| If you have ever traveled to a foreign country or been forced outside your native language you will understand what it is like to be unable to communicate through words. Although language can be a beautiful medium, when you are missing points and not connecting, it can be equally as frustrating and ugly.  We find a similar experience to the above mentioned occurrence as we get exposed to industry specific vocabulary in the places where we work. It is a well accepted fact that to know the definition of certain terms is very crucial to achieving our goals in a specific line of work. This is much the same with the conveyor operations industry. The people who work in this field have maintained a large and unique vocabulary that they use in their daily activities. Learning conveyor jargon is essential to understanding the wonderful world of conveyors and those who work with them on a daily basis. Now let us review the fundamentals in conveyor jargon. When we are familiar with these easy terms, we should continue to learn the harder ones later. The part that takes away unnecessary fragments wedged to the parts that are moving is called the belt scraper. When we are talking about the piece of equipment that diverts, removes or deflects objects we are referring to the plow. We are not referring to cowboys when we say "spur". Spurs are the sectional parts that help transfer packages from a mainline to a side channel. Some of the basic conveyor language includes, but is not limited to, tread plates, axles, chain drives, take-ups, frame spacers, brake motors, under trussings, pivot plates, guard rails, and limit switches. You also should really equip yourself with more jaw-dropping terms if you want to impress somebody with your vocabulary.  You could take a quick look at this article in order to impress your friends with highfaluting words regarding conveyor systems. The word cleat has caught my attention because I have always liked sports. Cleat in conveyor language is a mechanism that serves as a signaler, feeler, supporter or shover and is certainly not a term that refers to athlete's shoes. The nip point guard may sound like another position in a game of basketball but in reality it is a protection mechanism that keeps people away from pointed edges that may cause them harm and injuries. Other cool yet educated and well versed conveyor phraseologies we can use and research may be denoted as chutes, cross bracings, Dutchmen, gravity bucket, return idlers, slug modes, tread plate and V-belts. When it comes to conveyors there is a vast array of word we should familiarize ourselves with before diving head first into the conveyor pool. Culture is a wonderful heritage that should not be hampered by eliminating diversity. There are a lot of languages and expressions all around the world and this indeed contributes to the diversity of cultures. The industry of conveyors also shares a similar fate as we experience it in the real world. We must become knowledgeable with the words and phrases used in and around conveyors so that we will never sound uninformed in the work place about these wonderful machines. Visit Wilkie Brothers Coveyors for more information on conveyors or to order Acco Conveyor Components, Smooth Link Pusher Dogs or any other related replacement parts. This entry was posted on Friday, January 6th, 2012 at 2:07 pm by Paul Timmerman and is filed under Technology. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.  | |||
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