| Several factors combine to
make Cyclothane belts last longer and move heavier loads: |
| Super
Strong Welds By cutting downtime
caused by broken belts, DuraBelt can help you increase productivity
and cut maintenance costs. Our proprietary welding process produces
welds is up to 10 TIMES STRONGER than conventional belt joining processes.
That means our welds are very resistant to breaking -- practically
unbreakable. |
| Ungouged
Welds We do not gouge our belts when
we grind them, so our belts do not "neck" much when stretched. A gouged
weld is the weakest link -- the thinnest part of the belt, so it focuses
more tension per unit area. This produces even more necking, causing
gouged belts to stretch and become prematurely limp. Our ungouged
belts hardly neck so they last longer. |
| No
Regrind Regrind is waste urethane that is regularly
ground up and added back to virgin urethane during extrusion. Urethane
manufacturers recommend using regrind because it facilitates extrusion
and improves weldability. Moreover, it cut costs. Unfortunately,
the grinding process introduces impurities and breaks down long
chain molecules; so regrind is an additive that virtually corrupts
virgin urethane. It reduces a belt's resiliency and its load carrying
capability, and shortens its life. Our proprietary process lets
us extrude 100% virgin urethane without using regrind, but nevertheless
improves weldability. Even though we believe our competitors use
regrind, we do not use it in our Cyclothane belting, so we are certain
that our belts are more resilient, last longer and move heavier
loads -- so certain that we will send you 20 free belts so you can
verify it yourself (see "Most
Resilient Belts" Offer). Incidentally, we send
our waste to a hose manufacturer. |
| Cord
made by others It is difficult for one manufacturer
to produce efficiently all types and durometers of high quality urethane
cord. In order to offer every type to our customers, we purchase some,
e.g. rough green, from other manufacturers. We do not know if they
use regrind, but experience has shown that the cord we receive has
good resiliency, so if they do use regrind, they must use very small
amounts, probably less than 1%. |
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| Cross-Linked
HT Belts Our proprietary process for cross-linking
long-chain molecules makes our HT
(High Tension) belts super resilient -- especially well suited
for long life and/or heavy loads in high tension applications (i.e.,
20% stretch). |
| Non-diluting
Color Process Our proprietary coloring process
lets us color belts after we make them, so that the colorant
does not dilute and weaken the urethane |
| Superior
Quality Control We inspect 102% of our belts
(2% are inspected twice). Compliant with ISO 9000, we constantly strive
for improvements. |
Equivalent
Quality Belts Some buyers do not need belts
that last longer, so we can match low-priced, low-quality belts
made by others, but we exclude our warranty and do not sell them
under our name. When ordering such belts specify EQB (Equivalent
Quality Belts).
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