Material handling cyclopedia; a reference book covering definitions, descriptions, illustrations and methods of use of material handling machines employed in industry (1921)
Wright, Roydon Vincent, 1876- ed, Little, John G., joint ed, Augur, Robert C., joint ed · New York, N.Y., Simmons-Boardman Publishing Co · leaf 581
sts, in the main, of 22S demountable motor truckbodies and 16 S-ton trucks. When the loaded body hasbeen lifted by electric cranes and hoists from a truck chassis, it is replaced by an empty body, to be returned tothe inbound platform of the same freight house. The opera-tion of unloading from the… … Demountable Bodies Eliminate Waiting Time of Trucks economy of $126,507, a gain of approximately 52.4 hoursin the speed of handling freight; a saving of 50.4 per centin platform area (equivalent to increasing platform capacityby 498.4 tons daily) ; reclamation of 248,504 square feet ofstation…
Hoisting machinery · Conveying machinery
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