National foreword

This British Standard is the UK implementation of EN ISO 14890:2026. It is identical to ISO 14890:2026. It supersedes BS EN ISO 14890:2013, which is withdrawn.

The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted to Technical Committee PRI/67, Conveyor belts.

A list of organizations represented on this committee can be obtained on request to its committee manager.

Contractual and legal considerations

This publication has been prepared in good faith, however no representation, warranty, assurance or undertaking (express or implied) is or will be made, and no responsibility or liability is or will be accepted by BSI in relation to the adequacy, accuracy, completeness or reasonableness of this publication. All and any such responsibility and liability is expressly disclaimed to the full extent permitted by the law.

This publication is provided as is, and is to be used at the recipient’s own risk.

The recipient is advised to consider seeking professional guidance with respect to its use of this publication.

This publication is not intended to constitute a contract. Users are responsible for its correct application.

Compliance with a British Standard cannot confer immunity from legal obligations.

This British Standard was published under the authority of the Standards Policy and Strategy Committee on 28 February 2026.

This European Standard was approved by CEN on 19 January 2026.

CEN members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this European Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration. Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references concerning such national standards may be obtained on application to the CEN-CENELEC Management Centre or to any CEN member.

This European Standard exists in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other language made by translation under the responsibility of a CEN member into its own language and notified to the CEN-CENELEC Management Centre has the same status as the official versions.

CEN members are the national standards bodies of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Türkiye and United Kingdom.

European foreword

This document (EN ISO 14890:2026) has been prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 41 "Pulleys and belts (including veebelts)" in collaboration with Technical Committee CEN/TC 188 “Conveyor belts” the secretariat of which is held by SNV.

This European Standard shall be given the status of a national standard, either by publication of an identical text or by endorsement, at the latest by August 2026, and conflicting national standards shall be withdrawn at the latest by August 2026.

Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of patent rights. CEN shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.

This document supersedes EN ISO 14890:2013.

Any feedback and questions on this document should be directed to the users’ national standards body/national committee. A complete listing of these bodies can be found on the CEN website.

According to the CEN-CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organizations of the following countries are bound to implement this European Standard: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Türkiye and the United Kingdom.

Endorsement notice

The text of ISO 14890:2026 has been approved by CEN as EN ISO 14890:2026 without any modification.

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This document was prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC41 Pulleys and belts (including veebelts), Subcommittee SC 3, Conveyor belts, in collaboration with the European Committee for Standardization (CEN) Technical Committee CEN/TC 188, Conveyor belts, in accordance with the Agreement on technical cooperation between ISO and CEN (Vienna Agreement).

This third edition cancels and replaces the second edition (ISO 14890:2013), which has been technically revised and minor editorial revised.

The main changes are as follows:

Remove code letter G and its correspondent yarn from Table 5;
Revise maximum number of longitudinal joints of Table 11;
Include more tensile strength categories in Table 12;

Any feedback or questions on this document should be directed to the user’s national standards body. A complete listing of these bodies can be found at www.iso.org/members.html.

Introduction

In the preparation of this document, the following International Standards for conveyor belts have been followed as closely as possible:

ISO 251;
ISO 252;
ISO 282;
ISO 283;
ISO 433;
ISO 583;
ISO 703.

Items that are not requirements of this document, but must be agreed between the manufacturer and the purchaser, are included in Annex A.

A list of the details intended to be supplied by the purchaser of belting with an enquiry is given in Annex B.

1 Scope

This document specifies requirements for either rubber or plastics or both covered conveyor belting of textile construction for general surface use on flat or troughed idlers.

This document is not applicable to light conveyor belts as described in ISO 21183‑1.

2 Normative references

3 Terms and definitions

4 Designation

4.1 Belting designation

4.2 Examples for ordering

5 Construction

6 Length

6.1

6.2

7 Width

8 Rubber cover

8.1

8.2

9 Tolerances on total belt thickness and cover thickness

9.1 Tolerance on total belt thickness

9.2 Tolerance on cover thickness

10 Transverse fabric joints in multi-ply belting

10.1 General

10.2 Outer plies

10.3 Inner plies

10.4 Adjacent plies and non-adjacent plies

10.5 Joints in the same ply

10.6 Mono-ply, duo-ply and solid woven belting

11 Longitudinal fabric joints in multi-ply belting and duo-ply belting

11.1 Spacing of joints

11.2 Number of joints

12 Longitudinal fabric or carcass joints in solid woven and mono-ply belting

13 Elongation

14 Full thickness tensile strength

15 Adhesion

16 Troughability

17 Sampling

18 Identification

Bibliography

BS EN ISO 14890:2026

Conveyor belts. Specification for rubber- or plastics-covered conveyor belts of textile construction for general use

Current

Published:

28 Feb 2026