FLEXOWELL®

Belts for safe and efficient steep inclined

and vertical conveying up to 90°.

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FLEXOWELL ®
Worldwide the number 1
for up- and downhill
conveying for bulk
material of all kinds.

Continental conveyor
belt technology for
safe steep inclined and
vertical conveying

Continental Conveying Solutions

We are the leading expert for conveyor system solutions We support mining, construction and plant engineering
offering customers worldwide the most complete and advan- projects around the world as development partner.
ced product, technology and service portfolio for industry Customers benefit from an experience of more than
and mining applications. We support our customers, partners, 140 years in high-performance conveyor belts. A network
and distributors with a growing range of value-added services of 1,300 experienced service technicians covers key
along the entire lifetime of a conveyor system operation, regions including Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North
from planning and commissioning, to technical advice, America, and Latin America. With this unique expertise
training, digital conveyor monitoring, and on-site mainte- and global footprint, Continental is close to its customers
nance. Our cost-effective, sustainable, safe and innovative providing not only high-quality, long-life products, but
conveying solutions reduce down-times through state- also comprehensive support and service – tailored to
of-the-art monitoring and predictive maintenance. customers’ specific needs and requirements.
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In 1964, the first FLEXOWELL® conveyor belt opened up Today the FLEXOWELL® technology – being reliable and
a new dimension in bulk material handling and conveying. environmentally friendly – is in use in more than 15,000
The FLEXOWELL® conveyor system being capable of installations throughout the world for the benefit of our
running both horizontally and vertically, or at any angle in customers. The vertical FLEXOWELL® S-system shown
between, allows heavy duty conveying systems with large on previous page is only the most populare sample of
capacities to be designed, constructed and maintained the large variety of conveyor shapes for complete bulk
at considerably reduced initial and maintenance cost. material handling solutions at any angle from 0° to 90°.

Outstanding Features

FLEXOWELL® conveyor belts can be integrated into Sustainable solution:

complex conveying processes and ensure a continuous R FLEXOWELL® conveyor belts help to decrease
conveying performance without further transfer points. property ground costs compared to standard
The advantages provided to plant engineers conveyor belts, a shorter belt is needed for same
and operators are: conveying lift compared to standard belt.
R Quick installation R FLEXOWELL® conveyor belts provide power
Reduced number of transfer points saving solution compared to transport with
R
standard belts or trucks.
R Long service life
See example below with estimated yearly energy
R Reduced power requirements consumption (7860 working hours) for transport
R Quiet running of 500 tons/h over 100 m (328 ft) conveying lift
R Reduced maintenance with truck, standard conveyor and FLEXOWELL®.
R Envirionmentally friendly

10 m
1150 m
m
4 81

100 m 100 m 100 m

90°
5° 12°

3000 MWh

1500 MWh
1300 MWh

Energy
consumption
per year 3,0 MkWh

Truck Standard conveyor FLEXOWELL®

1,5 MkWh
1,3 MkWh
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FLEXOWELL®
From horizontal to vertical:
faster, cleaner, economical.
Technical Details
FLEXOWELL® conyeyor belts basically consist of the
following 3 components:
R Cross-rigid base belt with horizontal textile
and/or transverse steelcord reinforcement
R Corrugated sidewalls made of reinforced,
vulcanized rubber
R Transverse cleats preventing the material
to be conveyed from sliding backward
The corrugated sidewalls and cleats are fitted to the base
belt by cold or hot vulcanization. The cleats are screwed
to the sidewalls. Cold bonded sidewalls and cleats can be
replaced quickly and easily, if needed. Sidewalls and cleats
are available from 20 mm (0.79 inch) to 630 mm (24.8 inch)
high. Hot vulcanization is suggested for conveying hot
materials, otherwise can be offered as an option.

FLEXOWELL® conveyor belts are supplied in standard black

rubber quality of high abrasion resistance. In addition, other
qualities such as heat and oil resistant or flame retardant rubber
can be supplied. FLEXOWELL® conveyor belts are designed
for horizontal, steep inclined and vertical handling of all kinds
of bulk materials – from coarse-size coal and ore, rock, coarse
sand or fertilizers. Lump sizes varying from powdery, floury
material up to 400 mm (16 inch) can be handled easily with
FLEXOWELL® conveyor sytems. Materials can be carried
over 500 m (1,640 ft) in vertical lift with capacities from
1 m3/h up to 6,000 t/h.

Application Areas
Maximum reliability is granted by FLEXOWELL® conveyor belts
thus ensuring an environmentally friendly operation in all kinds
of industries as:
R Underground mining (ore or coal)
R Shaft conveying for tunnelling and underground mining
R Steel industry
R Ship loading and unloading, ship to ship loading
R Coal and wood-chip fired power stations
R Sand preparation in foundry plants
R Silo feeding
R Slope conveying in openpit mining
R Waste recycling, soil purification and water treatment
R Handling of large material flows in the horizontal path
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FLEXOWELL®
Continental Conveying Solutions –
Your partner for Increasing Productivity
Continental Conveying Solutions offers as a development
partner with know-how, products and an extensive service
for conveyor belts and systems, a high productivity in bulk
material handling. Our customers can count on many years
of experience and immediate, goal-driven support:
Computer-aided design and layout of FLEXOWELL® conveyor
belts according to the customers’ individual requirements
and application
Precise design requirements and specification
for mechanical rotation parts for the conveyors
Conveyor inspection carried out in the framework
of service contracts or inspection service contracts
only with recording of results
Splicing and installation of belt

The FLEXOWELL® technology holds all inclined

and vertical continuous transport records in
the bulk material handling industry...

R Over 15,000 installations worldwide

R Most experience: FLEXOWELL® technology in practical Tunneling,
limestone, 1,200 t/h
operation since 1964
R Highest performance: 400 m (1,321 ft) vertical
up to 2,000 t/h (2,204 st/h)
R Vertical conveying: up to 500 m (1,640 ft) possible
R Widest belts: 2.4 m (7.87 ft)
R Highest tensile strength: up to 8,600 N/mm (4,910 PIW)
R Lowest belt elongation: by means of high tensile
fabric or steelcord members
R Highest sidewalls: up to 630 mm (24.8 inch)
R Highest cleat profiles: up to 600 mm (23.8 inch)
R Worldwide sales: in 45 countries

FLEXOTURN®,
Torsion angle 180º
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FLEXOWELL®
Technical information
Belt description R Cross-rigid fabric and steelcord belts
One of the main advantages of the FLEXOWELL® belt is that
cross rigid base belts can be deflected from the horizontal to
an incline or vertical and back again without bowing or sagging Type XE ...light duty FLEXOWELL®
(e.g. S-conveyors). These deflection points as well as the belt applications only.
return on free lateral space supported by stub idlers definitely Available in strengths XE250/2
requires the cross-rigidity of the base belt. This development and XE400/3.
led to the special cross-rigid FLEXOWELL® base belts. The
cross rigidity is achieved by the fabric construction, a special
belt composition and by a unique production procedure
which we have developed. For a tensile rating of > 1000 N/mm Type XOE ...in use for medium
steel cord belts with this cross-rigid belt construction are and heavy duty application.
normally used.

This exclusive base belt is the superior feature of the

FLEXOWELL® design and represents a complete technical
system together with the corrugated sidewalls and cleats. Type XE+2 ...increased cross-rigidity
for medium and heavy duty
In order to grant optimal solutions for each application applications.
there are five different types of belts, six rubber qualities,
also for sidewall and cleat profiles.

Type XESB ...belts for applications

when extreme cross rigidity
is needed.

Cross-rigid fabric belts listed here

are available in these qualities:

Defender FL standard, abrasion resistant Type XST ...heavy duty applications

Solar-Shield Classic FL heat resistant only requiring belt tension above
Gold Plus FL oil resistant 1000 N/mm with steel cord base
Shield YS FL flame resistant (ISO 340/EN 20340) belt.
Shield vt FL self-extinguish (aboveground application)

Cross-rigid steelcord belts listed here

are available in these qualities:

Defender FL standard, abrasion resistant

Gold Plus FL oil resistant*
Solar-Shield Classic FL heat resistant
Shield K FL flame resistant (ISO 340/EN 20340)
Shield vt FL self-extinguish (aboveground application)
* on request

R Cleat profile sizes · Cross Sections

0

0
20

35

55

75

90

55

75

90

0
11

11

11
12

22
16

18

24

28

14

18
10

20

30

40
14
T
T

C
T

C
G
T

C
G

C
G

G
T

G
G

S
G

S
T-

G
T-

G
T-

T-

T-

C-
T-
T-
T-

T-

T-

T-
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R Sidewall sizes
dv

630
F ht

bw

40
Type height width pitch
Fht bw dv
mm mm mm

L 40 40 30 35
N 60 60 50 42
80 80 50 42
100 100 50 42
120 120 50 42
NV* 60 60 50 42
80 80 50 42
100 100 50 42
120 120 50 42
S* 120 120 78 63 R Sidewall qualities
160 160 78 63
Quality suitable with L N/NV S ES
200 200 78 63
240 240 78 63 Defender FL 1 1 1 1
280 280 78 63
320 320 78 63 Gold Plus FL 1 1 1
ES* 300 300 78 63 Solar-Shield Classic FL 1 1 1
400 400 100 84
Shield YS FL 1 1 1 1
500 500 100 84
630 630 100 84 Shield vt FL 1 1 1 1
*with diagonal fabric reinforcement all qualities antistatic

R Cleat profile sizes

Type height Type height Type height Type height
mm mm mm mm

T20 20 T-G 200 200 TY-G 90 90 TC-G 260 260

T35 35 T-G 220 220 TY-G 150 150 TC-G 280 280
T55 55 T-G 240 240 TY-G 190 190 TC-GS 280 280
T75 75 T-GS 280 280 TY-G 230 230 TC-GS 320 320
T90 90 T-GS 300 300 TY-G 240 240 TC-GS 360 360
T100 100 T-GS 400 400 TC75 75 TC-GS 470 470
T110 1 10 C 55 55 TC90 90 TB-GS 500 500
T-G110 1 10 C 75 75 TC-G 1 10 1 10 TB-GS 600 600
T-G120 120 C 90 90 TC-G 140 140 Design of cleats T-GS, TC-GS
and TB-GS consists of cleat,
T-G140 140 C110 110 TC-G 180 180 foot and assembling elements.
Sidewall and cleat profiles are
T-G160 160 C140 140 TC-G 220 220 available in the same quality.
All listed dimensions are
T-G 180 180 C-G 180 180 TC-G 230 230 nominal dimensions.
0

110

0
90

0
7

26

36
24

14

18

22

23

28

28

32

47
15

19

23

50

60
TC

TC
-G

G
-G

-G

GS
G
G
-G

GS
G

GS
-G

GS

S
TY

-
TC

-
-

-G
TY

-G
TC

TC
TY

TY

TC
TC
TY

TC

TC

-
-

-
TC

TC
TC

TC

TB

TB
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