A continuous flexible band moved by a series of rollers to transport objects or material from one place to another, especially within a factory or mine
A continuous fabric, rubber, plastic, leather, or metal belt operated over a suitable drive and tail end, and over belt idlers or slider bed for handling materials, packages, or objects placed directly upon the belt
A mechanical system composed of suitable head, tail, bend pulleys and belt idlers or a slider bed to handle bulk materials, packages, or other objects placed directly upon it
A looped belt on which coal or other materials can be carried and which is generally constructed of flame-resistant material or of reinforced rubber or rubber-like substance
This is a long moving surface, designed to take objects from one place to another The more common ones, such as those at a supermarket checkout, are special fabric belts, but those in a factory are more often made from metal links because they are stronger and can be used over longer distances If you think about it, even a battle tank uses conveyor belts like these to move itself around!
A conveyor belt or a conveyor is a continuously moving strip of rubber or metal which is used in factories for moving objects along so that they can be dealt with as quickly as possible. The damp bricks went along a conveyor belt into another shed to dry
disapproval If you describe a situation as a conveyor belt, you dislike it because it produces things or people which are all the same or always deals with things or people in the same way. A mechanical apparatus consisting of a continous moving belt that transports materials or packages from one place to another. a long continuous moving band of rubber, cloth, or metal, used in a place such as a factory or airport to move things from one place to another. One of various devices that provide mechanized movement of material, as in a factory. Conveyor belts are used in industrial applications and also on large farms, in warehousing and freight-handling, and in movement of raw materials. Belt conveyors of fabric, rubber, plastic, leather, or metal are driven by a power-operated roll mounted underneath or at one end of the conveyor. The belt forms a continuous loop and is supported either on rollers (for heavy loads) or on a metal slider pan (if loads are light enough to prevent frictional drag on the belt). Motors operating through constant-or variable-speed reduction gears usually provide the power