IMPROVED CONVEYANCE BELT AND METHOD OF DESIGNING SAME

摘要

The present invention relates to belts (1) for carrying sticky material (3) and methods for designing the same, and is particularly but not exclusively related to belts for transporting "wet" dough mixtures in bakeries. In one aspect the present invention provides modular conveyance belt links (21) for transporting sticky material (3) such as wet bread dough mixtures. The links can be coupled to other links to form a belt for conveying the sticky material. The links have a conveying surface which has surface features comprising a number of closed cell structures (12) such as diamond shaped imprints. Raised ridges (13) are arranged to enclose a number of depressed areas (14) or imprints corresponding to the closed cells (12) her aspect the present invention provides a method of testing shapes and patterns of shapes for a plurality of closed cells having raised edges on a conveyance belt in order to reduce the peel resistance of a sticky material being removed from said belt.