ADDIS ABABA LTNIVERSITY

FACULTY OF'TECHNOLOGY
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT

lvlaterials Handling Equipment

Assignment No.1 Subrnission date: Dec. 03 ,2014

1. Explain the different classes of Materials Handling Equipments, their working pri,cillles
and advantages and disadvantages. Give three examples from each group.

2. Discuss the different flexible hoisting appliances that we use in hoisrirrg machinery.
Explain how they are made and their advantages and disadvantages.

'3.'It is required to transfer a load of 120 tons between two points 100 rneters apart bv a
hoistingmachine. The active operation of the machine in one cycle is graphed belorv
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anaverageidletime of 32 seconds is observed in onecycle, Determine the height h of
the
bucket to perform the task in 8 working hours. The climensions of the bucket are as

shown below. The specific weight of the material to be handled is 0,9 ton/mr and
a
filling factor of 0.75 is used.

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r 4. A load is suspended by a three leg hemp rope sling in the hoisting mechanism shorvn

below. If the load weighs 1200 Kg, find the minimunr diarireter of a rvhite ii.*p rop.

sling which can handle the load.

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5' A load is 6eing raised iy the following *.dir* duty hoisting mechanism ar the rate of

0.5 m/s

a) Select an appropriate 6 X l9 steelwire rope and determine the pulley diameters,

b) Determine the power required to drive the hoisting mechanism.

Use pulley factor of resistance 6 = 1.05 and steel wires of strength 130 kgf/mm 2

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