BREAKER FABRIC

Breaker Fabrics are used in many applications in Conveyor Belt Manufacture.
Most commonly they are used to stiffen the belt, but also they act as a rip stop.

The construction of the fabric is a flexible textile warp - most commonly a nylon yarn, and a stiff heavy weft. The fabric is flexible in the longitudinal direction, and stiff in the lateral direction.

Composite Textiles offer two different weft materials.

Metallic Weft
	Using a Brass Coated Twisted Steel Wire - this is the standard wire used in the industry.
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Non Metallic Weft
	Steel wire has a number of problems. It is too flexible, so can distort and give poor stiffness in the belt. It can rust. It is difficult to achieve fabric stiffness above about 800N/mm. All these problems can be overcome using Composite Textiles Non-Metallic Breaker Fabric, which is designed for easier processing and better long term fatigue performance in the belt.
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