Belting Glossary - Conveyor Belt Terms and Meanings

A flat pulley with discs attached around the pulley at certain intervals across the pulley.

A localized decrease in the cross-sectional area of a product.

Non-woven fabric punched with a hack latched needle to improve its strength and stability.

The manufactured length necessary to provide proper initial fit and tensioning of a belt on a specified drive.

Cuts in the surface or edge of belting.

The clearance between two rolls of a calender.

Common name for nitrile-butadiene polymer.

An approximate amount.

The absence of bloom.

A mat of nonaligned fiber bonded together.

Flat top, squared shoulder bolt for attaching elevator buckets to elevator belts.

Abbreviation for isoprene polymer.

Fabric weight designated by numbers based on linear yard of cloth 22″ in width.

Common name for polyamide fiber.