Belting Glossary - Conveyor Belt Terms and Meanings

The center carrying roller which is offset and transversely lapping the troughing idlers.

Not adversely affected by exposure to oil.

Withstands the deterioration effect of oil(generally refers to petroleum) on the physical properties.

The change in volume of a rubber article due to absorption of oil.

Two ends of a belt each bent 90 degrees around a steel form and bolted together through the belt and steel form.

A polymer consisting of only a few monomer units such as in dimer, a trimer, a tetramer etc. & their mixtures.

Pertains to one of the two outward faces or surfaces of a conveyor belt (not the edges of the belt).

A seam whose edges do not meet creating a void.

The tension of longitudinal sections of a belt system (tight side and slack side) when moving material, as distinguished from tension when the belt is running empty.

The time, temperature and compression of vulcanization or of fusion at which a desired combination of properties is attained in an elastomer.

A suspension of a finely divided plastic in a plasticizer with a volatile organic solvent.

The degree a pulley is out-of-round with respect to is central axis.

A low pressure hot air chamber used for the purpose of heating, drying, baking or vulcanizing rubber products. See Aging.

The reaction of oxygen on a rubber product, usually detected by a change in the appearance or feel of the surface or by a change in physical properties.

A means of accelerating change in the physical properties of rubber compounds by exposing them to the action of oxygen at an elevated temperature and pressure.

Belt cover cracks or crazing caused by exposure to ozone in the atmosphere.

Withstands the deteriorating effects of ozone (generally cracking).