Belting Glossary - Conveyor Belt Terms and Meanings

See catenary idler.

A length of 840 yards of a yarn.

An increase in resistance to indentation.

The cloudy appearance of an otherwise transparent film.

A dull finish.

The delivery end of a conveyor belt.

The terminal pulley at the discharge end of the conveyor.

A belt driving system using one or more powered pulleys at or near both the head and tail pulleys with each pulley independently driven.

Change in chemical and/or physical properties due to excessive exposure to heat.

Extremely shallow depression or groove in the surface of a plastic visible because of a sharply defined rim or roughened surface.

A belt with a rated maximum working tension equal to or greater than 160 pounds per inch width, when operating under ideal conditions.

The longitudinal appearance of a row of parallel lines slanting at an angle in the opposite direction to another row of slanting parallel lines.

A cable or rod to join together hinged fasteners.

A fastener attached independently to each of the belt ends designed with an opening in the end of the fastener to accept a pin through the opening to complete the joint.

See backstop.

A filled sheeting (usually starch filled) with a smooth, glossy finish on both sides, used as separating medium.

Of uniform composition throughout.

The portion of a conveyor system which deviates from a straight line in the same horizontal plane as the rest of the system.

A unit of power equal to 33,000 foot-pounds per minute (746 watts).

Vulcanization by using heated air, with or without pressure.

Two belt conveyors whose conveying surfaces combine to convey loads up steep inclines or vertically.

A loss of energy due to successive deformation and relaxation. A measurement of the area between the deformation and relaxation stress-strain curves.