CONVEYORBELT

Conveyor belt

A conveyor belt consists of two or more pulleys, with a continuous loop of material - the conveyor belt - that rotates about them. One or both of the pulleys are powered, moving the belt and the material on the belt forward. The powered pulley is called the drive pulley while the unpowered pulley is called the idler. There are two main industrial classes of belt conveyors; Those in general material handling such as those moving boxes along inside a factory and bulk material handling such as those used to transport industrial and agricultural materials, such as grain, coal, ores,fines,and lumps material.

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conveyor belt

Noun

  1. A continuous flexible band moved by a series of rollers to transport objects or material from one place to another, especially within a factory or mine.


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