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Industrial machinery

Of or pertaining to machines or parts of machines that are used in an industrial setting.

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horsepower (HP)

Industrial machinery; Conveyors

A standard unit of power equal to a rate of 33,000 foot-pounds of work per minute. Used to rate motors and gearmotors used on conveyor drives.

head pulley

Industrial machinery; Conveyors

A pulley used at the terminal end of the conveyor toward which the commodity is being conveyed.

gearmotor

Industrial machinery; Conveyors

An arrangement of an electric motor and a gearbox in one housing or connected by means of a "C" face mounting or other coupling method to form a single unit.

gravity roller conveyor

Industrial machinery; Conveyors

A series of rollers supported in a frame over which objects are advanced by gravity. Rollers are not powered by an outside force.

gearbox

Industrial machinery; Conveyors

A mechanical device used to change the rotational velocity and/or direction of a mechanical power supply. This is usually accomplished through some type of gear train or enclosed ...

friction surface

Industrial machinery; Conveyors

An anti-slip surface. The carrying surface of a conveyor belt that is specially prepared to give increased traction.

friction

Industrial machinery; Conveyors

Resistance to relative motion between two bodies in contact caused by the surface characteristics of the bodies at the point or area of contact, and the contact pressure.