A white-rubber, fire-proof and explosion-resistant safety conveyor and elevator belt currently on the market is believed to be the only one manufactured to the highest FDA and EU standards.

Transco of France has achieved a technical and commercial breakthrough, since its Transco FDA EX is the only white-rubber, fire-proof and explosion-resistant safety conveyor and elevator belt currently on the market that is manufactured to the highest FDA and EU standards. The belt is anti-static, self-extinguishing and approved for a range of applications in the food industry. The Transco FDA EX is the result of major new R and D in the field of synthetic flexible materials, since the white-rubber, food-industry-approved coating of Transco's conveyor belt is made of an advanced form of elastomer.

The Transco FDA EX conveyor belt is particularly suited to the continuous handling of products intended for human consumption.

It is mainly used in the foodstuff industry as well as in cereal and sugar silos.

It forms part of the basic components of continuous handling machinery (elevators-conveyors) designed to operate in potentially explosive environments.

The resilience and grip properties of the belt's rubber are particularly suited to the effective guiding and to the driving of the conveyor belt over its service life.

Thanks to the Transco FDA EX conveyor belt, the products handled can also be lifted over a steeper incline.

Besides, the costly coating of the conveyor drums with rubber can be avoided.

As well as being economical, the upper coatings are anti-abrasive and can attain thicknesses of 2mm, 3mm, 4mm and 6mm on the top-cover side.

Such thicknesses can successfully be exposed to abrasion and, as a result, they increase considerably the conveyor belt's lifetime without detracting from its safety features and foodstuff-industry applications.

The type of advanced synthetic plastic (of the elastomer kind) used in the production of the Transco FDA EX conveyor belt is totally inert upon contact with foodstuffs intended for human consumption.

It is hermetic to microbial migration and to cuts, as well as being inert to cleansing processes and fatty products.

Transco's conveyor belt is commonly used over a temperature range of -20degC to + 80degC.

The internal cohesion of the constituent components remains very stable over time, and the belt retains its flexibility, even at low operating temperatures.

The Transco FDA EX conveyor belt's food-industry-standard white rubber benefits from legal protection in terms of its chemical formula and its manufacture.

It complies with US Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) recommendations in accordance with the US Code of Federal Regulations known as CFR 21 No 177.262020.

Equally, the belt is manufactured in accordance with European Union directive ATEX 97/9/CE.

The Transco FDA EX conveyor belts and elevator belts have also obtained official ATEX 94/9/CE certification (with ATEX certificate No INERIS 03ATEX9025 U for Category II1D Zone 20).

The conveyor belt's high safety level has been officially acknowledged by INERIS, one of Europe's most influential certification bodies.