@inproceedings{gkt17_p05_bona,
  author    = {Bona, Marcus and Beha, Markus and Sumpf, Jens},
  title     = {Detachable Connection for Thin Homogeneous Conveyor Belts in the Food Industry},
  booktitle = {International Symposium Plastic-Slide-Chains and Tribology in Conveyor Systems: Proceedings},
  year      = 2017,
  month     = 4,
  volume    = 3,
  isbn      = {978-3-945479-08-7},
  pages     = {170--179},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:ch1-qucosa-231714},
  language  = {english},
  keywords  = {belt, joining, food industry},
  abstract  = {Belt conveyor systems play an important role in many areas of industrial production. Thereby, the transport of foods demands special requirements and restrictions to avoid contamination and microbial growth. The belts used here are often manufactured as yard goods for technical production reasons. After cutting these belts to length, it is necessary to join the ends together. To guarantee assembly, the belts are among other things equipped with detachable connections. Accordingly, this article deals with the development of new detachable connection for thin unreinforced conveyor belts in the food industry. Besides reduction of critical areas (undercuts, breakthroughs …) which favor the accumulation of bacteria additional focuses are the increase of tensile strength as well as a simple and fast assembly and disassembly of the belt to ensure cleaning and disinfection. Moreover, effective and economic production technologies should be applied.}
}