catalog 1000 AND EQUIPMENT MARCONA MINING Co. RECEIVED ha t — PLANT MAINT. SUPT. SVD 272 Lz ZS Introduction, page 2 Industries served, page 10 Bulk handling, page 34 unloading, page 38 haulage machines 41, car shakers 50, car dumpers 52, power Uunloeding scoops 60, boxcor unloaders 62, hydraulic tuck domper 68, reesiving hoppers 70, gates ond valves 73 ling, page 84 87, belt Feeders 96, reciprocoting feeders 98, jers 100, gravimetic weigh feeders 106, mechanical ‘ioroing feeders 108, bar fight feeders 110, serew feeders 112, rotary table feeders 116, otery plow feeders 119, rotary vone feeders 122 conveying and elevating, page 123 belt conveyors 127, oxciloting conveyers 236, apron conveyors 248, screw conveyors 259, fight conveyors 294, wide chain drag conveyors 201, Sidekar-Korrier 302, circular carrier 304, ‘weigh lorries 306, bucket elevators 207, skip hosts 352, Bulk-Flo 337, Rotor-Lift 371, gravity-dischorge conveyor-elevaters 373, Peck carrier 378 Processing equipment, page 386 icing equipment 389, dryers and coolers 396, vibrating screane 405, tors, lasiers ond washers 423, water screens 429, water, sewage, ond indvsril ‘waste treatment 437, coal preparation equipment 453, coal erushers 462, foundry equipment 470 Parts and package handling, page 476 engineering 483, plein chain conveyors 484, pusher chain conveyors 487, carrer chain conveyors 48 ‘crossbar chain conveyors 491, slat conveyor: 492, pallet type ond cer type conveyors'494, fat belt conveyors 497, arm and Wray ‘elevators 500, parts feeders 506, trolley conveyors 508, power ond free conveyers 539, Trukveyors 546 Technical information, page 562 Subsidiary companies, page 582 Index, page 587‘Materials handling and processing equipment is an integral part of most modern industrial operations. For more than 80 years Link-Belt has served industry by developing, designing and manufacturing this type of mechanized equipment. Today, more than ever before, Link-Belt materials handling and processing ‘equipment is the key to effective cost redu and an aid toward profitable operation. aLINK-BELT MATERIALS HANDLING AND PROCESSING EQUIPMENT caracoc OOO LINK-BELT COMPANY Copyright 1958 by Link-Belt Companymodern methods for materials are vital to Materials handling equipment is of vital importance in the economical and efficient performance of all modern industrial operations where materials ore handled and re handled fom their source, through manufacturing and proc essing. In many cases, materials handling equipment is the only possible means of moving materials because of their ‘horacteristies or for other reasons such as location, safety tand capacity requirements. In foct, in mony plants the pre- dominant operation is the handling of matericls from their row state until they become finished products. selection for your specfe pplication. Moterials handling equipment, whether a single unit or © complex system, can link various processes together and, synchronize them in @ manner not possible by any other means. Under certain conditions materials handling units themselves are often adapted to process materiel. Processing equipment includes such items as Link-Belt screens, dryers, coolers, mixers, crushers and other related machines The successful application of moterials hondling ond proc ‘essing equipment requires @ thorough basic knowledge of the capebilies and economies provided by each unit os « single machine or in combination to form a system. Knowl- edge of the industry ond of the process involved in each pplication is of vital importance. The tools of processing are the various units ch oF screens, dryer, coolers, ond. isan to momstorm rom or semifained Iteril eto rable products ond for adding vake to original Typical of indesat weter,sewoge ond ind 2+ LINK-BELTLink-Belt’s extensive experience in moteriols handling ond processing covers a span of more than 80 yeors. The knowledge gained over this long petiad is available to you. Whether a single unit = or a complete system No job Is too small for Link-Belt. Inquiries for a small installation or @ single unit receive the same close attention ‘ond careful consideration as inquiries for a complete system. Broad experience in many industries assures the correct selection for each application. Lin-Belt is also equipped to develop specially constructed units for special applications beyond the range of eatslogued units No job is too large for Link-Belt. Link-Belt will design, furnish and install complete systems of materials handling cond processing equipment to meet specific requirements. Long experience in ths field hos resulted in extensive know. hhow in the arrangement of equipment for the most effective cond efficent operations . .. and is your ossurence of an. installation providing the grectest possible economies in first cost and operating cost. Link-Belt will assume single- contract responsibiliies for such jobs. Complete systems Unk Bel designs, forbes ond install complete materiel handing system, eonPo- ‘ating processing eqvipmen’, under single contract rexponsbilis, generally where ‘he hending of meterol compres on important porto ofthe work. modern industrial operations Link-Belt Catalog 1000 presents the entire line of Link-Belt materials handling and proc- ‘etsing equipment. Essential information including ‘pplication, selection, engineering, specifications 's presented for this equipment. The equipment shown in this catolog is pre- sented in three mojor categories: * bulk handling equipment for usload- ing, leeding, feeding, conveying, and ele- voting all types of bull materials which can be handled mechonicclly. For convenient reference, this equipment is again divided into three groups: unloading, feeding, con- veying and elevating. © parts and package handling equip- ment for handling work-in-process—ind! Viduol parts, subassemblies and complete asiemblies—as well as steel coils, paper rolls, boxes, cases, et. © processing equipment including screens, crushers, dryers, coolers and mixers, for procesting ¢ wide variety of materialse Link-Belt sales office is ready ink-Belt Company Albany 6, New York 21 Colvin Avenue Atlanta 10, Georgio 1116 Murphy Avenue, S.W., P.O. Box 10514, Station A Beltimore 18, Maryland 2315 St. Poul Street irmingham 9, Alabama 321 Oxmoor Road Boston 15, Massachusetts 136 Brookline Avenve Buffalo 23, New York 1956 Kenmore Avenve Charlotte 2, Nerth Carol 112 8. Tryon Street Chicago 9, Illinois 301 W. Pershing Rood Cincinnati 2, Ohio 138 E. Court Street Cleveland 20, Ohio 3592 Lee Road Dallas 26, Texas ‘500 Good-Latimer Expressway Denver 2, Colorado Schloss & Shubart, 1626 Wazee Street it 4, Mi 5938 Linsdal ‘Avenue Duluth 2, Minnesota 301 W. First Street Grand Rapids 7, Michigan 1330 Burton Street, S.E. Houston 1, Texas 3203 S. Weyside, P.O. Box 2563 Huntington 1, West Virgi 1009 Fifth Avenue, P.O. Box 510 Indianapolis 6, Indiana 220 S. Belmont Avenue Jacksonville 2, Florida 137 E. Forsyth Street Kansas City 8, Misso 2630 Holmes Street Los Angeles 22, California P.O. Box 22056 (1200 Sycamore Sty Montebello} 4+ LINK-BELT Lovisville 8, Kentucky 235 E. Burnett Street Milwaukee 3, Wisconsin 808 N. Third Street Minneapolis 5, Minnesota 200 Lyndole Avenue, N. Moline, Minos 1614¥%/ Fifth Avenue New Orleans 16, Louisiana 2025 Canal Street New York 36, New York 530 Fifth Avenue Philadelphia 40, Pennsyivar 2045 W. Hunting Pork Avenue sburgh 13, Pennsylvania 5020 Centre Avenve Portland 10, Oregon 3030 N.W. Industrial Street St. Louis 1, Missouri 317 N. Eleventh Street Salt Lake City 1, Utah 108 S. Fourth W. Street ‘Son Francisco 24, California 400 Paul Avenue Seattle 4, Washington 3405 Sixth Avenue S. Shreveport, Louisiana 3109 Alexander Str Spokane 10, Washington N. 1303 Weshington Street Summit, New Jersey 293 Morris Avenue Washington 1, D.C. 740 Eleventh Street, N.W. Wilmington 1, Delaware 805 Orenge Street Export division New York 7, New York 233 Broadway Cable address Linkbel! New YorkHolifex, Nova Seoti ‘Austen Brothers Limited, 118 Hollis Street Hamilton, Onteri ‘605 James Street N. Montreal 15, Quebec 945 Beaumont Avenue ‘Scarboro (Toronto 13) Ontario 1960 Eglinton Avenue E, P.O. Box 173, Station H Cable Address Linkbelt Toronto Swastika, Ontario 8B Boisvert Street Sydney, Nova Scotia Limited, 361 George Vancouver 12, Britith Columbia 2550 Boundary Road Winnipeg 10, Manitoba 1315 Portage Avenue Link-t ings, Transvaal, Ur It Africa Limited n of South . Box 287, Industry Road, New Era Cable Address Linkbelt Springs Link-Belt Company Pty. Limited Marrickville (Sydney) N.S.W., Australia Rich Street, P.O. Box 41 Cable Address Linkbelt Marrickville Link-Belt (5.A.) Pty. Limited Adelaide, $.A., Australia 43-69 Sturt Streat Malco Industries Limited Marrickville, N.S.W. Australi St, P.O. Box 41 Cable Address Molcoind Marrickville ink-Belt Speed Codar Rapids, lowa 1201 Sixth Street S.W. cal Corporation ‘Address Linkspeedr Cedar Rapids F to page 582 Syntron Company Homer City, Pennsylvania Refer to poge 584 Detroit Power Screwdri Company Detroit 16, Mic 2801 W. Fort Street Refer to page 586 EXECUTIVE OFFICES Chicago 1, 1M Prudenticl Ploze LINK-BELT+ 5Link-Bel manufacturing plants nearous seat AUSTRALIA © MARRICKVILLE (svoner) LOS ANGEES (MONTEBELLO) Widespread operations . . . strategically located in key industrial areas to better serve you. These plants—stoffed to provide competent engineering services ‘and equipped with modern manufacturing facilities — are well- prepared to meet the specific requirements of the areas they serve. They are your assurance of the finest quality materials handling, processing ond power transmission equipment built for thoroughly dependable performance. 6+ LINK-BELTLINK-BELT +7Physical research ‘and testing facilities 1 8+ LINK-BELTLink-Belt laboratories are devoted to progress in the ort ‘of mechonized hondling and processing of materials. These fociities are constantly used to do two things © develop and test new equipment for the purpore of handling ond processing materials. © improve the estoblished methods for mechanized handling and processing of moteriols. The performance of equipment is evalucted under the ‘operating conditions imposed by the characteristics of the materials handled, ond all other Factors involved in —a service to industry ‘opplying the equipment for dependable, reliable per- formance. Facilities available alto include supplementary ‘enalytical instrumentation for complete analysis of proc ‘essing operations It is occasionally advisable to conduct tests vsing your periiculer material to solve specific handling or process: ing problems. Consult your nearest Link-Belt District Soles Office for the feasibility of such tests. Under certain conditions leased equipment is avcilable for conducting tests on your property. The results of these tests cid in the final selection of the correct equipment for your spe- cifle application. Processing tests on small, pilot size or full-scale equipment LUnk-Belt materials hondling ond processing lab- ‘oratories include facilitiee for both small batch, cand continvous run procesing tests. Equipment ronges from smell bench size unis to ectvel com- mercial components thet con be arranged to simulate achiol field conditions. Link-Belt, with its mony years of experience in this type of test work, |s well qualified to analyze completely your ma- terials hendling ond processing problems. Photor ‘Laboratory ot Chicage Perhing Read plont. LINK-BELT+9home indsing nh ndies ox pharmacvis 5, fertilizers, pei nt ris, 509} iii eae i and fl Link-Belt ‘and transportation inciuding such industries 0s ovto mobile, rliroad, tuck, irra, ships. 10+ LINK-BELTserves all industry section contains © selection of photographs of It equipment in only © few of the many industries served. The combination of illustrations shown in each industry group, and throughout this book, demonstrates the wide range of Link-Belt ‘equipment available and some of the many appli- cations of this equipment. For each opplication illustrated there ore mony more in daily operation ll over the world. Your nearest Link-Belt District Soles Office can give you full information obout these ond other Link-Belt equipment applications in your industry and in your geographical areo. LINK-BELT +11Storage, 400-ft. Secondary 1250 H.P. drive i eaiaeae ie toner Ee Teovsting cs ; BS ve Car dumper and <> primary crusher {67°90-ton cars ~ dumped per hr.) aeeere weighing stotion Transfer from 910-ft. belt acbes Srnec in tunnel 12+ LINK-BELTIn metol mining, materials handling is offen the greatest single item of operating cost—including the stripping and disposal of overburden, transpertation from mine to processing plonts, intraplant handling between such operations os crushing, grinding, screening, concentrating, pelletizing, sintering, stock- piling, reclaiming and finally conveying refuse oF tailings to spoil areos. Capacities are sometimes enormous ond the problems practically cover the entire bulk handling fleld, in- cluding port facilities for shipment from foreign operations. To serve the metals mining industries—both ferrous and nonferrous—Link-Belt monufactures a complete line of ma- terials handling equipment and many related processing units Link-Belt will assist in designing complete systems, or will design, furnish and install plants where materials hendling equipment i of primary importonce. ‘over Photo 35466 Troveling stacker and loodbg pocket ford the ‘operations Photo 3727 LINK-BELT +134+ LINK-BELTMateriols handling equipment is essenti ‘economical operation of the rapidly ‘pond ing metal producing industries—steel, aluminum, copper, end all other metal producing plants. Raw and processed ore, fuel ond flux materials for blast furnaces and smelting operations, must be unloaded from cars, barges or vessels—and foften must be stockpiled, reclaimed, screened, blended, mixed ond weighed, ‘AS the metal products proceed through ‘ous operations, they must be handled and handled in numerous forms, such os ingots, bill slabs, coils, rods—and Filly, serap. All equ ment for such service must be designed for sofety, economy ond dependability for around- the-cleck operation. Link-Belt offers brood experience ond 0 wide renge of equipment for handling materials in cll phases of the metal producing industries ond J equipped to design, furnish ond install com- plete systems for many of the required oper- ‘tions. LINK-BELT +1516+ LINK-BELTFrom the unloading and handling of logs at the woodyard, through the various processing operations to the fincl paper product, Link-Belt moteriols hondling equipment assures dependable and economical ‘operations. Link-Belt feeders, conveyors, stackers, elevators; screens and related equipment perform important functions in the handling cand processing of pulpwood logs, wood chips, hog fuel chemicals and other moteriols, as well os for handlin rolls ond other fibre products. Link-Belt serves the rei importent industry through the stages of crective application, design, manufacture, and complete erection. straw, pulp, Saddle t 2000: pour vs Pocto 37439" Chain conveyer handles logs vp Inclne Cords of #0! pub LINK-BELT + 7‘ord, and discharges to balt conveyor for distribution inal Foundry modernization they mechanization is the key to more proft= able foundry operation. ‘Mechanization is the meant —for increased production by providing ‘greater capacity in the some building space—for an improved product through better control of quality—for lower costs through the use of continuous flow equipment—for © elecner, safer and more orderly place in which to work. From the unloading of sand, coke ond other materiols to the handling of the finished product including sand preporction and reconditioning ‘mold ond castings handling, Link-Belt with its years of experience in this eld has contributed substantially to foundry modernization. Link Belt builds complete sand handling and processing systems, individual conveyors and processing equipment and complete mold and castings handling systems. In addition, the Link-Belt automotic shell molding system comprises @ ‘complete compact and economical system for high volume production of top quality, intricate precision castings on which machining costs are ‘greatly reduced . .. often eliminated entirely. Link-Belt’s vast engineering experience backed by laboratory ond field testing facilies, plus operating experience gained in its own malleable iron, grey iron and steel foundries, plus the design ond manufacture of all components and erection of the entire installation, is your assurance of a foundry designed to produce castings at @ prof. Rote-Louvre dryer reduces moisture conten! of foundry ond, for vstrn to system by LinkeBat bcletcleveter and ball conveyer, Phot 33 Tinos pouring, Photo 36598shell molding system ng toe throvgh Nghselume producon of predon caring reqating We or no mad ining. Photo 36932 ‘tomate operation where is bocked-op Sim tnd bp Spon retry fcr. Phte 36613 LINK-BELT +19Unde ay, whe te fen Rec el oases oc nat, Wo doperlcoil Oe REIcaEae ssc Ge oe cen ty, ek reer ae COMSERUCHIOM 1 oie Fauiomen b cutee forthe diverse honing reaure Serr ne ey ce a ecco a og materials ond explain niger il hag lies ce surance of reliable ond economical operation under severe operating conditions. ‘A complete construction aggregates plant, engineered, bull and ereced by Link Bey for honing concrete aggregates through al phases of production Rugged contruction, Rexible in operation such systms gle continuovs, economical nd efkien performance. Photo 26145 20+ LINK-BELTLINK-BELT + 21The chemical industry requires materials handling and proc- ‘esting equipment to handle o wide range of moterials with vostly different chorocteristcs. Jn addition to the more common considerations such os material size, specific gravity, abrasiveness, moisture con- tent, etc, it is often necessary to handle material with characteristics that ore unusval in other industries. These include materials that ore highly corrosive, fragile, explosive, very sticky and those that give off poisonous dust or fumes. Broad experience in ths field enables Link-Belt to adopt its wide range of equipment to the handling and processing of these hord-to-handle materials for such operations os feeding, conveying, cooling, drying, mixing, proportioning, screening and storing. Often such equipment is combined, into complete systems, providing dependable, continuous ond precisely controlled flow for better quality control and improved economy.LINK-BELT + 23From large central steam generating stetions to smell heating plants, Link-Belt cool handling eavipment is widely known for its efficient ond dependable operation. Whether coal is received by rail, water or rood conveyances, hondling systems ore required to unload, feed, crush, semple, weigh, store, reclaim and distribute, enroute to the fumaces For large or small tonnage requirements, Link-Belt designs, manufacture cond instolls systems to suit the individual requirements with full consideration given to the size of plont, location, transportation focilties, ond special conditions . . . in order to obtain the highest ‘efficiency and greatest economy. 3 handling equipment for ‘Betsbotas to Bolore Photo 34143LINK-BELT + 25es Sewage treatment plont serving lerge monilpelity ic acto per dey, Equipment hes been designed, merufocvred and installed by Unk Bl, for plants hov 26+ LINK-BELTwater, sewage and industrial waste treatment In hundreds of cites, lorge and smell, Link-Belt sanitary engineering equipment is providing efficient, long-life water purification ond sewage treatment service. And in industrial plants, Lin treatment equipment removes solids from waste water, ing valuable by-product ker. eoroen batons tnd other inargarie moteral from india plant waste more thon 35 years of experience in the specialized techniques of woter, sewage and industrial waste treatment, Link- Belt offers c complete modern line of screens, grit collectors, primary ond final sludge collectors, thickeners, mixers, chemical feeders, sludge bed conveyors ond numerous other equipment 10 perform the functions required for each specific installation, ll de- signed ond built to the highest standards for moximum efficiency ‘Solids can be lerge, small or even colloidal in size and regardless Cf the volume of water or quantity of solids, Link-Belt can furnish the equipment designed to fit the specific pplication requirements, Plants have been constructed for flows as small os 50 gollons per rinute to os large as 200 million gallons per doy. uckes levator and screw conveyor dletributing sys- plant serving small community conse of primary siting tanks, eration tonks nd fl sting Hanks Yo provide sdge removal wie datrbing setting ot Daper mil Screen cloth separates Boe relies from water Row and elevates above wet level for Aluchorge by spray wer nc refte hough Phote 37172ype of the food and food processing collec five industry groups wher handling ond proce diversified line of to this industry is unmatched, This equipment serves numerous functions to help provide the enormous quentities of food required throughout the world. Representative of the vast phases of this industry ore dairy, mect packing, sugar, canning, bottling ond the innumerable products grown on the farm as well os many by- products. Sanitation is one of the basic requisites of this entire industry ond Link-Belt speciclizes in research and development for improved materials ‘and methods to meet these exacting requirements. materials equipment applicable for onemon operotion. Photo 37749 28+ LINK-BELT kemounted cor cer and solting machine feeding ice ond sot to in delays. Photo 38994 12 wet sugar To gronulatr. Photo 30549LINK-BELT + 2990+ LINK-BELTautomotive and transportation Link-Belt serves the automotive and transportation industries in mony ways. Materials handling equip: ‘ment ond systems are indispensable to the highly mechanized production of aircraft, avtomobiles, trucks cond other vehicles — for the dependable, precisely timed, orderly flow of materials, components ond sub- essemblies through vorious manufacturing and assembly operations. Also, Link-Belt serves these industries jn many other areas, including coal handling equipment for their power plants ond, for their foundries, complete systems for handling and preparation of sand and the handling of castings. For the transportation industry's exponding needs for rail, truck and port terminals, Link-Belt builds a broad line of equipment for unloading, loading, storing and warehous the widely diversified mixed cargoes of boxes, bales, cartons end packages—even Preservation of perishable commodities. Such equipment and systems provide dependable, economical operation, often with intiol sovings in retigeraor ors Tn pe oF lp Proto 04723 Incthe-foor Trukveyor system in tracking termina, onsfersintound fight for local datvery. The system permis cengegerert of Moca ot ry pent speeding p ard simpiying loading and unioodg eperstonn, rb orm ie he men Nd capes weed a ot we aha pes et lodng pment are tt evailabie. Seve, cal alesono 37999 200 of five poralel tenches, cory off chips brovaht by Imodiines Swivel mounted chute, in floor plates, ods! 0 open chips i either of two foes of conveyors depending fen te type of moteral being redsimed. Photos 39575 ond ‘Apron conveyor with doin sreens in pans, brings bres chips and fringe fom machining oreo 10 in proces of reclamation. Spel cory shor hihly abrasive ond serop cosing, heat treated pats, chips tompinge cand many cher moles. Photo 27964 Photo 37791 LINK-BELT + 33bulk handling 2a B u L K it, contents o MATERIALS &:: 2 eee Ss Boxcar vnloaders 02 Hydraulic ruck dumper 68 70 Receiving hoppers Gates ond valves 7 Bulk materiols handling equipment performs o vitally i a portant function in most industries, where itis necessary to ririeclens 87 handle ond rehandle bulk moterials from the time they are tin feeders 9% extracted from the earth until they are frlly processed in Reciprocting feeders %8 usable form. Often, the cost of repeated handling isa very Vibrotory feeder 100 high proportion of the total cost ofthe end product. For this Grover woigh Feeders 108 Feason, mony modem plonts are designed round their Mechanical vibrating feeders 108 materials handling systems. Bar fight feeders no Serw fooders m2 Link-Belt hos designed, furished, installed end pleced in Rotary table feeders ne ‘operction many complete plants ia which the matericls Rotary plow feeders ns hondling and processing equipment i of primary impertence. Rory vane feeders 122 This method of handling « project assures the owner of one reliable souree for engineering, equipment end field eroc- conveying and clovating 23 tions wall 0s © single responsibility for performance o jt conveyors ihe gla 7 aire maar z Orzllting conveyors 236 doron conveyor 248 Link-Belt monufoctures © wide range of equipment to Screw conreyor 259 meet the bulk handling needs of practically all industries. Fight conveyors 234 Some of the more important ond common types of eavip Wide chain drag conveyors 301 ment and components ore illustrated in this book. in addition, ‘Sidekor-Kamiar = Link-Belt designs and builds other types and models needed Crniles eer ier ae to meet unusval operating conditions. Some of the industries, ee eensd a fond the fnctions performed in them by Link-Belt equipment, pera = tere described on the pages thot follow. Bene 37 Rororit a7 Groviy-dschargeconveyer-sevatos 373 Peck carne 376 a4+ LINK-BELT{In his staal mul the ison: of on sxnting row motel storage Yord were overcome bye conveying sym thal anspor one at 6060 {ons per hut es wel or inter pallet stone and cout Wore hon mile fo\ainew slorage ore. Lote, the system it fevered fo rer he re tlcimed motera o blest frmace oreo The prinspal unit are elevated to avaid merterence with surface Waniporton typeel example of ‘ning the typeof bulk honing equipment to bet he condone ‘opable of handing Wemendovs ‘lime, opersied. crowd:te: “oct et lw con. Pho 32594 i comvayed 10 spl ores ol wpper Unicdalt rote 32083 use 0 hs mine ore domped on hilide ct lft ond conveyed ot 750 tors per hour te pr ation plot where the col seated landed, wathed, dled sorted nd load This complete plant wes designed, fr bulk handling In mining, materials handling is the predominant operation Stripping and the disposal of overburden from open pit mines is the first consideration prior to handling the minerals themselves, Subsequently, the ore or coal must be transported to the processing plant, after ‘which it must be handled repeatedly during such operations as crushing, grinding, screening, washing, concentrating, drying, pelletizing ond sintering. The flow sheets of these plants also indicate such moterial handling operations as unloading, feed- ing, conveying, eleveting, storing in bins, stockpiling and reclaiming, mixing, blending, picking, sorting, sompling, weighing, batching or locding into cars, trucks or ships. Link-Belt’ manufactures and can futnish equipment to perform these functions economically and de- pendably under the severe operating conditions which usvally Prevail In the stone, aggregate, and construction Industrie many of the some functions are performed as in mining, and sir lar equipment is available but is designed for the particular material to be handled. Aggregates must be washed, sized, screened and stored. On large dams and reclametion projects, faggregctes or fil material offen may be transported over considerable distances with conveyors more economically than by tony other means. Steel plant raw materials, such as ore, sinter, pellets, stone, coal, and coke, must be unloaded from cars, barges of vessels, and then stockpiled, recloimed, and offen they are screened, blended, mixed, weighed, botched ‘ond otherwise handled, An extremely high degree of dependability is necessary to meet ‘round-the-clock opercting schedules. Some of the most extensive installations in the stee! industry have beon furnished ond installed by Link Belt. ‘rest omovrt ef buk moteroh from avorry 10 Eroting aetening,loeding ut bina nd so 110/000 tom capocty. Proto 37824 LINK-BELT + 35bulk handling Power plants, from large public uflty stations to small heating plants, require coal handling sys toms to unload, feed, crush, sample, weigh ond store coal en route fo the furnaces. Dependability, economy, and offen high capecities are primary requirements, Many oustonding power plants in the United States ore Link-Belt equipped. In the pulp and paper industry, con- veyors and other equipment are available for handling the pulpwood logs from pond, flume or yerd to the plant, es well os for sorting and feed: ing them to chipper or grinder. Other types feed, screen and convey the chips and pulp. Bulk terminals, docks and other transfer stations for cool, ore, bauxite, grain and other bulk materials, are becoming more importont to ‘our economy. Here, high copacities and depend- bility are required to assure minimum loading ‘ond unloading time, ond low operating costs are necessary fo assure © profitable operation. In plants where bulk materials are proc- essed, handling equipment is available for per- forming such functions os Feeding, conveying, ele- vating, distributing to bins or mechines, weighing, blending, betching, proportioning, fling containers cer buk loading. Capacities may vary from the mall but execting requirements of pharmaceutical plants to those of huge chemical plants—cnd oper- ‘ting conditions from the spotless envircnment of bakeries to the severe service of foundries. Often bull handling systems ere highly automatic, with means available for recording performance data. Requirements for cleonliness and health and safety ‘of personnel may alto influence the design and type of equipment used in plonts of this kind. plan, ie, com ond wht ore lean, efficient operation ct low cou th oxred with wch Syme Photo 97845 96 + LINK-BELT plant, hondles 400 ton of coal per hour. Cool dchorged ‘and up i binges over balan by 9 network of Balt conveyer Iensts Photo 38007, 4 mill prodvcey 100,000 ton of kraft pap [op Hom soroge, chip, bert, cmicale an pulp. Photo 34931 [Av this grain terminal, grains anlocded from boxcar, ditibuted to storage sos and [Bids then feceined ond loaded ino snipe at ropid Yate Poke 37574bulk handling Selecting the Selection guide for bulk handling equipment Proper equipment chorocteritic of travel for the material one roan tf ty | ee | ie leery mito for ast to be handled the porpove indicated) ] lalaldlalze 3 i$ £|8| 2/2 | 5 |2/2 & ee A materiol to be handled is an extremely Car swiere 50 xfalx] lal x | important consideration in the design of Cor dumpers 3 alala(a la] e all bulk hondling systems. The wecess of ower unloading eoops @ Es ale |etal |e an individual component or of « complete ower loaders i ele il yale system depends largely upon its suitability pcuayne fk 3 8 lel elavats | for the moterial it must handle. Link-Belt Gates and voles 3 ala{"[elatal | ||| maintains an extensive materials handling FEEDING. 34 laboratory for testing and observing the Apron Feeders a7] ixixfelxie[x)x|alxix) |x behavior of materials as they are handled _Bel! feeders 36 fxix Jax) |x xt atx a jor SF matericts cs they ere hendled Reciprocating feeders 98 [alalx| |alxla[atalal | by various types of equipment, and for _FasProcating fee yoo |x |x) x]x|x |x] xx fata studying the urusval bulk handling prob- Gravimetric weight feeders | 108] x x xfalx xf rx | x|x lems of industry. Also, information is con- Mechanical vibrating feeders. | 108 [x x “falx) [x x /x|x | tained on page 563 which broodly covers Be fig feeders Mo]x xjx[elalxfx x) Tala) |x] the characteristics, behavior and classif- jam feeders ele (el EE Sey a tselzin| cotion of a wide variety of bulkmoterials. _fxjart Tobie Feeders nee) [sje s/eye) | | | Rotary vone feeders waa fala [ela] x | La] The table ot the right will serve cso xix] [x] | vide for tenttive selection of types of CONVEYING AND GlEVATING | 1290) °] 0) ff equipment fo perform the functions shown Guang convayors 2a6|a|xialaln| [ele|s[al | | cond under the conditions broadly outlined Apron conveyors 2as|x|x[al"|x/x[e |x| x [ela] |x thorn I ilutates the normel applica: Sew conveyor ase | x) "Ja nial a) "UR a) |e a Wanlafl aichis ORE orsieertcoghh | Heaterra ea xlalafala laf] PR )a]"/A soa Beet Sexes "at Wise dain og conveyen. | 301 ale) “fatal [x ]a| [al special or unusual applications. The table wide chen dra soiae| tee) Wells 8 lists the location of more specific selection Cirauiar earar goa} )x| [ax| Pela life tend engineering date for each type of ih lorie go |x|x| |x)x) [xl a|a|n eavipment Bucket elevator gor |x|n| |x|xial sfx] a |" [a] aoe Ship ott asjalelala(sln|e|alel lelal toe BulcFo as7[ala|"Ta[a) [ala] [alals|ale Roto ite ami|els| [alala{ata| | [ale Gravity-cicharge convey. | 373 |x) x[a "|| x a]x|x This Uink-Boit Materia Hendling Laboratory i bak motetils for feeding, ‘washing and numerous other Sperations Photo 38048, LINK-BELT + 37bulk handling ling equipment for bulk materials Unloeding common carriers or other means of trans- portation is an important operation in most plants ‘which consume or process bulk materials. Such ma terials may be received in trucks, trailers, ships boats, barges, and various types of cars such os mine cars, hopper bottoms, gondolas, and boxcors. Requirements may vary from one oF two cars per week to sixty oF more cars per hour. Operation of unloading equipment may very from seasonal of intermittent use at some mines, groin elevators, and small plants, 10 the severe ‘doy in, day out” service ot stool mills and large steam generating stations. Docks, piers, terminals ‘ond other bulk transfer stotions require high degree of dependability and usually high capacities for maximum economy. Selection of the most affective end economical vunloeding equipment depends upon the type of cartier to be unloaded, the characteristics and con- dition of the material, the unloading rate, onnval fonnage, the meant of moving cars or barges to ‘and from unloader, and, in the case of large ships, the cost of demurrage. Unloading of free flowing materials seldom re: quires considerations other than those of copacity fend appropriate type of equipment. Sluggish or Micky materials often require « car shaker for quick, Cleon discharge of hopper cars, or @ rotary dumper for higher capacities. Frozen coal or ore may require thawing to free it from car sides, ofter which the discharge of moderate capecities of frozen lumps may vsvally be accelerated by a car shaker. Higher capacities of frozen material con best be unlocded with © rotary car dumper. The average unloading rate, in cars per hour, in cludes both the unloading cycle and the time required, fo move cars to and from the unloading operation. The most effective use of unloading equipment often requires haulage machines or car spotters to reduce the delays of such movements, Also, feeding and conveying equipment is more economical when the hopper, into which the cor i unloaded, is large ‘enough to contain sufficient material to continuously feed the system while cars are shifted to ond from the unloading operation, Various types of bucket elevator unlooders ore covailable for unloading ships of grain, borges of cool and other free flowing materials ot capacities Up to 2000 or more tons per hour. Various standard types of unloading equipment core described on the following pages. Link Belt hos built many other types and sizes for unusual con- ditions ond Link-Belt engineers are available for ‘ossisting in the selection of such equipment. 9g + LINK-BELTHaulage machines (poge 41) ore of two types; copstan and drum. They ‘are used for moving railroad cars and mine cars or performing other industrial pulling jobs. Capston car spotters are compact, sturdy machines which pull by means of a rope snubbed around the vertical capstan. Drum type pullers cre generally used for heavier service cond larger installations. Both con be orranged with @ variety of cable sys tems for intermittent or continuous op eration to suit the track layout ond the handling of cars at the site. Car shakers (page 50) are on ef- fective means of emptying hopper bottom railroad cars when the material foils to run out of the open hopper doors by gravity alone. The machine is set on the car after it has been spotted lover the track hopper. A motor drives two eccentrically weighted flywheels. Rotation of these Alywheels produces @ vibration whieh is transmitted to the cor. A short period of operation assists in dislodging material bulk handling ‘nloading equipment Cor spotter Drum-type haulage machine Mine ear dumper Reilroad ear dumper Car dumpers (page 52) provide the most rapid and positive method of ‘emptying all types of open top cots, by turing the entire car upside down. They are of two forms, one for railroad cars and one for mine cars. The railroad car dumpers are so designed that when rotation is started, the transfer teble supporting the rails moves laterally until the side of the car rests ogoins! a timbered side frame of the cradle. Simultaneously with this movement, overhead clamps descend to the top of the car to hold it securely. The cradle rotates until eutomatically stopped at the inverted position, Operation is then reversed. Rotary car dumpers have been built for dumping more thon 60 cars per hour. Mine cor dumpers moy be furnished to dump single cars, coupled or un- coupled, of several cars in @ train, Cars are automatically held in ploce. Dumpers may be designed to rotate through an angle sufficient for dumping cond then return, oF through a complete revolution. The frame includes @ shield to direct and ease the fall of moterial. Completely controlled by one mon, these dumpers are fast, smooth running, durable and foolproof. Side-titing type dumpers are alto ovailable for dumping refuse. This dumper is semi-cutomatic in operation and lifts the ear vertically, then tilts it to one side to unload the contents. Power unloading scoops (page 60) are used for unloading grain and other ‘arcnvlar materials from boxcars and trucks into hoppers, ond for other similar operations. They encble one man to perform tasks which would require the efforts of several men by manual methods. The operator draws the scoop bock over the material « suitable distance, and then ellows slack in the rope. This starts the winding mechanism, which pulls the scoop forward to push the material to the discharge point while the operator holds the scoop upright by its handles. LINK-BELT + 39bulk handling ‘unloading & pment Boxcar unloaders (po92 62) Kor-Flo bexcar unloader, including spotting to unloading, will handle up to 5 cars per hour of grain, chemicals, or other free-flowing bulk materials. The car is moved on the self-contcined unloader platform, cand is clomped hydraulically. The inner door of car is opened hydraulically One foil is installed higher than the other to give @ side tilt to the car. A drive unit creates ¢ unique rocking motion which conveys the ‘material simultaneously from both ends toward the center of the car Causing contents to few smoathly and continuously to e receiving hopper below. One man controls the unloading operetion. Shellow pit and low overhead clearence requirements keep installtion costs et a minimum. Tilting type boxcar unloader is @ machine for dumping grains and other free-flowing bulk materials from railroad boxcars by tilting the cers both leterelly end longitudinally. The unloeder has © main cradle and clamps which hold and automatically center the cor. The car supporting platform mounted on the cradle is first tipped side- wise about 15 degrees, while the inner door is forced inward. The car is then tilted endwise about 40 degrees in both directions, with © baffle plate inserted on the final tip to deflect the last remaining moterial Installations are efficient and econé that involve up to 6 to 10 cars per hour. for extensive operations Tiling type boxcar unlo Hydraulic truck dumper (page 68) simplifies the unloading of colton seed, soybeans, grain, wood chips, potash, coke, sugar cone fond beets, com end similar materials that ore transported by tr truck Fes ecting hydraule eylinders lift 40 tons to 0 40 degree angle in one minute—only 40 seconds required to lower it Platforms will ‘accommodate tractor and trailer essemblies up to 54 feet overall length. Gates (page 73) are normally used on the bottoms of hoppers, either singly oF in @ series, 10 feed materials onto conveyors for further processing Receiving hoppers (pave 70) of plates end structural Numerous styles of gates are availeble. Meny of these steel are used for receiving moterial from cars, trucks, et. are general purpose gates suitable for handling coal, sand, fond conducting it fo Feeders, crushers or conveyors. They arevel, crushed rock, stone, ore and similar materials. They tre vsvelly provided with gratings fo protect workmen and Gre built in wide renge of sizes to meet all normal machinery. requirements. 40+ LINK-BELTbulk handling “haulage machines For mony years Link-Belt has designed ond manufactured haulage machines and systems for handling @ wide range of mobile loads. While commonly used for moving reilroad cars, there are numerous other industrial applications where havlage machines are being successfully used for pulling heavy trucks into and cut of shops, warping vessels through drawbridges and clong docks, for mocring service on conel barges, for pulling cors of castings into and out of furnaces, and for moving cars into and out of core ovens ond dry kilns. They are used in foundries for pulling flasks over roll tables, dragging heavy imetericls clong the ground ond wherever rope pulls up to the maximum capacity of the machines can be used advantageously. These machines are economical to operate, as power is consumed only when they are jn actual operation. Their use has resulted in marked savings due to elimination of switch: jing charges end delays in moving or spotting railroad cors. Link-Belthoulage machines are of twotypes— car spotters which pull loads by means of a rope wrapped eround @ vertical capsten, ond drum: type pullers which exert pulling cction through 1 rope wound upon a horizontal drum. roves rekood cere for tip leeding ond wnlooding ‘porattns. rote 28182 Reversible ond Frcio 23559, LINK-BELT + 41bulk handling “haulage machines Haulage machines 42+ LINK-BELTbulk handling “haulage machines Car spotters Link-Belt car spotters are made in two sizes and three types. A. sturdy, compact gray iron housing completely encloses and protects the splosh-lubricated gears and bell bearings. A capstan made of hard iron, for use with menila or marine covered wire rope, is pro- portioned to obtain maximum traction ond pulling power. The capstan face is mochine finished to prolong life of rope. The worm ‘ond helical gears are precision cut to exacting specifications. The steel capstan shaft runs in bronze sleeve bearings. A ratchet and owl can be furnished and installed within the capston when the spotter is required to hold cars on on incline, Accessories such as haulage ropes, cor pulling hooks, sheaves and snatch blocks con be furnished. No. 50 and No. 100 stationary car spotters The No. $0 ond No, 100 stationary cor spotters ore equipped with 5 ond 10 horse- power motors rexpectively. The motors ore fotelly enclosed nonventilated hoist type which form an integral pert of the machines. The 'No. 50 car spotter will pull on average of 3 leaded railroad cers, and the No. 100 cor spotter an overage of 6 loaded railroad cers, epending upon track conditions, curvature fond grade. No. 55 and No. 110 stationary car spotters ‘The No. $5 end No. 110 stationary car spot fers are oso equipped with 5 and 10 horse- ower motors. The motors, however, are of the conventional foot type conected t0 the cer spotter by means of Link-Belt flexible couplings end ore mounted on motor brackets supported directly from the car spotter hovsing. No. 60 and No. 120 portable car spotters The No, 60 and No. 120 car spotters are of the portable type. They are equipped with 5 ‘ond 10 horsepower motors which form on integral part of the machines. These motors ore provided with builtin storters. The spotters are mounted on steel frame carriages ond Dolanced so tht the units may be eal rolled to desied locations. Carriages include guide rope deflectors, ctechments for anchoring ond puling handles. LINK-BELT + 43bulk handling avlage machine Drum-type pullers with plain drums Drumtype pullers with plain drums ore made in four sizes with teen speed combinctions ‘These pullers consist of heavy welded steel, deep-fonged drums with bronze sleeve bearings ond are mounted on oversize stationary steel shofis. The drum shatts are supported by rigid welded steel frames, amply braced and stiened to hold the perts in eccurate elignment The drive consists of on encloted Link Belt Motogear connected to ‘the drom through © guarded Lnk-Belt precision steel rallarchoin drive, operated jaw dutch on the ovtput shalt of the enclosed geor drive disconnects the power when paying out the rope. A retarding broke prevents spinning and over-ravel of the drum. Pullers con clo be furnished with Gearmotor drives, when pro forred by purchoser ‘Accessories such as haulage ropes, car pulling hooks, sheaves and snatch blocks can be furnished. Drum-type pullers with grooved drums Drum-type puller with grooved drums are vied for conditions beyond the range of car spotters and drum-type pullers with plain drums, 'A drum-type puller with grooved drum in combination with sheaves ‘can be adapted to a wide variety of arrangements for moving ral> oad cers and for other industrial uroge. Motion of the vehicle in ‘her direction is aecomplished by anchoring both ends of the rope to the drum so that one end is wound onto the drum os the ether unwinds. This type of puller is olso used for moving barges. The rope ceopacty of the drum ie the limiting factor in the length of movement Of the vehicle being pulled. ‘A-drumtype pull ‘© pir of grooved drums is used when 44+ LINK-BELT fn endless cable is used. This drum-type puller is elo known as double drum traction type or endlere cable havlage machine. With this arrangement the length of movement oF the vehicle i independent ‘of the size of the drums vsed. Barically these wits consis of a heavy steel bose on which ere mounted two parallel horizontal shafts with 1 grooved drum en each. Gearing connects one or both shafts to the driving motor. Brckes and contrat companents aro included hon ‘Accestories such as heulage ropes, car pulling hooks, sheaves and snatch blocks con be furnished.bulk handling avlage machines Typical layouts Car spotter layouts (ent This layout shows @ car spotter arrangement indicating how $2 ancop ig necessamy~ oe ory iors oe iy oon naa Coy cee erm even nea eos Sed'n poole Secon by toting hah RRS ES asa 1 ei et rts ew isonlcnirn eto mnarcceny BES Danser a Save, ee ‘SNATCH BLOCKY exo on nem capes touss We ayo ode lr or dato ad to gute Se as the rope while pulling the car on @ curve, On straight ees —— Penns Wa, Se a Wat He per Sistas seria ee enctosune: eaishetieorroweno When the car spotter is located some distance from the ee track, ¢ system of snatch blocks may be vied, at indicated, pees af GND aN to move the cor in either direction, S Gia Drum-type puller layouts a || wre nove = rome? ncaa cio In this layout, two drum-type mechines are vied for puling barges in cther direction. When stopped, ‘brakes on motors hold the borge in position. The motor on the unwinding drum epplies 5 counter-torque to keep the telling rope taut. Where conditions permit, such mechinos tnoy be located near ends of barge trovel to keep dock clear of the cables Saugewccat———__ AEE fe — “apgeewecned Bireversioie HAULAGE waCHINE ‘This layout strates opplication of @ dovble-drum traction or endless cable machine for pulling barges in either direction. Counterweighted takeup on tight side of rope seats while the counters fed takeup on the siock side Keeps the trailing rope tout LINK-BELT + 45bulk handling haulage machine: Typical layouts Drum-type puller layouts Coy PAPRNATE canon oF waciane Ey EES Seee ae ae This layout shows the drum-type haulage machines serving one or The drum is generally provided two tracks. Cars can be pulled in either di ©. dlch for dhrengogement sion on either track. with drive, since rope is pulled out manually ro { SR remare wocaTon oF MACHR if ECIITET wh yr raibl dmyp adage min sd orto te dive we fer bce ot ie, Whe ig eds sin eae ate ice abe cn Tans iss te ning ra oe SNEWS TET agent tes Sv cmesed Selig sathe eee ne eae This loyout shows © reversible drum-type haulage fon any track. The rope it dead-ended at opposite ends of grooved serving one to three tracks. Cars can be pulled in ei ‘rum #0 that one wins ot the other unwinds “TEL —svsrew caw at aneacco To- LAL} serve aoomonaL TRacxs——— ll ‘re shown; one required for each direction of travel to remove the hhavlage machine is shown for serving multiple Wacks. Cars can be slack in the tailing rope. Rope travel is not limited by machine, pulled in either direction on ony Wack: Two ounterweighted tokeupe making it economical for installations requiing extremely long Wawel, 46+ LINK-BELTSelection Calculation of rope pull for railroad cars To determine the rope pull required to move railroad cor using ether a car spotter oF drum-type puller with plain drum its necessary te consider the following factor: ‘Weight of car and contents Curvature of track Track grade Track dnd roadbed condition Temperature of surrounding atmosphere Cor, other thon roilroad ears, Consol ink Bat Weight of car and contents The weight of car ond contents isthe gross weight in tons. specicl contideration Track curvature Treck curvature is expressed in terms of radivs in feet, degrees of curvotore or by shordel foctor A. The degree of curvature fs the included angle in degrees for @ 100-foot chord geroxs the center line Of the track Factor A is the chordal distance for © S0-foot chord on the indde rail To obtain the chordal factor, stretch « 50-foo! line fcrom the curve ond measure A os in Fig. 3704, Track grade Trock grade is expressed in degre per cont of rise, ‘of angle tothe horizontal or in ‘Track and roadbed condition ‘and atmospheric temperature Condition of track end roadbed ond temperature of surrounding imosphere are importont considerations. These factors for use in the Calculation of rope pull are given in Teble 2. Fleet angle To axe in winding the rope on the drum in layers, the feet angle should not excood 1s degrees. Where required, locate guide sheaves Table 1 + Factor 8 for pulling railroad cars bulk handling ro fess than dimension P from the puller, os shown in Fig. 5833. For puller Nos. 1015, 1520, 1822 and 2024, P equals 24, 31, 35 ond 38 feet respectively Taro Oe 70 [a0 ie A5 | Meare TE camara |] 3s] ty o Uneventredk whi baton | 2 | 1s | 2 | 9 Rope pull for pulling railroad cars The starting rope pull is found by the following formula: W (8-+C) P =storting rope pullin pounds W=weight of ear and contents in tons 'B=factor from Toble | C=foctor from Table 2 Where Examples of rope pull calculations Problem 1 A railroad car and its contents weighing 42.5 tons is to be moved ‘long @ curved level track where A equals 9%. The opercting tem- perature is never lower than 43°F at eny time. The wack fs uneven ond hor © soft Ballast, Colelate the storing rope pul. Solution In Table 1, Foctor 8 = 45 and in Table 2, Factor C=9. starting rope pull = 42.5 (45-+9) ~ 2295 pounds Refer tothe selection tables on the fallowing poge. A No. 50, 55 or 60 ear spotter i stifactory. Problem 2 Four railroad cars and their contents weighing 220 tont ore to be moved along @ curved track at about 35 FPM where A equols 62". ‘rock riser 3 feet in eoch 100 feet. The operating temperature will {all below O°F. The track Is even and has @ frm bollas. Colelate the storting rope pull Solution 32x10 foresees aoe la Tobe 1, Fctor B = 100 ond in Table 2, Foren C = 6. ring rope pul = 220 (100 +6) = 25,520 pounds Rafer tothe aston Tables on the flowing page. A No. 2024-20 romtype ule, wich operates ot 8 FPM, i stsfoctory ee ome — | alam ieee Retinat |e tear [yeas eee | eT ase & oT z 7 7 Ts TY Ce 5 a ee 146 5 3% | 3s | 35 | 75 | 95 | 115 | 135 | 155 | 175 | 195 | 215 | 235 ye | a8 | gh | a3 | 8 | a 80 | tas | to | iso | tao | 200 a0 | deo of iS | Sk [ae |S) a | tos | vas | a8 | 188 | tes | a0 fas | ass zz | 2 | 13 | 50 | 70) 9 | ne | 190 | 150 | 170 | 190 | 210 | 290 | 250 w | B | Be | | 5 Sf ts | vs | 7s | 8S | aS | 28S | ass Bf 3 | 1 | acy to | tao | to | tao | 200 | da | to | aso me | | Bu |e ss | toe tS f ras | tes | tes | aes | das | 2S | Bes WE | BY | Sto | tgs to N90 | to | 280 | a0 | Bre LINK-BELT + 47bulk handling ‘haulage machines Car spotters esr eres cor | srmwoae | oe bad mis | ogee | poe oxy | teste Storing ° inches” | ‘pound Wario 1%) 13300 a i areal eae 1300 4 500 | 2300 33 4s 5) oppas co) a & aes % | 12000 2 _ | % 21,400 62 | is 1% | 22300 7a | : eno | 8300 a 20 aaa 108 tooo | sa00 | ito “s 10 vo Marine 1 covered ah ones | mule aking | Weight ae | dey | toe | tore gee | tape owds | "pounds F000 E500] 3500] 750 TSE —| 16 — 35 F Foo s300| ss00| z7so|ioiss | a | a | 3 Wire 7,600 6,000 | 3,800 | 3,000 | 1015-5 7 a7 5 a0 9 * a - 700 | e000 | Se00| 3000] tois7% | se | 70 | 7% 14,000 | 11,000 | 7,000 | 5,500] 1520-5 | 20 | 2 | 5 Z 1ab00 | 11/900 | 7000 | $300] tsz07%] 30 | 38 | 7% | goo 15200 {1800 | 7400 | S900| 13200 | 37 | de | 10 13200 | 1100 | 7800 | S900] 132018 | 86 | om | aS 20000 \éo00 | 10.000 | 8000 | ieza7% | a | 26 | 7m 18,000 14000 | 9,000 | 7,000 | 1822-10 | 31 40 | 10 530 2r000 1700 | 18800 | soo | tazzas | a0 | a | ts 34,000 26,800 17,000 | 13,400] 2024-10 | 1¢ 21 | 0 34000 26800 | 17000 | 13400 | z02e19 | as | at | as 3ro00 2400 | 13300 12200 | zoaez0 | 36 | te | 20 | 570 3¥o00 21400 15300 12200] 2022s | 43 | Se | as 31000 24400 | 18300 | 12200 | zozeao_| sa) ey _| 30 Thovcterites con be furhed Elatnenl cont ond win, Batoge rope mas of plow Sel rope wih hemp canter fe TENY, nolhtype motors rated at 88° Tor 1S mires " 48+ LINK-BELTbulk handling haulage machines Jc maKiNUME > saursx [Tool A TU IEK Sm Mm TEES 17 55| 690| 7\25%29%| sal orm] 1ie|5) 8 [2 [1% $0 | 1050 | 7 (36.76 "\62vcjias|a9%|.-| |_| ot Yoo] 150012 33% 26% 9 |iam| 1m |e%|i2u 2m | 1% 110 | 1650 |12 3.436%] 9 lay | 1% |%|t2%6 295 | 1% Jom 120| 2000 | 12 [443684167 417% 48 No, 120 portoble cor spotters, 7 He ers rie fr atn pros Drum-type pullers with plain drums Drmtype | Weisht, c pullerramber| Post | Tosa | 895 [20% [RETAROING BRAKE woiss | 69s | 20% [absisrine SEE rors | 910 | 22% ie 10157% | 980 | 23% 1520-5 | 1735 | 22% 2 SH 1520-74 | 1790 | 23% 1520.10 | 110 | 26% i aI tezors | tees | Set Ye22-5 | 2770 | 23% 18727 | 2620 | 24% | BOLTS 1922-10" | 2895 | 28 | 122.15 | 2095 | 29% iB 1822-20 | 3000 | 31% 2024-10 | 4135 | 31% 2oreis | 4135 | 33% 2024.20 | 4160 | 35% 2024-25 | 4250 | 36% Drum-type puller with plein drum 2024.30 | 4285 | 35% fend Motogear drive, 4 Wilh or €0 cycle motor ] ita cores, [els| eal | | wars Pe ae io RBS] WaT ERR] EE PELE TES Wary (4S) s8 [ator sue eases eae koe] toe eae fers [tnaelan] is [an deat 5 [20 Le Seas aoe (eM (a |e 10g 2 | UZ Loic ea ae] do 2024__| 20 | 24 |26%| 29 | 58% | 53% 121% 63% 20%1 23% 18 |im|2% 34 16 |18_|im 12% Have dimension cones for intaistion purposes, LINK-BELT + 49bulk handling car shakers | The Link-Belt car shaker is on ideal medium for effectively ‘ond economically unloading hopper bottom railroad cars IW produces © series of heavy, hammer-like blows on the top of the car sides, which loosen the contained material cond accelerate its flow through the hopper opening, re- sulting in broom-clean unloading. This machine supplements our varied line of ear dumpers fond unloaders and offers an economical car emptying device for installations requiring moderate or small co- cities. It is ideal for use at central power stations and industri boiler houses, where the quantity of coal used does not require a rotary car dumper. It is also suitable for unloading sand, coke, ore, cinders end other materials transported in hopper bottom cars. Link-Belt car shakers can be applied to single or multiple track and single or double hopper installations. 50+ LINK-BELT Drive side of car shaker showing rogged rabbi rotor suppor, Photo 39015, cubioned pivot ypeOperation The vibrator is located toward one end of the welded, stress-relieved frame and consists of two eccentrically hed flywheels keyed to each end of « concentric shaft rotating in self- oligning roller bearings. Power for ‘operating the unit is supplied by an electric motor driving through a mult ple V-belt drive, Exireme vibration and impact shock is prevented from reach: ing the motor by means of @ pivoted, rubber-mounted motor platform. To unload, the cars are moved into place over conventional track hoppers in the vsval manner by car hauls, car spotters, switch engines or other means. After the car gates have been opened, the car shaker is lowered into place on the center portion of the car fond the motor started. Operation of the machine causes the vibrator end of the frame to rise and fall and impart heavy blows to the car equal in number to the revolutions of the vibra- tor shaft. The motor end pivots on the car top and acts 1: a guide fo hold the shoker in place. The action of the car shaker olso causes lengthwise motion of the car, resulting in a conveying action on the hopper bottom. Upon completion of unloading, the shaker is raised out of the way, the car doors closed, end ‘another car moved into position. Cars need not be un. coupled while the shaker is in operation, permitting movement of cars through the unloading zone as @ com= plete train. The shoker eliminates the destructive or dan- ‘gerous use of picks, augers, sledges or air hammers. With the vibrator shaft revolving at a comparatively moderate rate of speed, a much lower operating sound level is ob- teined than with other machines operating at higher fre- quencies. Objectionable noise is correspondingly less, ‘and damage to the cars is no more than that encountered in normal operation over road bed, i sisy 555) 2's" hast ] LIFTING LUGé Sanat lot f “BOTTOM OF SUPPORTING BEAM YL. TWIN CABLE HOIST bulk handling ‘car shake Capacity The rate of car unloading will vory with the nature of the meterial in the car, the design of the car, car switch- ing and storing facilities end the rate at which materials, ‘can be conveyed from the track hopper. Normally, @ one to three minute operation of the shaker will completely, ‘empty the car. Sticky or frozen meterials may require ‘additional time. Extremely frozen cars should be partially thawed. Hoists Where conditions permit, single-hook five-ton capecity stationary or power-propelled, motor operated hoists, may be used for lowering the shaker into position. For ground level control, twin-hook hoists are preferred, as this type machine will lower the shaker onto the car without guidance. It is recommended that hoists be equipped with lower limit or slack line switches to prevent operation of the shcker until i is properly placed fon the car. Yard cranes and similer hoisting equipment can be used to handle cor shakers. LINK-BELT + 51bulk handling car du car dumpers Link-Belt car dumpers rapidly and economically unload all types of open-top cars carrying bulk motericls. They are used ot power houses, mines, by-product plants, steel mills, railto-water transfer docks, cement mills, smelters, concentrators, luminum plants and sugar refineries, for unlocding such materials os coal, coke, rock, ore, sugar beets ond sugar cone. Four types of car dumpers are aveilable, each designed to unload a car by rotating, tilting, or over-turning and dumping the contents into @ receiving hopper, in one operation. These four types ore: Rotary roilroad car dumpers. Rotary mine car dumpers for single cars or multiple cars coupled in a train, Side tiling ond transfer refuse cor dumpers. Side discharge railroad car dumpers. All types embody Link-Belt’s valuable background of experience in the application of unloading equipment and the handling of bulk materiale 52+ LINK-BELTRotary railroad car dumpers bulk handling car dumpers The Link-Belt rotary reilroad car dumper is designed to rapidly unload open top railroad cars, primarily coal cars. This is accomplished by overturning the car, securely held in a rotating cradle, and completely dumping its contents in one operation. The full cycle of turning the car practically upside down and returning it to © normal position requires 90 seconds for the standard dumper, however drives can be furnished for cycles as low es 40 seconds, when required. Switching time, dependent on local facilities for handling the cars onto and away from the dumper, must be added to the turning cycle, to determine the total number of cors that can be handled. Dumping operation After the car has been placed on the dumper track, the turning cycle is started by the operator, lecated in @ cab adjacent to the dumper, where he hos o clear view of all operations. As rotation begins, the transfer table moves sidewise within the cradle, until the cor side rests against the timbered side frame of the cradle. Simulteneously the overhead self-adjusting clamps descend upon the top of the car, and hold it securely to the track rails during the turning cycle, Rotation continues until the car is overturned and stopped automatically by @ limit switch. To return the empty cor, the operator reverses the cycle, As the car nears its normal upright position, the clamps are automatically released and lifted. The transfer table then moves sidewise until the rails ore again in line with those outside the dumper, and the empty car is ready to be removed. LINK-BELT + 53bulk handling Rotary railroad car dumpers cA. ROTATION $e to 58: OOERALL RAS) “A. TRACK oe — sci ces ape aa cEnrers. i cuearance | 1 RADIUS cA RoraTin———| BASE OF RAIL [ax Loap EACH ROL 185600 UBS" {for 58-foot long car Tworclamp rotery railroad car dum Construction The entire enclosing and car supporting cradle of the two-clamp dumper revolves on four rollers, two under each end ring of the cradle, These supporting rallers ‘are mode of high carbon forged steel with double flanges and machined con. tacting surfaces and are mounted on a structural frame to insure accurate align. ment ot all times. Four-clamp dumpers are available for 90 to 120-ton cars when contents are frozen, and they are equipped with four pairs of equalizing rollers, two pairs under each end ring. The Link-Belt dumper cradle, which receives the car to be dumped, consists of two distinclly separate ports; one, an outer structure made up of two structural steel roller rings, rigidly connected and braced; and the other, @ transfer table ‘or platen, supported within the outer structure, on transverse rollers, and provided with track roils upon which the car rests. The two-clamp dumper handles cars 29 feet to 58 feet long over couplers; 6 feet, 4 inches to 12 feet, 7 inches high; 9 to 11 feet wide; and with copacities vp to 90 tons. ‘One 40-horsepower motor furnishes the power required for complete operation of the two-clamp dumper operating on @ 90-second turning cycle, Where foster cycles are required, the dumper speed can be increased by using @ larger motor. Automatic and safety features Every operation, except placing end removing cars, and operating the controls, is automatic and foolproof. The dumper can be stopped by the operator, at any time and in any position, where it is securely held in place by an automatic electric brake. There are no electrical connections or complicated interlocks on the dumper cradle. The dumper track rails are always held in correct alignment with the out- side rails, ofter completion of the cycle, allowing cars to be moved safely on or off the dumper, 54+ LINK-BELTRotary mine car dumpers ingle ears, tis ratory mine cor dumper plays an important pon in phosphate mang. Phote 30024 Dumping two cars without uncoupling, this rary mye car dumper hones unotonine cal suiy and fisenty.Prata 13600 bulk handling Link-Belt rotary mine car dumpers are available for mine cars of all kinds. Operating in @ manner similar to the Link-Belt rotary railroad car dumper, they rotate and overturn the cars to discharge the contents. They are power driven ond can be designed to handle single cars uncoupled, or single or multiple cars coupled in a train, depending on capacity requirements. Normally these dumpers are built for full 360 degree rotation, but designs are available for rotating the cars to an angle sufficient for dumping and then returning 10 ‘an upright position. A rotatable structural steel frame equipped with tracks ‘ond means for holding the cars on the tracks, receives the cars either singly or in groups. This frame incorpo: rates a dumping shield to ease the drop of moteriel and is supported by high carbon steel end rings cartied on rollers. ‘Mine car dumpers are built with two types of drives, Positive and traction. Each type is capable of completing several dumping eycles per minute. One operator can handle the entire dumping opera- tion, including the possage of cars into and out of the dumper, Safety features are incorporated to insure trouble-free operation and afford protection to the operator and the equipment. those twin ratory mine dumpers eech hendle fen cor ote time Photo 27654 LINK-BELT + 55bulk handling ‘cor dumpers Rotary mine car dumpers Positive drive rotary mine car dumper ‘The 360-degree revolving operation is accomplished by on electric motor drivan enclosed geer ctive which delivers power to @ ring Sprocket through ¢ roller chain drive, Regordless of the type of car, Shoekless, gentle handling and fast, auiomatic operation ave eswured. {his dumper offers maxinum postive control of the dumping operation. A gear drive type is alo eveliable 56+ LINK-BELT Traction drive rotary mine car dumper The 360-degree revolving operation is accomplished by direc! surfoce contact of power driven frieion tunnions contacting the two ‘dumper end rings. The dumper is automatically started, ond speed ‘moy be controlled te facilitate gente handling.Mine car hauls ‘A mine car haul is essentially @ pusher chain conveyor con- sisting of one or two strands of chain with pushers spaced ot intervals to engage the mine cars, either singly or coupled together in trains, and propel them clong the track es desired. They are chiefly used for feeding cars to rotary, or other types of dumpars. Thair use ostures ropid, unifarm dumping cond contingous movement of loaded ond empty cars with & minimum of attention. In the design of mine car havls and in the selection of the materials used in every part, special consideration is given to the shack load: imposed by frequent starting and stopping ‘ond to adverse conditions that vsvally surround this type of ‘equipment. Embodied in every Link-Belt cor haul ore the fol- lowing features that give long, relioble service. Features '@ Sturdy crone ond hoist motors designed for heavy duty cycles with frequen! saris and stops. 1¢ Adequate control equipment 1¢ Oversize brakes 1 Enclosed Link-Belt porallel shaft geor drives with extra lorge input cond output shafts for torsion loads ‘¢ Heovy geared couplings on both input end output shafts ‘@ Cut steel spur geors between drive shaft and coun haf. 4 Pinion mounted bet. put thoft of gear drive. n becrings to evsid overhung load on out: f¢ Heavy duty rigid pillow blocks bolts of side thrast machined gibs to relieve cep © Special heovy duty cait steel tokeups equipped with Cardwell ‘Westinghouse spring drat geor to absorb shock ‘¢ Cott steel plote center choin sprocket wheels securely keyed to shofts, High grade heat-treated cheins and pushers and olloy steel heat-treated pine ‘9 Sold steel carying rollers support chains ot pushers and ot madiote points to prevent war from dragging chain links. Extra heavy chein guider to withstand shock loads, with replacect ‘waar bars both top and bottom. Substential stel supports, firmly ‘anchored to foundations, ossring proper alignment. 1# Adequate eccess provided for lubrication, inspection ond repairs. bulk handling ‘dumpers Chain wth grovity tilting pushers for corhavi, showing te surdy contruction fink, alors an tachment. Photo 39306 Typicel tock for ear hau coin, showing heavy eel angle cuides ond high arbor sto! wear bars Figure 6185 Weighing of mine cars Accurate weighing of mine cars while coupled together is occom- plished by propery spaced ear stops in conjunction with © car heul ‘One peirof steps abave the scale registers the oncoming car as iis edvanced by the car hav! and a second pair below the scale holds the cars that hove posted, thus reliving the car on the scale of any fxteral forces that might affect ils weight. The cor stops hove heavy «ail springs #2 abrorb the shock of the moving cars and spe Siely designed hydraulic cylinders to control the rebound. Car stops fore Gutomatically opened shen the dumping eyele is completed, and Eloted by a trigger mechanism operated by the entering cor. With this orcangement, one mon controls and waighs cars, removes, checks fond operates the dumping mechanism, Other uses Athough ear hauls are used mainly in the mining industry, they are tke useful wherever reliable ond economical handling of ears Is required. ——> ro scate or car ouwrer @, A i cea eer MINE CAR HAUL Bevation of typical mine cor hou installation, showing location of sprockets, fokevps ond both rue of the chain. Figwe 3821 LINK-BELT + 57