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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contents of a train of fifteen trucks, containing about 180 tons of ballast, can be carried
out in from eight to ten minutes. In this system only two men (the brakesman and his
mate) are required to perform the whole operation, which formerly required thirty to forty
men, and occupied some hours.
Fig. 702. Cross Section of Fig. 701.
Fig. 704. Cross Section of Fig. 703.
Self-Unloaders Built by Willich, of Dortmund.—Figs. 699 and 700 represent a
■special truck which is fully hoppered with one outlet. This is designed for the conveying
and discharging of materials such as slurry, slag, lime, etc., and has a capacity of
<6 cub. yds.