Conveyors

Question 1

Name 3 common degrees of troughing rolls:

Answer 1

1) 20
2) 35
3) 45

Question 2

What degrees of troughing rolls are mounted in the impact zone?

Answer 2

45

Question 3

What is the area called where material comes off a shoot onto a conveyer?

Answer 3

Impact zone

Question 4

Name 4 potential ways to identify a head pulley:

Answer 4

1) Key way
2) Coupling
3) Shaft length
4) Lagging with tread pattern

Question 5

Which pulley drives a conveyer?

Answer 5

Head pulley

Question 6

Name 2 different types of tail pulleys:

Answer 6

1) Drum
2) Wing

Question 7

Name an advantage of a wing pulley

Answer 7

It’s self cleaning

Question 8

Name 2 ways to add tension to a conveyer:

Answer 8

1) Counterweight
2) Take-up

Question 9

Name 2 ways to join conveyor belts:

Answer 9

1) Vulcanized
2) Mechanical splice

Question 10

What are Individual troughing rolls called?

Answer 10

Cans

Question 11

T or F:
Lagging will only be present on pulleys?

Answer 11

True

Question 12

What component keeps big debris on belt?

Answer 12

Runouts

Question 13

Which component keeps fine debris on belt?

Answer 13

Side skirts

Question 14

Which pulley creates additional surface contact for the head pulley?

Answer 14

Snubber

Question 15

Which pulley helps change the direction of the belt for Counterweight?

Answer 15

Bend pulley

Question 16

Name 3 types of conveyers:

Answer 16

1) Trough
2) Pan
3) Screw

Question 17

T or F:
Trough belt conveyors are commonly used for handling bulk materials

Answer 17

True

Question 18

Bulk material is often considered material that has come from where?

Answer 18

Underground

Question 19

Which type of conveyer is used in handling large, sharp or abrasive material that would damage rubber belts?

Answer 19

Pan conveyer

Question 20

Which type of conveyer is constructed of steel framework with a flat or slightly crowned head pulley mounted to the drive end

Answer 20

Trough belt conveyer

Question 21

Which conveyer type is used to transfer bulk materials in and between processes, and sometimes simultaneously blend and meter product?

Answer 21

Screw conveyer

Question 22

T or F:
The screw rotates inside a U-shaped trough or tubular housing and moves the product forward with each revolution?

Answer 22

True

Question 23

T or F:
Traditional screw conveyers are available in specific diameters up to 20 inches?

Answer 23

False, 24 inches