Crows Foot Weave

Carcass designed for rip resistance

Featuring a weave design that if penetrated will force the tear in a weft direction across the belt (as opposed to straight along the belt), thereby minimising damage. Rip resistance is achieved through the use of lighter warp threads to accommodate more, heavier, weft threads - achieving higher levels of internal rubber penetration.

It's a FACT: Crows Foot Weave resistance varies between manufacturers. Are you getting ‘The Real Deal’?

Just weaving a fabric using the CFW pattern doesn’t result in significantly higher tear strength or resistance to ripping. It’s the right combination of yarn types and over 150 years’ experience manufacturing belt that makes the difference.

Australian Standard Tear Propagation tests highlight the difference between imported competitor belts and Fenner’s Australian manufactured CFW. Our CFW achieves between 5.5 and 7.5 kN depending on specification. Other manufacturers' belts achieve consistently lower results - typically between 1.5 and 2.9 kN.