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Millwright - Year 3 - Materials Handling
1. What are the two main types of gravity roller conveyor?
ANS Standard gravityroller conveyors and skate wheel conveyors
2. What are three frame styles available for skate wheel conveyors?
ANS Plainskids, skids with built-in guards, and wheel skid conveyors
3. What are two frame styles available for roller conveyors?
ANS High mounted andlow mounted
4. What are two categories of roller conveyors?
ANS Gravity roller conveyors and liveroller conveyors
5. What is the frame that supports the rollers on a roller conveyor called?
ANS Theroll case
6. What are gravity roller conveyor rollers typically constructed out of?
ANS Steeltubing
7. What is the width of the roller conveyor determined by?
ANS The width of thelargest package to be carried on it.
8. For roller conveyors, what is the smallest number of rollers that should beunder the
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smallest container at any time?
ANS Three
9. For skate wheel conveyors, what is the smallest number of wheels thatshould be
under the smallest package at any given time?
ANS Five
10. All elevator installations require some form of device.
ANS Takeup device
11. What are the four roller configurations used in curved sections? List themin order
from best at turning the load to worst.
ANS Tapered roller curve, staggereddouble lane roller curve, double lane in-line roller curve,
and straight roll curved conveyor.
12. What is the conveyor pitch?
ANS The amount of drop per unit length a conveyor requires in order to carry the given load.
Typical pitches vary from a quarter inch perfoot to a half inch per foot.
13. What are some factors that would affect the amount of pitch required for agravity
roller conveyor?
ANS Weight of the package (heavier needs less pitch) Smoothness of the bottom of the package
(smoother needs less pitch)
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Firmness of the bottom of the package (harder needs less pitch)Number of
rollers under the package
Total length of the conveyor
Type of bearings
Type of rolls
Size of rolls
Operating conditions
14. How can you tell the hand of a roller conveyor?
ANS Use the direction of flow asa reference, if the conveyor turns to the left it is left-handed.
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