. Material handling cyclopedia; a reference book covering definitions, descriptions, illustrations and methods of use of material handling machines employed in industry . HOISTS 217 loose or package materials. They vary considerably incapacity, depending upon the class of material being han-dled and the distance which it must be hoisted and trans-ported. In one typical installation the telpher system was de-signed to take material—contained in bags—from an upperfloor of a building and convey it across a river to the upperfloor of a building on the opposite shore. The monorailis installed on su
. Material handling cyclopedia; a reference book covering definitions, descriptions, illustrations and methods of use of material handling machines employed in industry . HOISTS 217 loose or package materials. They vary considerably incapacity, depending upon the class of material being han-dled and the distance which it must be hoisted and trans-ported. In one typical installation the telpher system was de-signed to take material—contained in bags—from an upperfloor of a building and convey it across a river to the upperfloor of a building on the opposite shore. The monorailis installed on supports consisting chiefly of wooden trestlesbuilt partly on level ground and in some places along theside of a cliff. The track includes several 90 deg. curvesof 20 ft. radius and passes over the roof of an interveningbuilding and thence over the river at an elevation of aboutSO ft. on a specially constructed steel bridge. A telphertrain consisting of the power driven telpher and two trailershaving a total capacity of about 4 tons is used. The com-plete train has a total length of 30 ft. and attains an aver-age speed of 700 ft. per min. This installation with
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