Vacuum Belts & Perforated Belts
Precision and Control: Vacuum and Perforated Belt Solutions
Tailored for Your Unique Material Handling Needs
Vacuum belts and perforated belts are specialized conveyor solutions designed to meet unique material handling needs across a wide range of industries. Vacuum belts incorporate perforations and a vacuum source beneath the belt to create suction, securely holding items in place during transport. This ensures precise movement, positioning, and alignment of products, even at high speeds or on inclined surfaces. Similarly, perforated belts are equipped with uniform holes to enable airflow or liquid drainage, making them suitable for applications requiring ventilation, moisture control, or customized material handling.
Applications and Benefits
Precision Handling
Vacuum belts ensure stability and precision for lightweight or irregularly shaped items that may otherwise shift or slide during transport.
Custom Configuration
Both belt types can be tailored with specific perforation sizes and patterns to meet unique application requirements.
Versatile Use
Ideal for environments that demand suction, ventilation, or drainage for efficient processing
Conveyor Vacuum Belts provide positive holding power for very light weight products, such as paper, plastic film and fabrics. Hole size and pattern can be modified to meet the applications you need.
- Hole Perforating-Patterns to your Specifications
- Almost any Hole Size & Shape
- Vacuum Holes for Timing & Conveyor Belts
Hole Patterns & Shapes
Hole size and pattern (percentage of open air) can be modified to meet the application’s need. There are endless possibilities. There are some standard patterns available, but usually each unique application requires its unique hole pattern. A simple drawing with dimensioning is all that is required to have a die made for perforating. Please contact our Technical Department.
Note: For vacuum applications, it is possible under certain circumstances, to extrude urethane timing belts with cord spacing that allows for placing the holes between cords so that the cords are not cut during perforation.
Any Hole Shape Available (Standard & Custom)
Belt with Machined
Cavity
Hole Dimensioning Center
to Center
Hole Dimensioning
Square Pattern
Hole Dimensioning Staggered Pattern
Perforated Belt for Positioning
Tooth Removal
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Industries That Utilize Vacuum Belts and Perforated Belts
Used in automated packaging lines to hold products steady for labeling, printing, or sealing.
Commonly employed for applications like cooling baked goods, draining excess moisture from produce, or transporting items in sanitary environments.
Supports stable transport of paper, cardboard, and other materials for precise printing or cutting.
Facilitates precise handling of medical products, ensuring they remain in place during inspection, labeling, or sorting.
Ideal for transporting delicate components like circuit boards, ensuring alignment and stability during assembly or inspection.
Textile and Nonwoven Industries
Provides reliable handling for fabrics, maintaining consistent tension and alignment during production processes.
F.N. Sheppard’s Capabilities
F.N. Sheppard designs and fabricates vacuum belts and perforated belts to exacting specifications, ensuring they meet the needs of demanding applications. With access to a variety of belt materials, customization options, and industry expertise, F.N. Sheppard delivers solutions that enhance productivity, maintain product integrity, and support precise operations across industries.
Whether your application requires stability for lightweight items, ventilation for moisture control, or secure transport for high-speed processes, vacuum and perforated belts from F.N. Sheppard are engineered to perform.
Discover the F.N. Sheppard Difference
Contact us to learn more about our high-performance vacuum and perforated belts.