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The Mechanical Handling and Storing of Material
The Mechanical Handling and Storing of Material
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
UNLOADING VESSELS BY BARGE OR SHIP ELEVATORS 461
and there are no less than 18 tons of balancing material used in the back end of the
lattice girder.
This installation is driven by electro-motors, one motor being provided to drive the
elevator and the receiving band conveyor, which is connected therewith, also the con-
trolling hoist. Another motor is provided for driving a set of power trimming gears used
for trimming the grain to the elevator.
A band conveyor attached to the lattice girder conveys the grain from the elevator
by telescopic shoots to the transit shed alongside. The trimming gear for feeding the