. Material handling cyclopedia; a reference book covering definitions, descriptions, illustrations and methods of use of material handling machines employed in industry . nication with eachfloor and with the director of traffic. By means of signallights on his dispatch board he has before him the positionof all elevators in his group. It is possible to receive in-formation by the telephone concerning the state of loadingand the requirements for the load in his particular groupof elevators. Portable elevators are also used for tiering purposesthroughout the warehouses. Coal Shipping Plant From
. Material handling cyclopedia; a reference book covering definitions, descriptions, illustrations and methods of use of material handling machines employed in industry . nication with eachfloor and with the director of traffic. By means of signallights on his dispatch board he has before him the positionof all elevators in his group. It is possible to receive in-formation by the telephone concerning the state of loadingand the requirements for the load in his particular groupof elevators. Portable elevators are also used for tiering purposesthroughout the warehouses. Coal Shipping Plant From the viewpoint of magnitude, the coal handlingequipment of the Virginian Railway Company at SewellsPoint, Virginia, merits consideration. The new equipmentconsists of a tandem car dumper, transfer cars, and a trans-fer car elevator. The cars from the mines have their contents dumpedinto special 120-ton transfer cars. These are then run ontothe car elevator and are raised to the top of the loadingpockets on the pier where their contents are dumped. Thecoal is then discharged as needed into ships lying along-side the pier. After the transfer car is emptied it runs to. Ground Level View this means four million tons of coal are handled over thispier each year. When the transfer car receives its load from the cardumper it is switched onto the elevator and is lifted 67ft. to the elevation of the top of the pier. The elevatorconsists of a steel framework carrying sheaves for the
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