean (So not likely for food/chemical applications etc)

Plastic

• For Belt 3D Printers PEI Belts/Long Sheets are available
• 3D Printed (and use post print joined segments if need be) See Printed GT2 Belts

Mesh/Bars

• Allows for drainage
• Often metal

See Also

• Printed GT2 Belts
• Open Source Conveyor Belt Construction Set