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For sidewall belt producers, OEMs & system integrators

From project data to a reliable belt design — in minutes, not days.

Sidewall Belt Designer Pro turns your conveyor parameters into a complete, rule-checked belt configuration — so you can quote faster and design with confidence.

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Belt configuration & capacity

Belt width Bw
800 mm
Sidewall · Cleat
WKS 180 mm · TCS 160 mm
Possible capacity
79.5 m³/h · 63.6 t/h
Capacity reserve
+6.0 %

Force chain & drive

Effective tension at drive Te
3,223 N
Belt safety factor S
13.7
Motor power (recommended)
8.2 kW
Recommended base belt
XE400/3+2TR
Example project: vertical conveyor, 60 t/h, 20 m lift — values from a real calculation by the designer.

Built for belt producers, OEMs and plant builders — steep-incline and vertical conveying in recycling, bulk handling and agriculture.

Sound familiar?

  • Every inquiry waits in line until the one person who can size a sidewall belt has time.
  • The sizing logic lives in a spreadsheet that only its author fully understands.
  • Two engineers, two answers — the design rules exist in one person’s head, not in a system.
  • Your most experienced engineer spends hours on routine sizing instead of the hard problems.

Three steps to your design

  1. Mass flow [t/h]
    60
    Conveying height H [m]
    20
    Incline angle β [°]
    90

    Enter project data

    Conveyor geometry, capacity, incline and boundary conditions — the data you already have from the inquiry.

  2. ⚠ TCS-160 · Cp 180 mmbelow 1.4 × cleat height
    ✓ TCS-160 · Cp 240 mmrule satisfied

    Configure the belt

    Choose class, inset and cleat pattern or let the tool suggest options — risks are flagged immediately.

  3. Recommended base belt
    XE400/3+2TR
    Motor power
    8.2 kW
    Belt length to order
    51.41 m

    Get your result

    A checked design as a result card and a one-page PDF datasheet, ready for your quote.

See exactly what you get

Real output, real labels — a complete force chain, belt options by free-space criterion, and a one-page PDF datasheet for your quote.

In the tool — result cards

Force chain & drive

Material load mL
11.11 kg/m
Belt weight (selected belt) mG
34.96 kg/m
Effective tension at drive Te
3,223 N
Maximum belt tension T1
11,455 N
Belt safety factor S
13.7
Start-up force
12,583 N
Shaft power (η = 0.80)
6.0 kW
Motor power (recommended)
8.2 kW

Belt options (free-space criterion)

Minimum optionXE400/3+2TR · Inset 125 mm · nw 400 mm−125 +75 +400 +75 −125
Next larger optionXE500/3+2TR · Inset 100 mm · nw 450 mm−100 +75 +450 +75 −100

Attached to your quote — PDF datasheet

Sidewall Belt DesignExample project

⚠ The cleat pitch is below the minimum of 1.4 × cleat height — check material discharge and pulley travel.

Conveying task & path
Mass flow
60.0 t/h
Belt speed
1.50 m/s
Bulk density
0.80 t/m³
Conveying height
20.0 m
Incline angle
90°
Belt configuration
Belt width
800 mm
Sidewall
WKS 180 mm
Cleat
TCS 160 mm
Possible capacity
79.5 m³/h
Force chain & drive
Effective tension
3,223 N
Max. belt tension
11,455 N
Safety factor
13.7
Start-up force
12,583 N
Motor power (rec.)
8.2 kW
Base belt & construction
Recommended belt
XE400/3+2TR
Tensile class
400 N/mm
Min. pulley diameter
450 mm
Min. deflection wheel
720 mm
Belt length to order
51.41 m

Mistakes get caught before they ship

Built-in design rules check every configuration — and tell you in plain language what to fix. This is what a costly re-order looks like BEFORE it happens:

⚠ The cleat pitch is below the minimum of 1.4 × cleat height — check material discharge and pulley travel.

Every design runs against explicit rules: minimum cleat pitch, the free-space criterion for the base belt, minimum pulley diameters — the checks an experienced engineer runs in their head, applied to every single design.

What you gain

Speed

Under 5 minutes instead of 2–4 hours per design — quote while the inquiry is still hot.

Consistency

Same input, same rules, same result — for every engineer, every time.

Engineering confidence

Built-in design rules (cleat pitch, free-space criterion, pulley diameters) flag risk before it ships.

Commercial advantage

Respond days faster than competitors still doing this by hand.

Markus Hickmann

Who's behind this

From the field, for the field

Yostro builds engineering software for conveyor technology. Designer Pro exists because sidewall belt sizing used to live in spreadsheets and heads — it makes sizing traceable, checkable and fast.

Markus Hickmann, founder — I answer every inquiry personally.

Founding-customer program

Become one of our first ten reference customers

Designer Pro is new to the market — and instead of a bought logo wall, we would rather offer you something real: as one of the first ten founding customers you get 30 % off your first year, a price guarantee on your list price for the whole life of your subscription, and a direct line to the development team.

In return, we may name your company as a reference: your logo on our website and a short quote after around three months of use — nothing is published without your approval.

Start free and become a founding customer

Why you can trust the numbers

Our design methodology is protected know-how. Instead of formulas, you get something stronger: evidence.

Validated against real projects

Every calculation model is verified against real-world serial designs before release — steep-incline and vertical.

Explicit design rules

The checks follow the engineering practice of experienced belt designers — made explicit and applied to every design.

Calculated in Germany

Every design runs on our servers in Germany. The result returns to you immediately.

Your data is never stored

Project inputs and results are not saved — nothing is retained, nothing is shared with third parties.

Simple, fair pricing

One license covers your whole company — no per-seat pricing.

Monthly
€299 per month

Flexible — cancel any month.

  • Unlimited designs — no cap on paid plans
  • One license for your whole company
  • All sidewall and cleat classes
  • One-page PDF datasheets for your quotes
  • Built-in design-rule checks
  • Email support
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2 months free
Yearly
€2,990 per year

Equivalent to about €249 per month.

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  • 2 months free vs. paying monthly
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Founding-customer program: 30 % off the first year for the first ten customers — all details

Prices excl. VAT. 14 days free, no credit card — the trial includes 25 free designs.

One sidewall belt design costs 2–4 engineering hours by hand. At your rates, the license pays for itself with roughly two designs a month.

Frequently asked questions

Do I need a credit card for the trial?
No. You start with just an email confirmation — no payment details required.
What happens after the 14 days?
Without an upgrade, access simply pauses. Your account stays in place for 90 days in case you decide to upgrade later — your project calculations themselves are never stored anyway (see next question).
Is my project data safe? Where is it stored?
Your project data is not stored at all. Each calculation runs directly on our server in Germany and the result is returned to you immediately — nothing is saved, and nothing is shared with third parties.
How do I know the results are correct if I can't see the formulas?
For IP reasons we show inputs, result values and drawings — not the formulas behind them. Instead, every calculation model is validated against real-world reference projects before release, and every design is checked by explicit engineering rules (cleat pitch, free-space criterion, minimum pulley diameters). You see every input and every result value, so you can sanity-check any design against your own experience.
Which belt types are covered?
The standard classes for steep-incline and vertical conveying: sidewalls from 80 to 600 mm (WK, WKS, WKXS), T- and TC-type cleats from 75 to 560 mm, pocket geometry by free-space criterion, and a base belt recommendation including tensile class and pulley diameters.
Can my whole team use it?
Your subscription covers your company. If several colleagues need individual logins, just get in touch and we will set that up.
Is there a limit on designs?
On paid plans: no — designs are unlimited. The trial includes 25 free designs for the whole trial period — enough to evaluate the tool thoroughly.
Can I cancel anytime?
Yes. Cancel directly from your account; access continues until the end of your paid period.

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