Belting Glossary - Conveyor Belt Terms and Meanings

The measure of thickness of the individual elements making up a rubber product.

The initial semi-solid stage that develops during the solvation of a resin by a plasticizer.

The stage at which a liquid begins to exhibit pseudo-elastic properties.

Glass extruded through a die with many fine holes into continuous filaments.

The effect of sharp heavy material falling onto a conveyor belt cover to loosen or tear out pieces of the cover.

A tensile test for woven fabric using specimens considerably wider than the jaws holding the ends of the test specimen.

The ration of incline or decline of a conveyor expressed a s percent of the vertical height to the horizontal distance.

The quality of belting cover on the basis or gouge, cut, and abrasion resistance.

A mechanical system that adjusts for the stretch or shrinking of a conveyor belt automatically by a weighted pulley in the system.

Lagging with round or angular grooves to minimize material buildup on the pulley.

Surface produced by grinding or buffing. See Buffing.