. Material handling cyclopedia; a reference book covering definitions, descriptions, illustrations and methods of use of material handling machines employed in industry . Ladle Cars for Smelters. Ladle cars are not ordi-narily used at copper and lead smelters for handling hotmetal. The method of handling the slag depends upon the sizeof the smelter and the surrounding conditions. Hand potsare used in small plants. _ Slag cars, varying in capacityfrom 10 cu. ft. to 250 cu. ft., depending upon the size of thesmelter, are in larger plants. These cars may betransported by steam or electric l
. Material handling cyclopedia; a reference book covering definitions, descriptions, illustrations and methods of use of material handling machines employed in industry . Ladle Cars for Smelters. Ladle cars are not ordi-narily used at copper and lead smelters for handling hotmetal. The method of handling the slag depends upon the sizeof the smelter and the surrounding conditions. Hand potsare used in small plants. _ Slag cars, varying in capacityfrom 10 cu. ft. to 250 cu. ft., depending upon the size of thesmelter, are in larger plants. These cars may betransported by steam or electric locomotives, or in smallplants by horses and mules. The car illustrated has a capacity of 25 cu. ft. and istypical of the design ordinarily used around medium sizeplants. The bowl is round, of cast iron and easily re-movable from the trunnion ring which is made of steel. Thecar is tipped by means of a worm wheel, usually protectedby a guard which is not shown. The frame is extended atone end to carry a platform on which a man can ride andcontrol the brake. Small cars are usually of very simple design. A conve-nient car has a scoop shaped body mounted on a turntable. Fig. 74—Smeller Slag Car and may be dumped in any direction by means of an ironbar placed in a hole in a lug cast on the back side. Cars of from 40 cu. ft. to 80 cu. ft. capacities are usuallyof the same general type as the 25 cu. ft. car illustrated buthave oblong bowls. Cars of 100 cu. ft. and larger capacitiesoften resemble those used by the steel industry. The tiltingin such cars is frequently done by means of an air cylinderor by an electric motor. Foundry Cars Industrial railways have for years played so importanta part in the transportation of material around foundriesthat it would be difficult to find a progressive foundry ofany size without some kind of industrial railway the cars are used to transport pig iron, scrap, coke,sand, molten metal, slag, castings, and refuse, and also for 618 INDUSTRI
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