. Material handling cyclopedia; a reference book covering definitions, descriptions, illustrations and methods of use of material handling machines employed in industry . Fig. 45—Cane Car, Hoist Unloading can be entirely dispensed with. Such cars are usually builtonly in the smaller sizes and have but one Fig. 46—Cane Car, Drop Side Doors For top unloading by cane grapples or grabs low skeletonrack sides may be used and the cane piled up about twice ashigh as the sides. In another design the side doors are hinged at the bottomand drop down for loading and unloading. The sizes mos
. Material handling cyclopedia; a reference book covering definitions, descriptions, illustrations and methods of use of material handling machines employed in industry . Fig. 45—Cane Car, Hoist Unloading can be entirely dispensed with. Such cars are usually builtonly in the smaller sizes and have but one Fig. 46—Cane Car, Drop Side Doors For top unloading by cane grapples or grabs low skeletonrack sides may be used and the cane piled up about twice ashigh as the sides. In another design the side doors are hinged at the bottomand drop down for loading and unloading. The sizes mostcommonly used are from 5 ft. to 8 ft. wide, 20 ft. to 30 and have a capacity of from 7 tons to 17 tons. The su- INDUSTRIAL CARS 607 perstructure may be of steel rack design or sheathed withwood. The cars are usually equipped with a center parti-tion which divides them into two compartments. Two doors are used on each of the sides, which are com-monly 3 ft. to 4 ft. high. Where cars of large capacityare desired the sides may be increased in height, and insome instances where this is done a double set of doors isused, one above the other. Four-Wheel Cane and Plantation Cars. Four-wheelcane cars differ as widely in design as do the largerdouble-truck cars, and are used more little or no
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