conveyor

The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, or AMOC, is a vast system of ocean currents that acts like a planetary conveyor belt.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 28, 2026

Even the shape of the BuzzBallz make it harder to be recycled because they can roll on the conveyor belts at the sorting facilities, said Herriott.

From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026

That jet stream acts as a giant conveyor belt, bringing storms and rain to the Southern U.S. — but that El Niño conveyor belt doesn’t typically reach northern states.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026

The increased speeds of conveyor belts in meatpacking plants, Mr. Smil notes, make those jobs among the most perilous in existence as measured by worker injuries.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026

Suddenly, the robot arms freeze and make a funny DWEEP-DWEEP-DWEEEEEEEP sound as they droop down on the conveyor belt—six inches away from Tater's crate.

From "Dog Squad" by Chris Grabenstein

Murphy Road Recycling’s material recovery facility in Berlin, Conn., uses a largely unmanned system of conveyors, magnets, optical sorters and pneumatic blocks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 9, 2026

Phil became what few others in the arts or entertainment remain — conveyors of authentically good news.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 24, 2025

Once the pages are printed, they are trucked to a nearby bindery and fed into a whirring machine of conveyors, choppers and hot glue.

From New York Times ● Jun. 16, 2024

Huge boring machines cut tunnels to extract the ore, which is moved by conveyors to underground storage areas, then taken to the surface and on-site mills.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 26, 2023

Or, as one packinghouse manager explained, “If you need to turn out a little more, you speed up the conveyors a little and the men speed up to keep pace.”

From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield