Conveyors

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Effective belt tension

Industrial machinery; Conveyors

The amount of force, expressed in pounds, transmitted to the conveyor belt by the drive pulley as related directly to the amount of live and dead load on the belt.

Pitch

Industrial machinery; Conveyors

In chain, the distance between the centres of two successive chain pins.

Power transmission belt

Industrial machinery; Conveyors

A belt that transmits power or motion from one rotating part to another.

Power transmission parts

Industrial machinery; Conveyors

Those parts or components by which power produced by the motor or gearmotor is conducted and applied to run the drive pulley of a conveyor.

A roller with a minimum diameter of 1.9 inches used to support the commodity being conveyed or the belt carrying the commodity. For powered conveyors these rollers have grease packed bearings. For ...

Diverter

Industrial machinery; Conveyors

A device used to change direction of an object. This device could be a pusher, deflector arm or wheel type device. Pushers and wheel type devices are used to sort commodity into desired lines from a ...

Crown pulley

Industrial machinery; Conveyors

A pulley having a face that is slightly tapered from the centre to the ends, so that its diameter at the centre is greater than at its ends. Used to assist in belt tracking.