The DuraFab® Industrial Series is AFC’s most extensive and most popular belting series, serving the widest range of industrial applications. These belts are manufactured from woven fiberglass substrates, possess an optimal PTFE (Fluon®) content, and leave a minimal fabric impression. As the workhorse of AFC’s belting line, DuraFab® Industrial Belting provides the highest value to customers by offering an excellent balance between heat transfer, release, and flexibility.

DuraFab® PTFE Coated Belt Characteristics

DuraFab® Belts are engineered to retain the distinctive properties of PTFE; however, by adding a glass fabric to the matrix, AFC is able to obtain the added benefits of dimensional stability, excellent tensile strength and extremely low elongation (<1%). DuraFab® Belts have received USDA approval for food processing and handling, and are FDA compliant (21 CFR177.1550). In addition, the DuraFab® belts can operate in temperatures from -400°F (-240°C) under static conditions and -100°F (-73°C) under dynamic conditions up to 550°F (288°C).

Typical Applications

Packaging:

• Rotary band sealing
• Form fill and seal
• Over wrapping (Tray packing)
• Side and End sealing
• Bundling

Food Products:

• Manufacture of tortillas, pizza crusts and pitas
• Baking and cooking of bakery goods and confectionary
• Cooking and grilling of meat, poultry, fish and vegetables
• Cryogenic/flash freezing of meat,poultry, fish and vegetables
• Manufacture of flavorants

Printing and Textiles:

• Heat transfer press sheets
• Fabric lamination
• Garment fusing
• Processing of natural, synthetic,woven, non-woven, and knitting fabric

Building Products:

• Manufacture of specialty wood-based products

Polymer Processing:

• Curing and drying of rubber, sponge, foams, and polyurethane glues
• Manufacture of rubber and vinyl
• (PVC) backed carpet mats
• Processing of polyethylene
• Cooling of bitumen backed tiles
• Curing of ceramic tiles

Chemical Processing:

• Tank seals and contaminant barriers
• Gaskets, membranes, seals & diaphragms
• Corrosion resistant chute, drum, and hopper liners
• Protective curtains and aprons

Additional applications exist. Contact AFC for more specific information.

Styles Available

Please note: Additional thickness and styles available upon special order and lead times may vary for different styles and widths.

*Disclaimer: All figures provided in the above table are based upon ASTM D 4969-97, the Standard Specification for Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) Coated Glass Fabric. The above PIW values are based upon the ASTM D828 test method and are not actual values of AFC’s materials. The above tensile values are 80% of the figures provided in Table 6 of specification D579. AFC states that its actual tensile will be greater than the above material specification and that actual tensile values will be provided upon request. Edge Tear values are based upon ASTM D1424 (Elmendorf Tearing Test) and are average values that can vary.