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Conveyors
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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 in a single housing.
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.
