DISCONTINUOUS DISCHARGE SYSTEMS FIGHT OFF CONTINUOUS UNLOADER CHALLENGE

With continuous discharge systems threatening to erode the grab unloader's share of the market in both higher and lower capacity ranges, manufacturers of bulk unloading gantries are meeting the challenge with uprated designs. Terminals are also improving management techniques to increase average discharge rates to nearer 65 to 70 percent of peak rates compared with around 50 to 55 percent at present. The result is that improved technology has given a renewed lease on life to the proven grabbing system over the new technology of continuous unloader design.

• Corporate Authors:

  Cargo Systems International

  Arun House, 201-205 High Street
  New Malden KT3 4BH, Surrey,   England 
• Publication Date: 1978-7

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 77
• Serial:
  • CARGO SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL
  • Volume: 5
  • Issue Number: 7
  • Publisher: Deutsche Bahn AG

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bulk cargo handling; Bulk cargo terminals; Cargo handling; Cargo handling equipment; Gantry cranes; Loading and unloading; Marine terminals
• Old TRIS Terms: Bulk unloading systems; Unloading systems
• Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Marine Transportation; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00190398
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 28 1979 12:00AM