1. Natural rubber

Natural rubber has good elasticity and wear resistance and is widely used in the production of conveyor belts. This material has good high-temperature properties and UV resistance, but it easily becomes hard and brittle at low temperatures, so it is not suitable for conveying equipment in low-temperature environments.

2. Styrene-butadiene rubber

Styrene-butadiene rubber has many excellent properties such as heat resistance, cold resistance, abrasion resistance, and oil resistance, and is widely used in the production of conveyor belts. This material is suitable for conveying equipment under various working conditions such as high and low temperatures, high speed and heavy load.

3. Neoprene

Neoprene has excellent oil resistance, abrasion resistance, cold resistance and ozone resistance, and is widely used in conveyor belts in chemical, mining, building materials and other industries. The material is suitable for use in low-temperature environments, as well as conveying equipment in high-temperature and humid environments.

4. Butyl rubber

Butyl rubber has good oil resistance, heat resistance and cold resistance, and is widely used in conveyor belts in chemical, petroleum, coal and other industries. The material is suitable for high-speed and heavy-duty conveying equipment.

5. Polyurethane

Polyurethane has excellent wear resistance, oil resistance, cold resistance and tensile strength, and is widely used in conveyor belts in mining, steel, cement and other industries. Polyurethane has a relatively long carbon chain, so its wear resistance is very good, but its high temperature resistance and anti-aging properties are relatively weak.

6. Fluorine rubber

Fluorine rubber has good chemical resistance, high temperature resistance and anti-aging properties, and is widely used in conveyor belts in chemical, food, pharmaceutical and other industries. However, due to the high cost, the scope of use is relatively limited.

To sum up, different types of conveyor belts need to choose rubber suitable for their working environment during use to give full play to their performance and effects. At the same time, attention should be paid to the maintenance of the conveyor belt during use to extend its service life.

  Whatever no matter the type of conveyor belt that introduced by conveyor belt enterprises the materials of the rubber is very important. It is not some simple rubber it is made of multiple rubber materials. Every rubber materials could play the different roles with very important effect. The four main types of rubber materials are below:

  1. Covered glue: it plays the role of protecting belt core, makes the conveyor belt could withstand the damage that brought from the materials such as wear, corrosion, impact, splitting and etc. At the same time can make it has the characteristics of heat resistance, cold resistance, cold and alkali resistance, flame retardancy and other special properties. All in all, it plays the big role, if choosing the good rubber materials then the conveyor belt could be extended the using life. Thereby, when selecting the rubber materials should choose the good scorch resistance and calendering properties as well as good effects in viscosity, vulcanization and plasticization.

  2. Buffering glue: it plays the role of buffering. It constantly used between the covered glue and the belt core, the time of conveying the materials that it can play the buffering role. When selecting this kind of rubber materials should be pay attention to its elasticity and the adhesion condition.

  3. Wiping glue: which is a glue that attached to the both sides of the skeleton canvas. Through the method of calendering make the skeleton to combine to be the whole. During the time of using that makes the conveyor belt to avoid delamination. There are a certain requirements in selecting this kind of rubber materials, first with good viscosity and have flexing resistance and fatigue.

  4. Edge glue: it is a little bit similar with covered glue, its function is to protect the conveyor belt. Belt conveyors could continuous, conveyed at a large angle, easy to operate, easy maintenance, low freight and reduce the conveying distance, reduce the projects costs, save manpower and materials resources that are widely used in many fields.