screw conveyor

American

noun

a device for moving loose materials, consisting of a shaft with a broad, helically wound blade rotating in a tube or trough.

screw conveyor British

noun

Also called: worm conveyor. engineering a duct along which material is conveyed by the rotational action of a spiral vane which lies along the length of the duct

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He was killed when caught in a rotating screw conveyor.

From Washington Times

In 2012, an Omega Protein worker died when he was caught in a rotating screw conveyor in an accident that federal investigators concluded was avoidable, local CBS and ABC affiliate WLOX-TV reported.

From Reuters

He was killed when he was caught in a rotating screw conveyor.

From Washington Times

Now the seed, free of all else, is carried by another elevator and endless screw conveyor to the "linter."

From Project Gutenberg

A. Soper for washing filter sand at Hudson, N. Y. The dirty sand was shoveled into a sort of hopper, from which it was fed by a hose stream into an inclined cylinder, along which it traveled and was discharged into a wooden trough provided with a screw conveyor and closed at both ends.

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