Forfatter: A.-M.Inst.C E., George Frederick Zimmer
År: 1916
Forlag: Crosby Lockwood and Son
Sted: London
Sider: 752
UDK: 621.87 Zim, 621.86 Zim
Being a Treatise on the Handling and Storing of Material such as Grain, Coal, Ore, Timber, Etc., by Automatic or Semi-Automatic Machinery, together with the Various Accessories used in the Manipulation of such Plant
SUMMARY OF DRIVING POWER, SPEED OF TRAVEL, ETC. 143
The last item in the table was furnished by Nir Weiss, the engineer of the Zürich
Gasworks, where several Zimmer-type conveyors have been at work since 1898.
Apparatus. First Cost. Tons of Material Trans- ported. Distance of Traverse. Cost for Repairs and Renewals. Description of Material Con- veyed.
Total. Per Foot Run. Total. Per Ton. Per Ton for 100 Ft. of Tra- verse.
z £ s. d. Feet. Z d. d- d.
Elevator 1,554 4 4 0 335,237 74 86 1 6 0-061 0-082 Coal.
5? 819 6 6 0 178,541 58 & 72 679 6 8 0-913 1-405 Partially hot coke.
5 ? 428 5 7 0 37,685 40 7 4 0 0-046 0-11.5 Oxide of iron and lime.
Push-plate conveyor 296 2 9 4 149,350 30 f 90 ) 70 6 0 0-113 0-377 Coal.
1,486 5 3 11 •29,769 ] 90 I 106 J f 125 125 110 11 3 0-891 0-938 Hot coke.
Plate-belt conveyor - 2,026 3 12 6 149,350 say 125 125 I 60 •2,311 0 0 3-714 say 2-070 sav Hot coke.
Canvas band - 443 4 10 0 10,000 98 40 0 0 1 -oo 1 •()(') Small coke and breeze.
Band conveyor 296 2 9 4 149,350 30 70 6 0 0-113 0'377 Coal.
Zimmer conveyor - 172 1 11 3 2,] 80 110 f21 conveyors | 42 I 1 4-63 4“2] Sulphate of ammonia.
1,767 1 0 6 •250,000 -! Total length - [ 1,722 ft. J 15 0 0 0-114 0-0003 Coal.