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Conveyors
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Conveyors
Casters
Industrial machinery; Conveyors
Wheels mounted in a fork (either rigid or swivel) used to support and make conveyors portable.
Alligator belt clip
Industrial machinery; Conveyors
Lacing attached to the belt with a hammer for the purposes of joining the ends of the belt together to form a continuous loop.
Accumulating conveyor
Industrial machinery; Conveyors
Any conveyor designed to allow collection (accumulation) of material. May be roller, live roller, belt and gravity conveyors.
Ultimate strength
Industrial machinery; Conveyors
As applied to chain, the total tensile force, in pounds, that must be applied to cause failure under stress.
Horsepower (HP)
Industrial machinery; Conveyors
A standard unit of power equal to a rate of 33,000 foot-pounds of work per minute. Used to rate motors and gearmotors used on conveyor drives.
Head pulley
Industrial machinery; Conveyors
A pulley used at the terminal end of the conveyor toward which the commodity is being conveyed.
