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
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THE MECHANICAL HANDLING OE MATERIAL
will be observed from the illustration that the transporters are of very large size, and that
the driver with his cab accompanies the load.
These particular machines are arranged to travel around a sharp corner in the store
ground, and also to stand at varying angles to the track. Two machines can stand at
such angles that the grabs can work from the same hold, but discharge the coal to
different portions of the yard. The advantage of such an arrangement is readily under-
stood. Similar conditions can be obtained when loading vessels from the store.
The machines run on double rails at each end, placed close together, and no square
tower is provided. The transporters were arranged in this way so that very little space