The wood and building material industries produce plywood, chipboard and MDF sheeting. First, chips or fibres are mixed with a binder or resin. Then, this mixture undergoes prepressing before passing onto the final press, where finished panels are manufactured. Prepress belts are used in the prepress unit. As a part of our one-stop belt shop, Ammeraal Beltech offers both a unique seamless belt and a synthetic spliceable belt for this application.

Whether it’s a spliceable aramid re-enforced Ropanyl belt or a seamless AmPress belt, our industry-proven belts deliver excellent pressure resistance, and they also meet all other operating requirements necessary for the forming process.

AmPress seamless belts

• Truly endless construction, eliminating any risk of splice failure
• Uniformly coated, seamless and flexible, with anti-static properties to prevent static charge build-up
• Wear-resistant polyurethane (PUR), extremely resistant to wood pulp, for longer belt life
• Easy-to-track, stable belt run
• Good resistance to bonding materials, oils, fats, sulphur, ozone and kerosene
• Available in two surface finishes: closed, or with holes for air release

Ropanyl prepress belts

• Made of aramid fabric for maximum compression resistance and reliable distribution of compression
• High force/elongation value
• Good abrasion resistance and a homogeneous belt surface
• Excellent anti-static properties; no build-up of electrostatic charge
• Very good chemical resistance
• Strong splice, made with Ammeraal Beltech’s unique Maestro equipment