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
PUSH-PLATE OR SCRAPER CONVEYORS
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•account. Its design and construction enable erection and operation where it would be
difficult to erect and operate a more complex plant.
The type made by Ed. Bennis & Co., Ltd., for their boiler-house installations,
has two short bolts for the joints instead of one long one, and the dimensions and
capacities are as follows :—
— Size of Trough. Speed in Feet per Minute. Capacity in Tons of Coal per Hour.
Width. Depth.
Inches. Inches.
9 5 18 40
12 7 18 60
15 8 18 so
‘24 12 18 140
The tensile strength of the link is from 28 to 32 tons to the square inch, with an
elongation of 20 per cent, in 8 in.
Fig. 75. Push-Plate Conveyor with Cast-Iron Trough.
A further type of conveyor is illustrated in Figs. 75 and 76. It was originally
intended for conveying hot coke at the Manchester Gasworks, but has since been
superseded.1 The work was executed by West’s Gas Improvement Co. This conveyor
1 See also Dage 145.