What’s the Difference Between PU and PVC Conveyor Belt

With the development of industrial automation, the conveyor belt becomes crucial for material transportation. PU and PVC conveyor belt are two types of general belt featured their own distinct performances and advantages. This message will discuss the main differences between PU and PVC conveyor belts and help the customer to choose the most suitable conveyor belts for their specific application.

Material Performance Comparison

Polyurethane is a high-performance polymer material, meets FDA standard, it is more durable compared with other conveyor belt.

• Oil and Chemical Resistance: PU material has good resistance to grease, solvents and a variety of chemicals, and are suitable for chemical, pharmaceutical and food processing industries.
• High Elasticity and Flexibility:PU material has good elasticity and flexibility, and will maintain shape and performance under high tension.
• Excellent Mechanical Properties:PU material has high strength and hardness and can withstand heavy mechanical loads and impacts.
• Low Temperature Resistance:PU material can still maintain good elasticity and mechanical properties in low temperature environments and will not become brittle or crack.

PVC (polyvinyl chloride) is an amorphous material. With its unique physical characteristics, it has become the popular material of industrial belts.

• Excellent Flame Retardant: PVC conveyor belt has good flame retardant performance, can effectively prevent the occurrence of fire and can self-extinguish.
• Various Surface Pattern: PVC conveyor belt has various surface patterns, like golf, diamond, grass, fishbone, crescent and herringbone and so on.
• Super Environmental Adaptability: PVC material naturally has the characteristics of corrosion resistance, oil resistance and moisture, even in the chemical industry, wet workshop and other harsh environment, it can still keep stable operation, reducing the risk of downtime and extending belt service life.

•  Lightweight and Flexible: Compared with traditional rubber material, PVC belt weight is lighter, which can reduce equipment load, energy consumption, while maintaining excellent tensile strength, to ensure that high-speed operation does not run off or slip.

Cost and Maintenance

Due to high cost raw material and complicated manufacturing technique, the production cost of PU is higher than PVC conveyor belt. PU is more durable and excellent wear & tear resistance, so it has a relative longer service life with lower maintenance cost. PVC is easily damaged by chemical and grease and has faster wear and aging, so it needs replaced by new belt regularly.

Applications

PU conveyor belt is food grade and easy to clean, more durable and wear resistant, so it is widely used in food processing industry, medical and electronics industry.

• Food Processing Industry: PU conveyor belt is often used in food production line transportation, such as baking, packaging, frozen food transmission, etc.
• Electronics and Light Industry: PU conveyor belt is used for the assembly, transportation and packaging of electronic products, precision instruments or light industrial products。
• Pharmaceutical and Medical Industry: The non-toxic and easy-to-clean properties of PU belts make them ideal for transporting medicines, pills, and capsules and packaging of medical supplies.
• Textile and Printing Industry: PU conveyor belt is used for textile fabric transportation, rotary screen printing and

PVC conveyor belt is cost-effective and customized surface pattern, it is extensively used in logistics and warehousing, agriculture, stock farming and wood industry.

• Logistics and Warehousing: PVC conveyor belt is widely used for parcel sorting in courier hubs, luggage handling at airports and warehouse automation system.
• Agriculture Industry: In agriculture industry, PVC conveyor belt is used for conveying seeds and fertilizers in processing plants.
• Wood and Timber Industry: In wood industry, PVC conveyor belt is used for moving wood panels, veneers or boards and transporting lightweight timber for further processing.
• Construction Industry:PVC conveyor belt is  used for the transportation of glass, ceramics, tiles, marble and other building materials in construction industry.

Why choose Puteken as your belting solution partner?

Puteken is professional in belting industry for more than ten years, we offer below services:

• Free Sample: Before placing formal order, we can provide free sample to check material and testing.
• Delivery Fast: Standard belt we can ship in three days for we have bulk stock, and customized order we will deliver in 15 days for we have skillful workers.
• Customization: Belt color, pattern and further processing (like perforations, adding V-guide, make coating ) all are acceptable by us.
• After-sale Service: For belt selection, installation and adjustment we all can supply technical support and video guidance based on our rich experience in belting industry. And our working time is 24/7 for our customer service.

Get free quote of PVC or PU conveyor belt

If you are still not sure which is type is better for your application, call us or send us email now to get a free selection guide, or submit your working conditions and our engineer team will provide a customized solution within 24 hours.