Conveyors

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Industry: Industrial machinery

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Limit switch

Industrial machinery; Conveyors

An electrical device with a lever arm, plunger or other mechanical means of actuating an electrical switch by which the movement of conveyor components or commodity is being controlled or sensed.

Live roller conveyor

Industrial machinery; Conveyors

A series of rollers over which objects are moved by the application of power to all or some of the rollers. The power transmitting medium is usually belting or chain.

Horsepower

Industrial machinery; Conveyors

A measure of the time rate of doing work defined as the equivalent of raising 33,000 pounds one foot in one minute. Electrically, one horsepower is 746 watts or 0.746kW

Incline conveyor length

Industrial machinery; Conveyors

Determined by the elevation change from in-feed to discharge versus the degree of incline.

Flow

Industrial machinery; Conveyors

The direction of travel of the product on the conveyor.

Rpm

Industrial machinery; Conveyors

Revolutions per minute. The number of complete revolutions accomplished by a shaft or other rotating component in the period of one minute.

Take-up roller

Industrial machinery; Conveyors

A roller with a minimum diameter of 2.5 inches and mounted in adjustable clips to allow take-up of belt sag. Roller has a belt pull capacity of 1,000 pounds and usually has a belt wrap of 180 ...