"C" FACE DRIVE: A motor and reducer combination
where the two units are flanged and are coupled for connection to
each other and have one out-put shaft.
CAPACITY: The number of pieces, volume, or weight of material
that can be handled by a conveyor in a unit of time when operating
at a given speed.
CASTERS: Wheels mounted in a fork (either rigid or swivel)
used to support and make conveyors portable.
CEILING HANGERS: Lengths of steel rod, attached to the
ceiling, from which conveyors may be supported to provide maximum
utilization of floor space or when required height exceeds floor
support capability.
CENTER DRIVE: A drive assembly mounted underneath normally
near the center of the conveyor, but may be placed anywhere in the
conveyor length. Normally used in reversing or incline application.
CHAIN: A series of links pivotally joined together to form a
medium for conveying or transmitting motion or power.
CHAIN CONVEYOR: Any type of conveyor in which one or more
chains act as the conveying element.
CHAIN DRIVE: A power transmission device employing a drive
chain and sprockets.
CHAIN GUARD: A covering or protection for drive or conveyor
chains for safety purposes.
CHAIN ROLLER CONVEYOR: A conveyor in which the tread rollers
have attached sprockets which are driven by chain
CHUTE: A trough through which objects are lowered by gravity.
Can either be a slider bed or roller/wheel bed.
CLEAT: An attachment fastened to the conveying surface to act
as a pusher, support check or trip, etc. to help propel material,
parts or packages along the normal path of conveyor travel.
CLEATED BELT: A belt having raised sections spaced uniformly
to stabilize flow of material on belts operating on inclines. Cleats
may be a part of the belt or fastened on.
CLIPPER LACING: Lacing attached to the belt with a
clipper-lacing machine.
CLUTCH DRIVE: Drive used to disengage motor from reducer
without stopping the motor or cutting the power.
CLUTCHEBRAKE DRIVE: Drive used to disengage motor from
reducer and stop conveyor immediately without stopping the motor or
cutting the power.
CONSTANT SPEED DRIVE: A drive with no provisions for variable
speed or a drive with the characteristics necessary to maintain a
constant speed.
CONVERGING: A section of roller or wheel conveyor where two
conveyors meet and merge into one conveyor.
CONVEYING SURFACE: Normal working surface of the conveyor.
CROSS BRACING: Rods and turnbuckles placed diagonally across
roller bed or live roller type conveyors to aid in squaring frames,
necessary for tracking purposes.
CROSSOVER: A short section of conveyor placed in a conveyor
when drive is switched to opposite side of conveyor.
CROWNED PULLEY: A pulley that tapers equally from both ends
toward the center, the diameter being the greatest at the center.
CURVE CONVEYOR: Any skatewheel, roller or belt conveyor that
is produced with a degree of bend so as to convey products away from
the straight flow.
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