Jibhead

{
  "id": "MLC-T-IND-003125",
  "term": "Jibhead",
  "field": "Industrial and trades",
  "definition": "The assembly at the outer end of a jib or boom on a piece of mining machinery, such as a conveyor or shearer loader. It houses the pulleys, sprockets, or cutting drums that engage with the chain, belt, or coal face. On a longwall shearer, the jibhead contains the gearing and bearings for the rotating cutting drum that shears coal from the seam.",
  "subject": "Mining and extraction",
  "translations": {
    "de": "Jibhead",
    "es": "cabeza de pluma",
    "fr": "tête de flèche"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/industrial/jibhead/"
}