This International Standard specifies a test method for determining the transverse flexibility (troughability) of a
conveyor belt, expressed as a ratio, F/L. The method is not suitable or valid for light conveyor belts as
described in ISO 21183-1H].
NOTE The transverse "flexibility" determined by the method described in this International Standard is only indirectly
associated with the inverse of flexural modulus as specified in ISO 178[2]. Nor does it take into consideration the
differences in "flexibility" as exhibited by three-point and four-point bending, which takes account of the flexural strain and
the thickness of the test piece.
DIN EN ISO 703:2008 Referenced Document
ISO 18573 Conveyor belts - Test atmospheres and conditioning periods*, 2012-11-01 Update
ISO 583 Conveyor belts with a textile carcass — Total belt thickness and thickness of constitutive elements — Test methods*, 2023-02-22 Update
DIN EN ISO 703:2008 history
2017DIN EN ISO 703:2017-06 Conveyor belts - Transverse flexibility (troughability) - Test method (ISO 703:2017); German version EN ISO 703:2017
2017DIN EN ISO 703:2017 Conveyor belts - Transverse flexibility (troughability) - Test method (ISO 703:2017); German version EN ISO 703:2017
2008DIN EN ISO 703:2008 Conveyor belts - Transverse flexibility (troughability) - Test method (ISO 703:2007); English version of DIN EN ISO 703:2008-03