Belting Glossary - Conveyor Belt Terms and Meanings

(1) A longitudinal yarn in a fabric. , (2) A corner yarn in a braid.

A belt press that includes water passages right below the heating plates to allow rapid cooling of the heated press and belt joint.

Surface deterioration, evidenced by cracks and crazing of an elastomer, during outdoor exposure.

A fabric pattern description denoting a specific relationship of warp and filling yarns at specific locations in the fabric.

A cord ply without filling yarns.

A pulley with radial vanes extending from a supporting structure to the center shaft to minimize trapping material that otherwise would build up and damage the belt.

A mechanical fastener consisting of wires capable of being driven through the belt end and bent back into the belt by a special tool device.

Metal in the form of a fine flexible rod.

See working tension.

Stress on the belt when the belt is loaded with conveyed material and moving.

A flat structure composed of two series of interlacing yarns of filaments, one parallel to the fabric and the other transverse.

A belt with woven wire fabric.

See buckled ply.