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IDLER ROLLER [4 records]

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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2010-03-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chutes, Spouts and Conveyors
DEF

Movable belt conveyor can be applied in wide fields, convenient and easy to move and operate. It can convey both bulk materials and packed goods. It can move in any direction and its inclination angle can adjust as needed. It can run with a single machine or with several machine united. The idler roller can be flat or channel type.

OBS

movable belt conveyor: term standardized by ISO.

Key term(s)
  • movable belt conveyer

French

Domaine(s)
  • Convoyeurs et goulottes (Manutention)
OBS

transporteur à courroie ripable : terme normalisé par l'ISO.

Spanish

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Record 2 2002-07-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Printing Machines and Equipment
DEF

Any free-turning roller used to support and guide the paper web as it travels through the press.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement (Imprimerie et arts graphiques)
CONT

[Dans cette rotative hélio le] passage du papier en particulier a été optimisé dans le séchage du groupe de façon à garantir plus de contact avec les rouleaux guide-papier.

Spanish

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Record 3 2001-03-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mechanical Components
  • Postage Stamps and Stamp Cancelling
OBS

idler roller : term officially approved by the Postal Mechanization Terminology Standardization Committee.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Composants mécaniques
  • Timbres et oblitération
OBS

galet-guide : terme uniformisé par le Comité d'uniformisation de la terminologie de la mécanisation postale.

Spanish

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Record 4 2000-12-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Bearings and Bearing Systems (Mechanical Components)
  • Chutes, Spouts and Conveyors
DEF

A non-powered roller driven by frictional contact, e.g. with a web.

CONT

An employee at a foundry received de-gloving injuries to both feet, when they were trapped between the idler roller and moving slats at the head section of a metal-slatted drying conveyor when it started running.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paliers, coussinets et roulements (Composants mécaniques)
  • Convoyeurs et goulottes (Manutention)
DEF

Cylindre (rouleau) non alimenté par une source d'énergie, actionné par friction, par exemple feuille de papier, tissu.

CONT

Une feuille continue de 6 m de longueur est guidée par quatre rouleaux non commandés. Un rouleau additionnel sert à tendre la feuille, constituée d'une feuille de Mylar [...] collée à une feuille de papier de mêmes dimensions[...]

Spanish

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