| A |
| ACCUMULATING CONVEYOR:
Any conveyor designed to allow collection (accumulation)
of material. May be roller, live roller, belt or gravity conveyors. |
| ALLIGATOR
LACING: Lacing attached to the belt with a hammer. |
| AXLE:
A non-rotating shaft on which wheels or rollers are mounted. |
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| B |
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| BACK
PRESSURE: The amount of force applied to a package
to stop the package or collection of packages. |
| BAG
FLATTENER: A mounting assembly used to hold
one conveyor upside down over another conveyor in order to squeeze
or flatten the product. |
| BALL
TABLE: A group of ball transfers over which
flat surface objects may be moved in any direction. |
| BALL
TRANSFER: A device in which a larger ball is
mounted and retained on a hemispherical face of small balls. |
| BARE
PULLEY: A pulley that does not have the surface
of its face covered (or lagged). |
| BEARING:
A machine part in or on which a shaft, axle, pin or other part
rotates. |
| BED:
That part of a conveyor upon which the load rests or slides
while being conveyed. |
| BED
LENGTH: Length of bed sections only required
to make up conveyor excluding pulleys, etc., that may be assembled
at ends. |
| BED
WIDTH: Refers to the overall width of the bed
section. |
| BELT:
A flexible band placed around two or more pulleys for the purpose
of transmitting motion, power or materials from one point to
another. |
| BELT
SCRAPER: A blade or brush caused to bear against
the moving conveyor belt for the purpose of removing material
sticking to the conveyor belt. |
| BELT
SPEED: The length of belt, which passes a fixed
point within a given time. It is usually expressed in terms
of 'feet per minute'. |
| BETWEEN
RAIL WIDTH: (BR) referred to as the distance
between the conveyor frame rails on a roller bed, live roller
or gravity type conveyor. Also referred to as (BF) Between Frame. |
| BOOSTER
CONVEYOR: Any type of powered conveyor used
to regain elevation lost in gravity roller or wheel conveyor
lines. |
| BRAKE
MOTOR: A device usually mounted on a motor shaft
between motor and reducer with means to engage automatically
when the electric current is cut off or fails. |
| BRAKE
ROLLERS: Air or mechanically operated brakes
used underneath roller conveyor to slow down or stop packages
being conveyed. |
| BUTT
COUPLING: Angles or plates designed to join
conveyor sections together. |
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