Portal-frame transfer shed 520-ft long with span of 107 ft houses five rakes of rail trucks each with its respective belt conveyor located on side away from ship; five loader units straddle shed; each is designed to load from one belt conveyor through row of lift-off shutters in roof of shed; loaders can be located to operate simultaneously into all refrigerated holds of any ship; each loader unit consists of traveling, covered in, gantry and boom structure in which pockets circulate from belt conveyor in shed to required discharging level in ship's hold.
Mechanised ship loading at Bluff harbour -- Weatherproof conveyor system developed
Dock Harbour Authority
Dock and Harbour Authority ; 46 , n 539
1965
8 pages
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Englisch
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