Conveyor belts           04/11/16

 

Conveyor belts are one of the most ubiquitous mechanical inventions known to humankind. The primary purpose of a conveyor belt is the smooth transportation of material (such as food or mineral ores) along a single axis. Conveyor belts are rather simple contraptions, requiring only a handful of parts. A Belt is wrapped around a series of parallel pulleys that rotate in the same direction. Conveyor belts are rather omnipresent in society, raging in locations from sushi restaurants to automobile factories.

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