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
!8o THE MECHANICAL HANDLING OF MATERIAL
position for the remainder of their journey, during which they are coated with a spray
of lime water.
Unlike the Ramsay machine already described, which has about 200 moulds m its
Fig. 242. Appliance for Loading Pigs from Hawdon’s Casting Machine.
circumference, and which runs on rails, the present machine is supported by a very
powerful central upright shaft, to which the circumference is suspended by steel structural
Figs. 243 and 244. Details of Moulds and Chains in Hawdon’s Casting Machine.
work, and in addition is supported by rollers. The outer trunnion of the moulds carries a
star-like attachment which encounters on its journey a fixed tripper at the discharging
point, and a bent channel keeps the moulds in this position until another tripper just
before the pouring point brings them into their original position ready to receive
another charge.