- Industrie: Mining
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The U.S. Bureau of Mines (USBM) was the primary United States Government agency conducting scientific research and disseminating information on the extraction, processing, use, and conservation of mineral resources.
Founded on May 16, 1910, through the Organic Act (Public Law 179), USBM's missions ...
A conveyor running beneath a line of ore bins or stockpiles, and so set that each bin or stockpile can deliver onto the conveyor at a controllable rate from individual feeders.
Industry:Mining
A conveyor similar in design to those driven by ropes, the essential difference being that the tension is taken by chains, either under or alongside the carrying belt.
Industry:Mining
A conveyor similar to a plate-belt conveyor but in which spaced steel rods arranged transversely are employed in place of the steel plates.
Industry:Mining
A conveyor that follows a path, part of which is substantially horizontal or on a slope less than the angle of slide of the material and part of which is substantially vertical or on a slope steeper than the angle of slide.
Industry:Mining
A conveyor that is lengthened or shortened by adding or removing intermediate sections.
Industry:Mining
A conveyor that is supported at one end by a loading unit and at the other end in such a way as to permit changes in the position of either end without interrupting the operation of the loading unit.
Industry:Mining
A conveyor that moves material through a normalizing furnace under heat.
Industry:Mining
A conveyor that transports material to the feeding position of a machine.
Industry:Mining
A conveyor using a driven endless chain or chains, equipped with flights that operate in a trough and move material along the trough.
Industry:Mining
