Metal belts have, over the years, established themselves as the premier material available to industry for the majority of conveyor applications.

• Food Industry - Sizing, washing, blanching, drying, frying, freezing, baking, cooling, wrapping, packing, canning, bottling etc.
• Heat Treatment - Brazing, blueing, carburising, hardening, washing, degreasing, nitriding, pickling, sintering, quenching, rinsing, tempering, drawing, enamelling etc.
• Ceramics and Glass Industries - Annealing, decorating, sanding etc.

Screen Systems believe in customer satisfaction. This implies a service, not just a sale, ensuring the correct product, ease of maintenance, long life and the right price.

Almost half a century of experience has taught us the multitude of variables which need to be considered in order to meet these criteria.

We not only manufacture the belts indicated on this site but often work to special requirements in a wide range of materials. So, if you can’t see a belt to solve your conveying problem then speak to our team at Metal Belts who have a wealth of practical and technical experience to place at your disposal.

REMEMBER - whatever your application Screen Systems Metal Belts are best!

These are the simplest and least expensive forms of Metal Belt, but are suitable only for comparatively shot runs and light load owing to their tendency to stretch and narrow in width under heavy loads.

Typical Applications

Safety curtains on colliery lifts and collapsable curtains for lifting equipment.
N.B. - We recomment that our advice be sought when using these belts.

If the Cain Link Belt is required, but with increased strength, then, this can be achieved by passing crossroads through the spiral coils and fitting with chains for drive by sprockets.

Typical Applications

Cooling of bread rolls and washing vegetables. As there are several choices of specification and selvege with this type of belt our advice should be sought as to the most suitable for your application.

Duplex belts are variants of the rod reinforced chain link belt or of the balanced spiral belt and offer substantial increases in strength with the added bonus of a dense smooth carying surface.
The Duplex Belt is made from pairs of coils, each pair turned into the preceding pair and reinforced by crossroads at the hingeing point.

Typical Applications

Carying small items and delicate or polished surfaces which could be damaged or marked by a more open mesh. Used often in furnaces for brazing.

Can be used as a conveyor belt but is more frequently used for decorative purposes.

Typical Applications

Bottle washing machines and fireplace curtains.

Balanced Spiral Belts are the most widely used of all our belts being suitable for a wide range of applications. The construction of the belt gives the following major benefits; minimal contact with article being conveyed; resists stretching and contraction thus having a longer life; true running; allow free air-flow; temperature tolerant.

Typical Applications

Washing, drying, baking or heating and cooling operations. Also specialised applications for glass annealing and decorating lehrs.

The close mesh and the smooth flat surface of the Flat Spiral Belt make it ideal for general conveying of a wide nature where good drainage is not a requirement. Its high tensile strength makes it particularly suitable for high temperature work.

Typical Applications

Side feeding, ploughing off and similar operations, feeding industrial furnaces etc.

These belts are made up of very close meshes and smooth flat surfaces, making them ideal for carrying very fine or small articles and especially suitable for supporting unstable items. Cordweave is made from tight meshing right and left hand spirals hingeing on one or more crossrods and are usually friction driven as they are not always readily adaptable for chain drive. This is a specialist belt made to order.

Typical Applications

Biscuits, cereals, chemicals, glassware, electrical components, continuous baking direct on the belt etc.

The construction of Wire Link Belts is of individual wires mounted on crossrods which can be driven by side chains and sprockets. The aperture size can be altered by fitting washers or spacing pieces. This construction allows for easy cleaning, is virtually non-clogging and has a smooth even top surface allowing articles to move freely.

Typical Applications

Handling cans, tins and bottles in the Food and Canning industries. Cooling sweets, cakes, bread, biscuits and chocolates etc. Conveying glass fibre, or other insulating materials. Drying tunnels in the Pottery industry. All types and sizes of freezers in the Frozen food industry.

Simple and inexpensive, the Ladder Belt is best suited to carrying large lightweight articles over a narrow conveyor and its design enables positive direct drive onto the crossrods. If smaller items are to be conveyed then a chain link belt can be attached either on the ladder belt or within it.

Typical Applications

Extensive uses mainly in the Bakery and Convectionery trades.

We have almost infinite range of accessories and additions which go with Metal Belts, from positive drives, which extend the load bearing capability and life of belt, to side plates and cross flights.
Due to the variety of accessories we recommend that you consult our experts who can advise you as to which one is most suitable for your particular application.

The Honeycomb Belt with its large open area has proven to be extremly popular in the Food Processing industry where its ease of cleaning greatly improves hygiene standards. However, it can be used in any application where stability and good drainage or air flow is a requirement and is particularly suitable for use in multi-tier conveyors in places where headroom is restricted.
Honeycomb belts are driven by sprockets mounted below the belt surface which engage on castellations and drive against the crossrods thus giving positive drive.

Typical Applications

Stoving, washing, heating, cooling, drying or sterilizing whilts in transit.