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Gates Mectrol PosiClean Food Belt
Gates Mectrol PosiClean Food Belt

Gates Food Processing

The right ingredients for food processing productivity

 

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For poultry processing applications,
see our Dubl-V Feather Picker belts

Use high-quality Gates belts on your food processing equipment and conveyors.

  • Poly Chain® GT® Carbon™ Belts - Clean-running, high-powered polyurethane belt drive alternative to roller chain.
  • Stainless Steel & Nickel Plated Metals - Non-corrosive, chemical-resistant sprockets, sheaves and bushings ideal for aggressive washdown environments.
  • PowerGrip® GT®2 Twin Power® Belts - Teeth on both sides of the belt provide synchronization from each driving surface.
  • Round Endless Belts - Ideal for 1/4 turn or twisted drives where more than an O-ring is required.
  • Specialty Synchronous Belts – Line includes long-length belting, Twin Power® belts and spliced belts for food conveying, washdown applications, and antibacterial conveyors.
  • Gates Mectrol Food Grade Belting - High-strength, low-stretch polyurethane belts designed specifically for the food processing industry.
    CenterClean™ - designed for food processing applications requiring synchronous motion. Constructed with flexible urethane and sealed Kevlar® tension members, which allows CenterClean belts to be troughed or run on small diameter pulleys with minimal belt stretch.
    PosiClean™ - Constructed with sealed Kevlar tension members to limit belt stretch, PosiClean is an easy to clean, positive drive and an ideal replacement of plastic modular belting for the food processing industry. Not only is it quieter, it is easier to clean – in place – and has no hinges or pins that could break and contaminate product.
    GMT3™ - designed to be an alternative to light weight flat belt. It is ideal for conveying applications involving small pulley diameters or where belt slippage is a concern.
    FC12™ - designed specifically for the food processing industry and manufactured to exacting tolerances. Constructed with polyurethane and reinforced with Kevlar­® tensile members.

 


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No food processing operation can afford downtime these days. It can cost you thousands of dollars in lost production per hour. One way to prevent costly downtime is the use of high quality Gates belt drive systems on your processing equipment and conveyor drive systems—from the introduction of raw materials to packaged products out the door.

Belt drives offer many advantages, especially when compared to roller chain, and can solve a wide range of problems to help you meet production goals and save money. Gates offers belt drives to address these concerns:

  • Lubrication and product contamination
  • Washdown
  • Rust Contamination
  • Timing and synchronization
  • Drive Location
  • Replacement