Tripper car


Spreaders 757 (left large) with tripper (right, small) in Garzweiler		Close-up of the tripper car shown on the left, front: rising belt

Tripper car with slide above a grain silo (USA, 1990)

A tripper car or discharge car is a mobile device for diverting bulk material from a conveyor belt .

functionality

The tripper car guides the conveyor belt over an ascending conveyor roller track to a discharge drum, where the bulk material falls onto another conveyor belt or onto a chute, the receiving conveyor belt running over the discharging conveyor belt. The tripper car can be moved along the dispensing conveyor belt.

commitment

In open pit tripper be to transfer the bulk material to the recording tape of spreader used. They are equipped with a caterpillar or rail carriage that runs on the substructure of the relocatable conveyor system. The movements are controlled from the stacker.

Tripper carriages are used in silo systems to drop bulk goods from a conveyor belt that runs across all chambers at the desired location. Tripper carriages are also used in flat storage facilities to feed stockpiles .

Tripper cars are also used to feed ship loaders .

literature

Walter Bischoff , Heinz Bramann, Westfälische Berggewerkschaftskasse Bochum: The small mining dictionary. 7th edition, Verlag Glückauf GmbH, Essen, 1988, ISBN 3-7739-0501-7
Reinald Skiba : Taschenbuch Betriebliche Sicherheitstechnik. 3rd edition, Erich Schmidt Verlag, Regensburg and Münster, 1991, ISBN 3-503-02943-5

Individual evidence

↑ Rudolf Griemert, Peter Roman: handling: selection and calculation of elements and assemblies . Springer-Verlag, 2015, ISBN 978-3-658-09084-5 ( Google Book [accessed October 17, 2015]).

[1] Rudolf Griemert, Peter Roman: handling: selection and calculation of elements and assemblies . Springer-Verlag, 2015, ISBN 978-3-658-09084-5 ( Google Book [accessed October 17, 2015]).