A belt conveyor is a system that moves materials, goods, and even people from one place to another. Belt conveyors are different from other ways of moving things because they use a belt instead of chains, spirals, hydraulics, etc. to move things. It uses a loop of flexible material stretched between rollers that are moved by an electric motor.

Since the nature of the things being moved varies, so does the belt material according to the system it is used in. It frequently appears as a rubber or polymer belt.