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2. Conveyor belt - Wikipedia

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   A conveyor belt is the carrying medium of a belt conveyor system (often shortened to belt conveyor). A belt conveyor system is one of many types of conveyor systems.A belt conveyor system consists of two or more pulleys (sometimes referred to as drums), with a closed loop of carrying medium—the conveyor belt—that rotates about them.

3. Thomas Robins (inventor) - Wikipedia

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   In 1891, Robins began work on a conveyor belt for carrying coal and ore for Thomas Edison and his Edison Ore-Milling Company in Ogdensburg, New Jersey. [3] His conveyor belt received the grand prize at the Paris Exposition in 1900, and first prizes at the Pan-American Exposition and Saint Louis Exposition.

4. Belt (mechanical) - Wikipedia

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   Conveyor belts are essential for material handling and transportation in industries such as mining, construction, agriculture, and manufacturing. ASTM D378 covers the testing methods to evaluate conveyor belts for performance characteristics, such as fire resistance and oil resistance, ensuring that they meet safety and operational requirements.

5. Conveyor system - Wikipedia

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   A conveyor system is often the lifeline to a company's ability to effectively move its product in a timely fashion. The steps that a company can take to ensure that it performs at peak capacity, include regular inspections and system audits, close monitoring of motors and reducers, keeping key parts in stock, and proper training of personnel.

6. Material-handling equipment - Wikipedia

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   For example, while both the roller and flat-belt are unit-load on-floor conveyors, the roller provides accumulation capability while the flat-belt does not; similarly, both the power-and-free and trolley are unit-load overhead conveyors, with the power-and-free designed to include an extra track in order to provide the accumulation capability ...

7. Conveyor transport - Wikipedia

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   Conveyor transport is the broad category of transport modes that includes modes developed from the idea of a conveyor belt. Examples include: Conveyor belt, two or more pulleys, with a continuous loop of material that rotates about them