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| Back connected |
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A condition where pipe connections are on normally unexposed surfaces of hydraulic equipment. (Gasket mounted units are back connected.)
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| Back pressure |
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A pressure in series. Usually refers to pressure existing on the discharge side of a load. It adds to the pressure required to move the load.
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| Backgrounding |
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Growing program for feeder cattle from the time calves are weaned until they are on a finishing ration in the feedlot. Backgrounding is the management process of feeding the stocker animal.
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| Baghouse |
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An air pollution control device that captures particulate in filter bags.
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| Balanced ration |
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To be balanced a ration must contain the 5 essential elements - water, protein, energy, vitamins and minerals in the proper amount and ratios for the species being fed.
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| Barley |
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A cereal crop grown mainly for malting and as an animal feed.
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| Batch rendering |
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The traditional method of rendering whereby discrete quantities of shredded raw animal by-products are cooked/dried in a closed vessel, either under pressure or, more normally under atmospheric conditions
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| Bearings |
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A part on which the arbor, pivot, pin, or the like, turns or revolves.
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| Beets |
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Typically for human consumption, however varieties of beets (Beta vulgaris) have been developed specifically to provide feed for cattle.
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| Belt |
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Part of the conveyor on which pieces of wood are displaced.
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| Bight |
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A work area made hazardous by a line or equipment under tension.
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| Biodegradable |
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Something that breaks down to its component parts in the environment.
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| Biomass |
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The quantity of biological matter of one or more species present on a unit area. With respect to trees, biomass can be expressed in terms of various components (wood, bark, foliage, roots, etc.) of all trees on a unit area or of a single tree; biomass quantities of trees are commonly expressed on an oven-dry weight basis.
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| Biomass boiler |
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Biomass boilers burn bark, sander dust and other wood-related scrap not usable in product production. Also called "hogged fuel" boilers, biomass boilers make steam and heat for mill use.
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| Biotechnology |
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The use of technology, based on living systems, to develop processes and products for commercial, scientific, or other purposes. These include specific techniques of plant regeneration and gene manipulation and transfer (see also genetic engineering).
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| Bit |
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The smallest unit of memory in a computer. A bit is a single digit and can only have the values 0 or 1. Bits are combined into words of memory.
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| Bleed-off |
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To divert a specific controllable portion of hydraulic pump delivery directly to reservoir.
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| Blood Meal |
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The dried and powdered blood of animals, used in animal feeds and as a nitrogen-rich fertilizer for plants. Usually comes from cattle as a slaughterhouse by-product.
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| Boiler |
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Steam generation equipment.
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| Bond strength |
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The unit load applied in tension, compression, flexure, cleavage, or shear, required to break an adhesive assembly, with failure occurring in or near the plane of the bond.
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| Bone Meal |
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Bone meal is a white powder made by grinding either raw or steamed animal bones. A product of the rendering industry that is used as an organic fertilizer for plants and in animal feed. In most parts of the world, bone meal is no longer allowed in feed for ruminant animals (fear of spread of BSE, mad cow disease).
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| Bone-dry ton (BDT) |
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Material that weighs 2,000 pounds at zero percent moisture content. Also known as an Ovendry ton or Bone Dry Metric Ton.
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| Bone-dry unit (BDU) |
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A quantity of wood residue that would weigh 2,400 pounds at zero percent moisture content.
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| Braze |
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As in welding, a method of adhering or soldering carbide or other hard metal teeth inserts, or joining pieces of metal.
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| Breather |
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A device which permits air to move in and out of a container or component to maintain atmospheric pressure.
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| British thermal unit (Btu) |
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The quantity of heat required to raise the temperature of one pound of water by one degree Fahrenheit.
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| Buteric silage |
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Silage that is too wet and does not ferment properly.
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| By-pass protein |
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Refers to the portion of intake protein in a feed that is not broken down in the rumen but is digested directly in the small intestine. Also referred to as undegradable intake protein (UIP), rumen undegradable protein (RUP) or escape protein.
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| Byproduct |
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Product of considerably less value than the major product. For example, the hide and offal are byproducts, while beef is the major product.
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