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IS 10463-2 (1985): Glossary of terms for bulk handling

equipment, Part 2: Stacking loading and reclaiming
equipment [MED 7: Material Handling Systems and Equipment]

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(Reaffirmed 2004)
Indian Standard

GCOSSARY OF TERMS
FOR BULK HANDLING EQUIPMENT

PART 2 STACKING, LOADING AND RECLAIMING EQGIPMENT

1. SmPo-Cover the definitions of terms used in connection with stacking, loading and reclaiming
equipment.

1. Terminology

2.1 Adaptor Plate -A fabricated machined plate on which pillow blocks, etc, are mounted for
Iroper alignment of pulleys or wheels.

2.2 Agitation - A phenomenon of stirring the cross-sectional surface of the pile of loose bulk
naterial by means of harrow spikes or rods in order that the agitated particles of the pile fall down
to the root of pile for reclaiming operation.

2.3 Agitator-Set of spikes or rods fixed/attached to the face of harrow structures for agitating the
pile surface. See also ‘agitation’.

2.4 Alignment - A condition in which the partMar parts or components of the machine said to be
accurately assembled in line with defined tolerances for designed operation.

2.5 Allowable Stress -The permiss’ible operating stress determined by the application of a suitable
safety factor to the ultimate strength. Allowable stress will be reduced for shock loads and other
adverse operating conditions.

2.6 Ambient Temperature -The surrounding normal atmospheric temperature at the location of the
equipment.

2.7 Anemometer-An appliance for indicating wind velocities. An anemometer mounted on top 01
the machine is used for sensing critical wind velocities and for sending audio/visual control signal foi
manual/automatic shut down of entire machine operation.

2.8 Annular Ring Chute -A backing plate in the form of circular rim to hold the material till tht
bucket carries the material to the area of discharge in case of cell-less bucket wheel.

2.9 Apex of Harrow-Top point of a triangular shaped harrow.

2.10 Arching - The bridging of material between sides of chute or hopper under certain conditior
and consequently flow of material ceases.

2.11 Arrangement of Gantry Support Bracket - Supporting bracket tiith ball and socket swivellinj
arrangement for portal gantry.

2.12 Articulated Counterbalance Boom - A combined mechanism of boom and counterweight tha
imparts generally different but balanced articulated movement of the two.

2.13 Assembly of Head Pulley - A terminal pulley at head with complete outfits, namely, pillow
block, shaft, adopter plates, etc.

Adopted 1 March 1985 I 0 February 1980, ISI I Gr 10

INDIAPI STANDARDS INSTITUTION

MANAK BHAVAN, 9 BAHADUR SHAH ZAFAR MARG
NEW DELHI 110002
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2.14 Attachment- A part assembled to trolley, trailer or chain with whose connection the trolley,
trailer or chain is moved.

2.15 Automatic Conveyor Scale - See IS : 4240-1984 ‘Glossary of conveyor terms and definition
( first revision )‘.

2.16 Automatic Despatch Control- See IS : 4240-I 984.

2.17 Automatic Digging Method - An automatic controlled method by which programmed adjust-
ment of slewing speed in term of Cos 4 law; programmed advanced step-distance of traverse for
setting the slice depth; limiting of slewing angle while digging and when proceeding to the next cut
and reversal of slewing direction; minimizing all setting up and adjustment times while keeping
within permissible acceleration and decelaration values can be achieved.

2.18 Automatic Lubricator- See IS : 4240-1984 (see ~a/so 2.106).

2.19 Automatic Rail Clamp -A mechanical clamping device operated electrically or hydro-
electrically to grip the track rail for preventing any shifting of rail mounted equipment in non-
operating condition.

2.20 Automatic Sampler - See IS : 4240-l 984.

2.21 Automation - An unmanned automatic operation by which all operations can be controlled
centrally, by elimination of human error, damage and mistake achieving maximum efficiency by using
electric devices, etc.

2.22 Back Stop - A mechanical device to prevent reversal of loaded belt on stack or conveyor or
tripper under action of gravity when forward travel isinterrupted.

2.23 Raffle - A device placed across the belt at head end of boom conveyor -to deflect the stream
of bulk material discharged from buckets of digging wheel towards the tail end of boom in case
of reclaiming operation.

This device is actuated with electromechanical actuator which lifts the baffle in case of
stacking operation to pass out the material for stock piling.

2.24 Baffle Plate-The cross plate used in baffle is termed as baffle plate.

2.25 Baffle Plate Liftable - See 2.23.

2.26 Baffle Plate Actuation - Lifting the baffle plate by electromechanical actuators.

2.27 Balanced Drive - A drive so designed that two or more such drives on carriage or trolley
traverse of the machine may be synchronized to pull predetermined shares of load.

2.28 Bale - Metal ties under tension connected to counterweight structure and holding the canti-
lever boom by other end to keep the boom in suspension.

2.29 Bale Suspension - See 2.28.

2.30 Ball Bearing Slewing Ring - A circular rim fitted with one or more rows of ball bearings
~with or without gear teeth along the periphery of the rim. With the virtue of construction one half
could be mounted on fixed structure of the machine with other~half attached to the -part of structure
subject to slewing motion.

2.31 Barrel- Fitted with staggered buckets constitutes the rotary and main reclaiming element in a
bridge type rotary blending/reclaiming equipment.

2.32 Barrel Type Reclaimer-A-mobile machine comprising essentially of a long hollow barrel having
buckets arranged on the periphery of a barrel in a staggered fashion with reclaiming operation
covering the entire width of stockpile through a cross conveyor mounted on the machine.

2.33 Base Portion - Base construction of plate work of a cone gantry or central column.

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2.34 Bed Blending - Number of different raw materials of varying quality can be homogenized
into one raw material with required characteristics for the process.

2.35 Benching Operation - In this operation reclaiming of material takes place along the pile length
with constant slice height.

2.36 Bifurcated Chute -A chute separating into two branches and with deflector plate or flopper
deliver the material to either or both the branches. Thus it can be used to bypass the material and
also used to transfer the material on either or both the boom conveyors of stacker machine to make
the stock pile.

2.37 Blending Efficiency -The ratio of mean standard deviation of material properties of input
flow to the pile and mean standard deviation of material properties of output material properties of
output material flow from the pile in a bed blending system. It shall be given as a ratio.

2.38 Block Operation -In this operation reclaimation is conducted across the pile cross-section
with variable sloving speed of boom and by preset advancing (advanced steps) and reversing the
machine. The entire cross-section of pile is thus cut in preset numbers of layers by boom
luffing.

2.39 Bogie -The box construction of plate work to hold one or more track traversing wheels in
position and also supporting the carriage and main structure of the machine.

2.40 Bogie Assembly - Bogie fitted with traverse wheels and necessary attachments.

2.41 Bogie for Portal-The bogie supporting the portal of stacker bridgefor radial blending machine.

2.42 Bolster - A pad or support plate incorporating pivot or hinge features for tail end anchorage
of stacker or boom conveyor to permit vertical and/or horizontal rotation/movement for anchored
unit.

2.43 Boom - A cantilevered or overhanging structure that supports or contains the component
parts of conveyor. It may be fixed, hinged or pivoted at tail end on the machine structure. In case
of boom type reclaimer bucket wheels with its drive assembly is mounted on free end or head
end of such cantilevered structure and is capable of luffing and slewing.

2.44 Boom Cantilever-The overhanging portion of boom beyond the hinges or pivot point.

2.45 Boom Centres- The horizontal distance between the centre of machine or turntable and
digging wheel and may also be referred to as boom radius.

2.46 Boom Conveyor -A conveyor for stockpiling or reclaiming -operation mounted on boom is
termed as boom conveyor.

2.47 Boom Conveyor Drive - Boom conveyor drive is generally fixed at tail end or in some cases at
intermediate location at return belt side. Drive is through electric motor, reduction unit coupling,
brake, etc.

2.48 Boom Head End -The farthest terminal point of the boom from the machine centre.

2.49 Boom Hinge - A type of support of the boom at tail end to permit the boom for luffing action.

2.50 Boom Radius - The radius generated from the centre of the machine to the tip of discharge
pulley or centre of bucket wheel is referred to as the slewing boom radius which may not necessarily
be the same as the boom length.

2.51 Boom Slewing Type Reclaimer - The reclaimer machine with slewing boom at the head end
of which is mounted the digging wheel for reclaiming operation.

2.52 Boom Structure - A box or latticed construction for the purpose of a boom.

f,5;a;y:m Tail @?d- The terminal point of boom resting near or at the centre of the machine or
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2.54 Bracing - Diagonal or horizontal member t? stabilize the vertical or horizontal running member
of the structure is termed as bracing.

2.55 Brake Drum Coupling-A coupling with drum flange to suit the brake shoe grip.

2.56 Braking Time - Time required ‘in course of deceleration to completely stop the unit on which
the brake is applied.

2.57 Bridge -The adequately designed structures in the form of box or latticed frame spanning
across the stockpile with both ends supported on traversing carriage or trucks or with one end
supported on traversing truck and~other on fixed central column with slewing ring assembly. On
such structure are mounted the reclaiming elements, namely, bucket wheel carriage with harrow
structure or chain scraper with harrow structures and harrow wagons all to reclaim the materials in
transverse direction of the stockpile.

2.58 Bridge Conveyor- The conveyor mounted on the bridge across the stockpile to receive the
reclaimed material and carry in a direction transverse to the length 07 the pile and discharge the
material on to a fixed and ground based reclaim conveyor.

2.59 Bridge Girders - Sides of the bridge of either plate or latticed construction.

2.60 Bridge Supporting Section -The part of structure supporting the ends of the bridge.

2.61 Bridge Type Bucket Wheel Reclaimer - In such reclaimer rotary bucket wheel together with or
without rake bucket wheel either one -number or two numbers are mounted on the carriage in turn
mounted on a heavy bridge across the stockpile. Bucket wheel while rotating and traversing with
the help of the carriage across the pile reclaim the material at the foot of pile brought down by the
rake agitating the pile surface.

i 2.62 Bridge Type Scraper-Reclaimer- In such machine the chain cover fitted with scrapin~g blades
is mounted across the span of pile to reclaim the material through scraping at bottom or foot of the
pile. The material for scraping is brought down to the foot of pile by harrow mounted on the same
bridge.

2.63 Bucket - Fabricated container mounted on digging wheel, barrel/drum or scraper chain of fhe
respective reclaimers, constitute a vital digging element in such reclaimers.

2.64 Bucket Lip- The frontal edge of bucket generally made of tough material to confront the
material while digging.

2.65 Bucket Side - Sides of bucket in contact with material pressure while in digging operation.

2.66 Bucket Side Pressure - In digging operation sides of the bucket coming against the materials
of the pile undergo certain pressure which resist the slewing motion of the boom. This side pressure
has to be overcome by the slewing drive unit.

2.67 Bucket Support Wheel- See 2.70.

2.68 Bucket Tooth -Tooth made of hardened material is fitted on the bucket lip to pierce or loosen
the materials to be dug in the operation of reclaiming or excavating.

2.69 Bucket Volume- Water level capacity of materials content in terms of volume or geometrical
volume of bucket is referred to as bucket volume. With the ring volume added to the geometrical
volume of bucket is termed as nominal volume of bucket.

2.70 Bucket Wheel- A circular shaped sturdy frame having required number of buckets fitted at
equal spacings along outer periphery, constitutes a main element for digging operation.

2.71 Bucket Wheel Drive - Bucket wheel is hydraulic or electric driven. Drive unit, consists of
hydraulic pump motor/electric motor, reduction utiit, fluid coupling, un~iversal coupling with propellt+y
shafts, etc,
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2.72 Bucket Wheel Excavator - A mobile equipment mounted generally on crawler tracks and having
bucket wheel mounted. on luffing and slewable boom for excavating hard soil or consolidated
material.

2.73 Bucket Wheel Reclaimer- A mobile equipment having bucket wheel mounted on boom or
bridge carriage as a main element for reclaiming bulk materials from stock pile. See a/so ‘Rail
mounted bucket wheel bocm reclaimer’ and ‘Rotary bucket wheel reclaimer’.

2.74 Bucket-Wheel Shaft-The shaft on one end of wh~ich is mounted the bucket wheel and on
other end the-drive unit and itself supported on two pillow blocks across the boom at its head end.

2.75 Buffer-A cushion-device fitted on the front or rear end of mobile equipment to absorb the
shock load in case of collision.

2.76 Buffering -This function providing sufficient reserve of blended raw materials to guarantee
the continuous operation of the processing plant under all normal circumstances.

2.77 Buffer Stand - A vertical stand fitted with cushion pad with spring or wood on any resilient
material, generally erected/fixed at the end of track against which the buffer fitted on mobile
equipment collide and set the equipment at dead rest without much Jerk.

2.78 Bypass- A phenomenon to divert the incoming material from the normal direction of the flow
keeping the operation of the machine for which the material was brought in abeyance.

2.79 Bypass Arrangement - Coordinated assembly to bypass the incoming material.

2.80 Bypass Chute - The chute by means of which the incoming material is diverted or bypassed to
desired direction.

2.81 Cabin Adjustment Actuator - An electro-mechanical device or hydraulic device -which adjust
the cabin position always in horizontal position, irrespective of the boom position while luffing.

2.82 Cabin Controls - Means of operating the reclaimer, stacker or machine alike from a cabin
mounted on the machine at most servelient point.

2.83 Cabin Stabilization -The method by which the operator’s cabin mounted on boom is kept
stabilized in horizontal plans irrespective Of pOSitiOn in luffing operation.

2.34 Cab/e - Power supply to the mobile machine is usually effected via a cable reel with a trailling
cable.

2.85 Cable Reel Drum - Cable reel drum is used to take the power supply or control cables by being
wound or unwound on it, for feeding power and control supply to the mobile machine/equipment.

2.86 Cab/e Winder - A drum on which the multi-core cable is coiled. It may be arranged with
fixed or swivel mounting. The current is transferred to the cable throuyh slip ring.

2.87 Car Loader - Portable or hinged type of conveyor for loading bulk materials into box cars.

2.88 Carriage -A sturdy fabricated frame intended to support all equipmenT such as s(ewing
structures, boom, etc.
In case of bridge type bucket wheel reclaimer, it supports the digging wheel,
rake, etc, and is driven at preset traverse speed.

2.89 CCR Drive - The driving unit for control cable reel to wind and unwind the cable at preset
speed.

2.90 Ce//-less Type Bucket Wheel- In such bucket wheel the buckets are mounted on the outer
ring of the wheel body. The buckets have open bottom towards the ring cavity and covered by
annular ring chute or back plate attached circumferentially up to the discharge point of the material
from bucket wheel.

2.91 Ce// Type Bucket Wheel -The bucket wheel in which cell-shaped buckets extending right to the
centre of the wheel are mounted. In such bucket wheel height available is not sufficient to transfer
the material sideways on to the boom conveyor.
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2.92 Central Column -The stationary circular Sower of plate construction at the centre of circular/
radial track of radial blending system. done end of stacker and reclaimer bridges are mounted on
the tower and-also the feed conveyor’s discharge end mounted on top of this column.

2.93 Central Hopper- A hopper along the periphery of central column to receive the reclaimed
material by scraper conveyor and discharging the same onto underground reclaim -conveyor.

2.94 Centralized Lubrication -A method of lubrication where the lubricant of grease barrel, pump,
etc, are placed at convenient point of the machine and lubrication is done for all the adjoining and
even farthest points from single such source of lubrication.

2.95 Chevron - A pattern of making homogeneous and thin layered preblending pile generally of
triangular cross-section.

2.96 Chevron Pi/e -The stockpile where the fine and even grain size bulk material is stacked in
numbers of individual layers along the pile length in the form of triangular pile.

2.97 Chevron Stacking -The method of stacking where the material is dumped in large layers with a
stacker travelling along the pile. The stacker, with the boom in a low position and the discharge
point above the middle of pile travels to and fro on the runway between two defined limits, For
every next higher pile the boom is raised to designed height and pile is made by travelling the
stacker along the pile.

2.98 Chute - A fabricated through encloser through which bulk materials are guided and lowered
by gravity.

2.99 Chute Through Turntable - The chute which is mounted on turntable, passes through central
opening of slewing bearing and extends downard up to impact section or impact carriage. This
receives the reclaimed materials from tail discharge of boom belt and transfers the same onto ward
belt resting on impact carriage.

2.100 Circular Pre-B/ending - A system where raw materials of different quality are stockpiled and
reclaimed radially for process plant.

2.101 Circular Rail Track - The track of rail laid with reference to fixed centre and radius to form a
circle. Such track is used for making circular stockpile by radial stacker and pile being reclaimed
by radial reclaimer.

2.102 Circular Stockpile - A stock pile made along a radial track or in a circular form by stacker
travelling along a radial track or by a boom stacker rotating about a central column.

2.103 Circular Roller Ring-A circular ring fitted with set of rollers and mounted on thz central
column, permits the rotational movement for stacker unit in radial blending system.

2.104 Circumferentially Covered Back Plate .- The arc shaped plate fixed to the bucket wheel up to
the discharge point to hold the reclaimed material inside the bucket.

2.105 C/evis- Rear or bottom end of hydraulic cylinder which is connected with the structure of the
machine.

2.106 Codra Lubricator- An automatic device of lubrication which is mounted on the reclaimer
bridge and lubricates the scraper chain rollers at preset intervals passing through it.

2.107 Composing - This is the function of bed blending system consisting of the integration of
number of raw materials with different chemical and/or physical characteristics in such weight propor-
tions that a ~ccmplcted pile represents the required composition.

2.108 Counter Cabin - A cabin equipped with electrical controllers to control the entire machine,
see a/so term ‘Cabin control’.

2.109 Control Cab/e Reel Drum -A cable reel drum which permits the cable ~to be laid for power
supply to control the machine.

2.110 Counter Weight- Predetermined weight used to balance tht, cantilevered or oyerhaung boon!
pr harrowlrack or any such structure or part of a machine,

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2.111 Counterweight Arm - The horizontal distance at which centre of counterweight acts from
centre of machine for optimum stabilization of machine,

2.112 Counterweight Leg - The projected structure from vertical rest of superstructure at the edge of
which the counterweight rests.

2.113 Counterweighted Take-up - A take-up mechanism or device where the adjustment is made
automatically by the potential energy in predetermined weight.

2.114 Coupler-A linkage device which connects trailer or trolley to the main driven machine in
order that the former may move along with the later.

2.115 Coupler Link - A link designed for the connection of coupler.

2.116 Cover Belt (See Fig. ‘t ) -A set of belt covered on the stream of reclaimed material on steep
hook conveyor with pressed idler roller over it to prevent rolling back of reclaimed materials.

ENLARGED SECTION XX

FIG. 1 COVER BELT ( Illustration only)

2.117 Crawler- A set of sturdy roller chain track to support and propel the boom type reclaimer or
exclaimeror excavator machine.

2.118 Crawler Assembly - A crawler track with complete set of chain, track rollers, wheels, frames
and drive unit.

2.119 Crawler Chain - One of a pair of roller chains used to support and propel the machine
mounted on such track - the upper surface providing a track to carry the wheel of the machine and
lower surface providing the continuous ground.

2.120 Cra w/er Mounted - A machine mounted on the crawler chain.

2.121 Crawler Mounted Bucket Wheel Reclaimer - A reclaimer having superstructure with bucket
wheel on its boom head end capable of sl-ewing and luffing and mounted on crawler tracks each
consisting of a series of shoes and links. Controlled and powered from the superstructures.

2.122 Crawler Mounted Excavator - An excavator having a superstructure capable of &wing and
luffing and mounted on crawler tracks each consisting of a series of shoes and links. Controlled
and powered from the superstructure.

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2.123 Crawler Mounted Scraper - A chain scraper having a superstructure and capable of reclahn-
ing material by luffing and mounted on crawler track for mobility and changing direction.

2.124 Crawler Steering Arrangement - Part assembly of crawler which permit the crawler track to
change the direction.

2.125 Crawler Track - The pair of roller chains to support and propel the machine with upper surface
providing a track to carry wheels and lower surface providing continuous ground.

2.126 Crawler Truck -The frame of track laying type to which the track rollers and idlers are
attached.

2.127 CRD Trolley- The trolley mounted on track wheels and attached with the main machine
supports the control reeling drum to supply power for the main machine, such as stacker and stacker-
cum-reclaimer.

2.128 Cutter Speed-The speed of a sample cutter passing through the main stream of material to
collect the sample.

2.129 Cutting Depth - The depth of sickle shaped slice cut of material in digging operation.

2.130 Cutting Edge -The specially designed front lip or edge of bucket confronting the material in
digging operation.

2.131 Cutting Force - Force to over come the cutting resistance acting normal to bucket lip and
tangential to lip circle of bucket wheel in digging operation. This is the product of cutting resistance
of material and total cutting length of the slice.

2.132 Cutting Length ( See Fig. 2) -Total effective length of that part of a bucket edge which
scorps the material slice while digging.

2.133 Cutting Power - The power required to overcome digging force for slice cut of material.

2.134 Cutting Profils- The shape of slice in which material is cut by digging wheel in combination
with its rotation and slewing action.

2.135 Cutting Resistance- The force per unit length of cutting blade or lip in contact with the mate-
rial, th.is force is constant over a wide range for each type of material.

2.136 Cutting Speed- Tangential speed or velocity of buckets along the lip circle in digging
operation.

2.137 Cutting Time -The time taken for individual slice cut of material in digging operation.

2.138 Cutting Width - The width of sickle shaped slice cut off material in digging operation ( as
shown in Fig. 2).

2.136 Cylinder Equalizer - In case of four point support carriage of stacker/reclaimer machine, the
carriage equalization for uneveness of track rail is accomplished by two hydraulic cylinders placed
under the pair of carriage legs on two rails with common hydraulic pump.

2.140 Digging Wheel- See 2.70.

2.141 Disc Feeder - A device consisting of a rotating disc in horizontal plane and with a plough
resting on top surface of disc divert the materials dropping on thedisc from a chute of feed conveyor
to down below on to the stacker conveyor for stockpiling in radial blending system.

2.142 Jlouble Boom Stacker- A linear mobile machine consisting of a pair of boom conveyors on
opposite directions which make the lmear stock pile on both sides along the track alternatively or
simultaneously receiving incoming material from common yard belt conveyor.

2.143 Down Hill-The position of boom conveyor when it is lowered below from its horizontal
position and material is carried on the belt towards gravitation.

2.144 Idle Time - All such time during which the machine is idling to the assigned performance in
each operating cycle and for which due consideration is taken in design to meet the rated average
capacity of the machine.

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VIEW A
Cutting length for a particular position of bucket is given by Sq -!- w, which is same as
S sin ‘p + w for a sharp cornered bucket,
where
69 = slice depth at angle, (p;
w = slice width; and
S = slice depth or advance of the bucket centre.
Average cutting length ‘/m ‘, considering all the buckets engaging the sickle and applying
correction factor for rounded corners of bucket knives;

/Ill = $-IKmS (1 -coscp) +B.cpHl

where
cpH = angle in radians between bottom and top of the cut sickle,
K, = correction factor for rounded knife corner,
H = slice height, and
w = slice width.
FIG. 2 CUTTING LENGTH AND WIDTH

2.145 Drive Base Frame - See 2.148.

2.146 Drive Base Plate - A fabricated and top machined base on which drive units in complete
assembly is mounted for perfect alignment.

2.147 Drive Bogie - A bogie whose all the wheels are connected with drive units imparting travelling
motion.

2.148 Driven Bogie-A bogie whose connected wheels are propelled by those of drive bogie.

2.149 Driven Truck Frame - See 2.146.

2.150 Drive Truck Frame - See 2.147.

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2.151 Drum Type Recr’aimer-A mobile machine having cylindrical drum spanned across the pile and
rail track with number of buckets staggered mounted along the outer periphery of drum to reclaim
the materials. A conveyor mounted inside the drum or by the side of it receives the reclaimed
material from buckets and carry it in the transverse direction of the pile and discharge to a ground
based conveyor along the track.

2.152 Dummy Shaft - A hollow fabricated shaft which is placed in position prior to inserting the
slewing drive pinion shaft in turntable for sake of alignment.

2.153 Eccentric Disc - In harrow reciprocating drive, a disc mounted out of centre on a shaft con-
verting rotary motion to reciprocating motion.

2.154 Eccentric Pin - The pins used to hold the buckets on bucket wheels permitting the buckets
adjustment to maintain uniform lip circle.

2.155 Electric Slewing Drive- A slewing drive by means of electric motor.

2.156 Electric Mechancial Actuator - A device which gives actuating motion through the combina-
tion of electric motor and mechanical elements.

2.157 End Carriage - Structures supporting the ends of the reclaimer bridge which in term is
supported on single or multiwheel bogie travelling on rail track.

2.158 End Cones- In process of making stockpile, the bulk material at ends of pile forms the &tape
of inverted semicircular cone at its natural angle of repose in which volume of material content is
not uniform at difterent cross-section.

2.159 End Frames - The fabricated structure holding both ends of reclaimer bridge and resting on
end carriage or traversing truck frame.

2.160 End Stops -The stands with cushion pads placed at the ends of rail tracks to stop by buffer
action the mobile machine from further movement.

2.161 Equalizer - A mechanical or hydraulic device which compensates/equalizes movements Of

forces.

2.162 External Gear Rim - A gear cut along the outer periphery of slewing bearing to slew the boon
in mesh with pinion with required reduction in slewing speed.

2.163 Feeder Conveyor -A short belt conveyor mounted across the boom t0 transfer the reclaimed
material on to the boom belt, receiving from bucket wheel discharge zone, in case the direction
discharge slope from bucket wheel to boom bett is not available.

2.164 Festooned Cables- Means of supplying electric current to carriage traversing On bridge
girder for runways of limited length on straight tracks, through the medium of flexible cables running
parallel with the track. The flexible cable is suspended from a light auxiliary track or taut wire and
the festooning is taken up as the carriage travels away from the fixed end of the cable.

2.165 First-in First-Out- When reclaiming Of the pile is started from the edge that has been et the
beginning of stock piling.

2.166 First-in Last-Out- When the reclaiming Of the pile is started from the edge that has been et
the end of stock piling.

2 .I 67 Flanged Wheel - A travelling wheel with single or double flange(s) On Outer periphery to
act as guide on the rail track.

2.168 Flat Top Harrow - A harrow having its top structure flattened in Order t0 approach the entire
top area of radial stockpile while agitating the cross-sectional pile surface with reciprdceting motion,

2.169 Fleeting Sheave - A sheave that floats axially with the rope to provide a fair lead into a
winch drum.

2.176 Flexible Coupling - A mechanical device that.connects two shafts to transmit torque without
slip accommodating misalignment between axially oriented drrven machine members,
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2.171 Flight - Plane or shaped plates in the form of blades attached at equal spacings with conveyor
chain to push the materials.

2.172 Flight Attachment - The elements assembled to the flights and are used to connect them to
the conveyor chain(s).

2.173 Flight Conveyor- A conveyor comprising one or more endless propelling chain(s) to which
flight are attached to push or drag the materials.

2.174 Flop Gate -A hinged or pivoted fabricated plate operated manually or with remote control to
direct the material flow in selective direction generally in case of bifurcated chute.

2.175 Forward Speed

i) A travelling motion of truck/carriage in forward direction of controlled speed to reclaim
the stockpile at rated capacity of reclaimer.
ii) A travelling speed of stacker truck in forward direction fixed in relation with the tripper/
triller belt speed in the same direction in order to stock the uniform volume of material on
the pile along the pile length.

2.176 Four Point Support- Consists of four independent supports not inter-equalized between each
other although each support independently could consist of one, two or more equalrzed wheels.

2.177 Gantry Cone -A plate fabricated structured in the shape of a cone used as a superstructure
for boom type bucket wheel reclaimer.

2.178 Gear Casing - An encloser around a gear train to protect from dust ingress and retain
lubricants.

2.179 Gear Guard - A covering fully or partly for the safety purpo.se.

2.180 Grade Lime - The base line from which the elevation of various points of machine structures
are referred for measurement.

2.181 Gradient-The rate of incline or decline in terms of degree in the rail track on which stacker
or reclaimer, etc, travels.

2.182 Grizzly - A device made up of bar mesh placed below discharge point for coarse screening or
scalping of bulk material.

2.183 Ground Contact Area - Area of crawler track in contact with the ground which depends on
foad, penetration, ground material, etc.

2.184 Ground Load- Load out of dead weight of machine structures or dynamic force of its opsra-
tion being transferred onto the foundation through anchorage.

2.185 Ground Pressure-The weight or load of a machine per unit area bf ground contact.

2.186 -Guide Angle - A device made up of angle section or fabricated channel shape and hung from
reclaimer bridge supports and also guide the chain rollers of scraper chain conveyor.

2.187 Hand Winch - A worm wheel type winch operated manually for harrow hoisting.

2.188 Harrow- A set of fabricated frame projected below the reclaimer bridge to hold guide angle
or channel track through which scraper conveyor chain moves in the set direction.

2,186 Harrow - A structural frame work suitably sized/shaped for given pile dimensions and fitted
with steel spikes, is used for agitating the transverse face Of pile wrth traverse or reciprocatrng
motion for all bridge type reclaimer.

2.166 Harrow Base-The bottom structural part Of harrow which is connected with reclaimer bridge
vvith hinged connection,
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.2.191 Harrow Frame - The structure which links the harrow with travelling carriage on reclaimer
bridge with hinged connection.

2.192 Harrow Reciprocation - Harrow mounted at the side of reclaimer bridge on guide shaft with
roller~achieves reciprocating motion across the pile face-through reciprocating drive unit.

2.193 Harrow Spikes - See 2.195.

2.194 Harrow Structure -The fabricated body of harrow on which spikes are fitted.

2.195 Harrow Teeth - Set of sized steel rods or barstitted at the face of harrow structure project-
ing downwards to agitate the pile surface.

2.196 Harrow Travel- Harrow mounted on travelling carriage (harrow wagon) gets travelling
motion across the pile face.

2.197 Harrow Travel Speed- The travelling speed of the carriage at which harrow moves across
the -pile.

2.198 Harrow Wagon - A travelling carriage on which a pair of harrow is mounted through frame
structure and imparts motion to the harrow by its travelling to and fro over the reclaimer bridge.
Also supports the pylon through which rope winch mechanism is operated for harrow hoisting.

2.199 Head Discharge- Discharge of material taking place at head end (pulley) from boom
conveyor.

2.200 Head End- The farthest end of the cantilevered boom structure at which conveyor pulley,
bucket wheel, drive unit of bucket wheels, etc, are mounted.

2.201 Head Room - The vertical distance needed to make possible a workable arrangement of a
specified piece of equipment or portion thereof on machinery floor.

2;202 Head Sprocket-Any sprocket mounted on driving shaft for scraper chain conveyor.

2.203 Height of Pile - The vertical distance of pile top from bed or ground level on which pile is
stacked.

2.204 Hinged Boom - When the tail end of the boom is supported on the pivoted or hinged bracket.
On the turntable or machine body.

2.205 Hinged Joint Type Chain - A chain made up of links with a hinge type joint.

2.206 Hinged Support - When the cantilevered structure such as boom, harrow, etc, are supported on
one end with the bracket with pin connection.

2.207 Hoist - Pneumatic, hydraulic or rope winch type luffing arrangement for boom or harrow, etc.

2.208 Hoist Device - Wire rope winch mechanism, hydraulic cylinder, etc, giving hoisting motion to
boom or harrow.

2.209 Hoisting-The motion of lifting or lowering of boom, stacker conveyor or harrow in vertical
plane by means of hydraulic cylinder or rope winch mechanism.

2.210 Homogenizing - In preblending system pile surface is stirred with harrow spikes then reclaim-
ed by scraper conveyor or bucket wheel consequently the material of different quality get mixed
which is termed as homogenizing.

2.211 Hopper-A short of container with wide top and narrowed bottom to receive material of
different quality get mixed which is termed as homogenizing.

2.212 Hopper Car- A mobile equipment consisting of a hopper body mounted on carriage receives
reclaimed bulk material from pay loader, shovel or boom conveyor and loads on to yard belt placed
under its carriage,
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2.213 Hurricane Anchor - Used for anchoring a mobile machine to the ground at a predetermined
location by means of either guy ropes or mechanical devices in the eventuality of critical high velocity
winds.

2.214 Hydraulic Bucket Wheel Drive - Where the bucket wheel is driven through hydraulic motor,
pump, etc.

2.215 Hydraulic Cylinder for Cabin Stabilization - When the cabin is kept horizontal irrespe-ctive of
boom position through hydraulic cylinder.

2.216 Hydraulic Cylinder for Skirt Lifting -When the tail skirt on boom conveyor is lifted to pass
out the reclaimed material through hydraulic cylinder.

2.217 Hydraulic Drive - A drive through hydraulic motor and pump.

2.218 Hydraulic Lifting Mechanism -The device where liquid pressure is applied for luffing the
boom, harrow, etc, such as hydraulic cylinder.

2.219 Hydraulic Luffing - When a cantilevered structure or boom with one end hinged or pivoted
is rotated up and down in vertical plane by means of hydraulic cylinder(s) is referred to as hydraulic
luffing.

2.220 Hydraulic Slewing Drive -- Where the boom slewing operation is achieved through hydraulic
motor, pump, etc.

2.221 Impact Carriage - Normally used with all reclaiming equipment and consists of a separate
structural frame fitted with rubberized impact idlers and intended for the protection of belting (on
long yard conveyor) against direct impact and avoiding spillage in course of such material transfer.

2.222 Impact Section - See 2.221.

2.223 Inner Ring - Inside ring of slewing bearing.

2.224 Interlocking Control- A system of electrical remote control which starts and stops the various
drives of different components of the machine in predetermined sequence.

2.225 Intermediate Conveyor- A loop conveyor introduced in boom type reversible reclaimer to
transfer the incoming material from yard belt on to the boom conveyor for stacking and remains
idler in case of reclaiming when yard belt is reversed tocarry the reclaimed material.

2,226 Intermediate Drive Shaft - A drive shaft mounted on truck frame in between two wheels and
drive the wheels through a pinion mounted on it and in mesh with gear rims fitted on driven wheels.

2.227 Internal Gear Rim - Slewing bearing consisting of inner rim with gear teeth along its
periphery.

2.228 Jack - An adjusting support with levelling feature.

2.229 Jack Shaft - A secondary or intermediate shaft supported on independent bearings and pillow
blocks and placed between drive shaft of carriage, etc, and the source of power.

2.230 Jib - A structure mounted with pivoted bracket on superstructure connects the boom through
bale suspension and held the counterweight on other end for balancing the boom.

2.231 Jib Bracket-Pivoted or hinged bracket on through which jib is mounted on superstructure.

2.232 Jogging - The quickly repeated closure of an electric circuit to start a motor from rest for the
purpose of accomplishing small movements of the driven machine.

2.233 Keeper Plate -A plate used to retain the pin, sprocket, hub, etc, from shifting against lateral
force.

2.234 Lagging Chain l%X3Per -In series the preceding chain conveyor which reclaims !he materig
from pile and pushes it to the regch Qf succeeding one for on-ward scraping.
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2.235 Lagging Chain Conveyor - See 2.234.

2.236 Leading Chain Conveyor - See 2.234.

2.237 Leading Chain Scraper- In portal type reclaimer, the chain scraper which drags the material
brought in its reach by preceding chain scraper and discharges on to the ground based conveyor at
one side along the track.

2.236 Length of Boom -Total length of the boom measured along its axis from center line of bucket
wheel/discharge pulley to its articulated/support at the tail end.

2.239 Level Indicator- An etectric or electronic device to control the pile height as well as to ensure
a safe distance between the stacker boom and top pile~in course of stock piling.

2.240 Level Luffing -A luffing motion during which the boom, stacker conveyor or harrow is
maintained at a constant height during its operation.

2.241 Liftable Skirt Board-The skirt board at tail end of boom conveyor subject to lifting for
passing out reclaimed material for tail discharge.

2.242 Lifting Power - Power required to lift the material from bottom digging zone up to the final
discharge point by the digging wheel.

2.243 Lifting Mechanism --The device, be it hydraulic cylinder, rope winch, etc, to effect the lifting
of boom or harrow.

2,244 Lifting Tackle -Various elements, namely sheaves, pulley blocks, pins, thimbles, etc, that
constitute the parts of rope winch luffing mechanism for harrow or boom hoisting.

2.245 Lifting Work-The amount of work done in lifting the material from bottom digging zone up
to the discharge point by the digging wheel.

2246 Lip Circle - The periphery generated by lip radius of bucket wheel.

2.247 Lip Diameter-The distance between two bucket lips measuring through the cemtre of
bucket wheel.

2.248 Lip of Bucket -The front edge of bucket used for cutting the material.

2.249 Lip Radius-The distance of any bucket lip from centre of bucket wheel.

2.250 Lip Speed - The tangential speed of bucket wheel along its lip circle.

2.251 Linear Blender-The bridge type scraper reclaimer travelling on linear track for blending
( see 2.337 ).

2.252 Linear B/ending-The process in which the linear pile of several layer of different material
composition is agitated by harrow across the triangular cross-sectional surface and reclaimed by
scraper chain canveyor mounted on the bridge and travelling on the two rails each laid along the
outer edges of the triangular pile.

2.253 Linear Pile - See 2.257.

2,254 Linear Rail Track - Rail tracks laid in straight line for stacker or reclaimer travelling on it.

2.255 Linear Speed-Carriage, bogie, etc, traVelling On rail track at predetermined speed is referred
to as linear speed.

2.256 Linear Stacker - Single or double boom stacker travelling on straight rail track used to stock_
pile the bulk material along the track.

2.257 Linear Stacking - Stockpiling of bulk material in triangUhr cross-section in a straight ling
pgrallel to rail track by travellmg type boom stacker.
2.25% Linear Plate - Removable plate of abrassion resistance lines on abrassion prone area of chute
plate or back plate to protect the mother plate from wear-ing fast.

2.259 Lubrication -The process of greasing the wear prone surfaces of various parts of the machine
either by group or centralized lubrication method.

2.260 Luffing -Angular movement of boom, stacker conveyor or harrow in ~a vertical plane.

2.261 Luffing Angle - The inclined position of the stacker conveyor (boom) at which it is kept to
stack the material.

2.262 Luffing Conveyor -The cantilevered belt conveyor hinged at tail end and hoisted up and down
from its horizontal position in vertical axis to stockpile the bulk material.

2.263 Luffing Hoist - Hydraulic or rope winch device used to rotate the stacker conveyor ( boom)
in upward or downward direction from~horizontal position in vertical plane.

2.264 Luffing Range - The angle between two extreme inclined position of the stacker conveyor
with respect to its horizontal position when it is hoisted.

2.265 Maintenance Speed- The speed at which the machine travels or is moved to reach parking
place for maintenance. This speed is generally higher than the operational speed.

2.266 Manual Rail Clamp -- A mechanical device fitted w~ith travelling bogie or truck to hold the
track rail being operated by handwheel.

2.267 Maximum Angle of Inclination - Permissible limit of boom conveyor inclination beyond
which rolling back of bulk material takes place while stacking.

2.268 Maximum Lip Speed- Permissible limit of peripheral speed of bucket wheel beyond which
the material in bucket may be thrown beyond the discharge-passage in wheel causing spillage over
the structure.

2.269 Maximum Number of Bucket Discharge -The permissible limit over which the bucket may
pass over the discharge zone before the material content inside the bucket may be fully emptied.
Such limit varies from material to material in digging operation.

2.270 Neoprene Buffer- The buffer made of neoprene material.

2.271 Nominal Volume of Bucket - The theoretical volume of material inside the bucket and in the
ring space of bucket wheel.

2.272 Non-Drive Bogie - The bogie whose connected set of traversing wheel(s) is( are) propelled
by the wheel( s) of drive bogie.

2.273 Non-Driven Axle - See 2.274.

2.274 Non-Driven Shaft-The shaft of wheel fitted with non-driven bogie.

2.275 Non-Driven Bogie - See 2.272.

2.276 Non-Driven Truck Frame - See 2.272.

2.277 Non-Driven Wheels - Set of traversing or travelling wheel(s) those are fitted with non-driven
bogie.

2.278 Non-Drive Truck Frame - See 2.272.

2.279 Non-Operating Wind- Wind at high velocity during which the mobile equipment is not
operated for safety reasons.

2.280 Open Gear- Auxiliary gear mounted on traversing wheel shaft or on winch shaft for further
reduction of speed already accomplished by reducer in the sequence.

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2.281 Open Gear Ratio - The amount of reduction in speed by the use of a pair of open ~gears.

2.282 Operating Wind Velocity - The range of wind velocity up to which the equipment is permitted
for operational and due consideration of pressure arising out of such wind velocity is taken into
account in design of machine structure and driving components.

2.203 Operational Speed - Predetermined and controlled movement of carriage, bridge or bogie on
rail track when the machine is operated to reclaim the material from pile.

2.284 Operator’s Cabin - Straitegically mounted on the equipment for equipment control from a
centralized location to enable the operator to coordinate machine operation along with signals from
other ground based equipment in the total system.

2.285 Outer Ring - The circular plate work on the outer face of the bucket wheel which makes the
room for material inside bucket till it reaches the discharge spot.

2.286 Output Pinion - Pinion mounted on reduced output shaft for power transmission.

2.207 Overload Release - Amechanism of electrical equipment to disconnect driven component from
motive force in case of overload on digging wheel, harrow, scraper conveyor, etc.

2.28% Pad (Shoe or Plate) - Ground contact part of crawler type track.

2.289 Paddle - Constructed of steel and suitably lined blades constitutes the major rotating and
reclaiming element on underground reclaiming equipment.

2290 Paddle Feeder- An underground reclaiming equipment consisting of truck carriage for its
mobility on rail track and paddles as reclaiming element. Rotating set of paddles extract the material
from longitudinal slot of the hopper along the track and feed the material on to the underground
conveyor belt passing over impact section fitted with the machine underneath.

2.291 Pass - A working trip of passage of digging wheel across the stockpile face, in case of rotary
type bridge reclaimer.

2.292 Pay Loader - A crawler mounted earth moving equipment consisting of a picking bucket
and link mechanism to pick up recommended quantity of material and load it on to the hopper car,
etc.

2.293 Permissible Slewing Speed - The maximum speed of boom slewing. in relation with the
predetermined bucket wheel lip speed up to which the material content in each sickle cut by bucket
wheel may remain consistent in view of uniform reclaim capacity.

2.294 Pillow Block-A bearing block or housing with flat mounting surface to accommodate and
guide the bearing and transfer the load through anchorage.

2.295 Pivot Bracket - A hinge support.

2.296 Planetary Drive - A gear drive consisting of a ring gear, a set of planet gears and a sun
gear generally used for ~digging wheel drive.

2.297 Plow - See 2.209.

2,296 Plow Feeder - See 2.290.

2.299 Plummer Block - See 2.294.

2.300 Portal Scraper -The equipment consists of a portal as a main body spanned across the
stockpile. Portal supports one or two chain scraper for reclaiming the pile from its surface. Both
ends of portal are mounted on bogies travelling on rail tracks for the portal movement.

2.301 Portal Type Scraper Reclaimer - See 2.300.

2.302 Power Pack Hydraulic - A hydraulic package unit consisting of hydraulic motor, pump,
container valve and other accessories for hydraulic drive.

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2.303 Power Pack Electrical

2.304 P/e-Blending - A combined function of stockpiling the incoming material of different composi-
tion in layers.

2.305 Pre-Blending System -An arrangement of feeding and stacking operation in sequence for
pre-blending.

2.306 Primary Sampler - The sampling device used to analyse the incoming material of stockpile for
pre-blending system.

2.307 Propeller Shaft -A drive shaft that connects the gear box mounted on digging wheel shaft
to prime mover mounted at a distance on boom structure in non-axial plane or at different level with
the help of universal coupling.

2.308 Pylon -A vertical structure on harrow wagon or travelling carriage on which rope winch
assembly is mounted for harrow hoist.

2.309 Rack and Pinion Gate - A gate fitted under reclaim hopper having gate plate operated by
means of a rack and pinion gear set to adjust the bottom opening of hopper for controlled flow of
material on to the reclaim conveyor.

2.310 Radial Blending - Combined function of stockpiling the material of different composition in
layers by radial stacker and reclaimed from the stockpile across cross-sectional surface by scraper
reclaimer in combination with harrow or rake.

2.311 Radial Rail Track - Rail laid along the specified outer periphery of circular pile with reference
to central column on which the radial stacker or reclaimer travels for desired operation.

2.312 Radial Stacker - The machine having a boom conveyor mounted on a superstructure capable
of slewing around a fixed central column and stockpiling the material in a circular form or triangular
cross-section.

2.313 Radial Stacking - The function of stockpiling the material in circular shape by radial stacker.

2.314 Rail Centres - The extact distance between centre lines of pair of rails of a track.

2.3315 Rail Clamp - A manually, -electrically or electro-hydraulically operated device to clamp the
equipment to rails during high wind. The electrically opmerated rail clamps can sometimes be ~made
operable by direct signals from the anemometer.
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2.316 Rail Cleaners - See 2.326.

2.317 Rail Fixtures - ~lnsert plates, holding plates, anchorage, etc, by which rail bottom is anchored
with track foundation.

2.318 Rail Foundation - Ballasted or fully concrete work on which rail track is laid.

2.319 Rail Cap - The space between two rail edge in a track which is kept to cater for linear thermal
expansion.

2.320 Rail Misalignment - Deviations from the specified dimensions of track with respect to verti-
cally or parallelity of the rails.

2.321 Rail Mounted Bucket Wheel Boom Reclaimer - A reclaimer having a -boom conveyor mounted
on superstructure capable of slew~ing in either direction. Superstructure consisting of vertical -mast
(tower), jib and counterweight, etc, supported on under carriage of truck wheels. A bucket wheel
mounted at head end reclaims the materials by slewing and luffing action of boom from stockpile on
either sides of rail track.

2.322 Rail Mounted Double Boom Stacker -A stacker similar to 2.385 but having two boom
conveyors and capable to create stockpile on either sides of track length.

2.323 Rail Mounted Single Boom Stacker - A stacker having a boom conveyor mounted on struc-
ture in a direction perpendicular to rail track and a carriage of wheel trucks capable to create

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triangular stockpile on one side of track length by means of boom luffing and travelling to and fro on
the rail track.

2.324 Rail Mounted Slewing Boom Stacker - A stacker having a boom conveyor mounted on a
superstructure capable of slewing in either direction of rail track and mounted on a carriage of wheel
track, treat trapezoidal pile on either sides on rail track length by means of boom luffing and
slewing and travelling to and fro on the rail track.

2.325 Rail Stop - A stop mounted at the ends of rail track of mobile equipment to stop the travelling
wheels from further movement.

2.326 Rail Sweep - A device attached with front and rear bogies of mobile machine to clean the
rail for smooth travel of wheels.

2.327 Rail Track - Parallel rails laid at specified centre distance of gauge along the length of stock
pile on which the mobile stacker reclaimer, etc, travel for designed operation.

2.328 Rater ( Raka ) - See 2.189.

2.329 Raking Carriage - See 2.198.

2.330 Raking Face -The bottom surface of a rake fitted with spikes in contact with materials
while stirring the cross-sectional surface of the pile with traversing or reciprocating motion.

2.331 Raking Wheels - A set of wheels under the raking carriage to travel on a rail track to provide
motion to the rake.

2.332 Reclaimer - A equipment capable of reclaiming material from stockpile by means of bucket
wheel/scraper/drum or any other device as its main reclaiming element.

2.333 Reclaiming Conveyor ---A belt conveyor mounted~on bridge, drum, underground or ground
based to carry reclaimed material from bucket wheel, bucket drum or scraper conveyor and discharge
to a further location along the system.

2.334 Reclaiming Equipment - An equipment capable of reclaiming material from storage.

2.335 Reclaimer Hopper- An underground hopper to receive reclaimed material and guide its flow
on to underground reclaim conveyor.

2.336 Reclaimer Bridge -A latticed or box constructed frame spanned across the stockpile
. supporting chain scraper together with harrow or bucket wheel with harrow to reclaim the pile.

2.337 Reclaiming Capacity -. The volumetric capacity of reclaiming equipment is the quantity of
material in terms of volume a reclaiming equipment is rated to reclaim from a defined pile in an
hourly period.

2.336 Reduced - See 2.392.

2.339 Regenerative Drive -A drive when the operation of conveyor results in power being produced
and absorbed by prime mover.

2.340 Regulating Gate - A gate fitted below the reclaim hopper or bypass hopper to vary size of
opening in order to control the flow of material through the hopper bottom opening.

2.341 Reversible Stacker-cum-Reclaimer - A combined stacker and reclaimer machine used in

conjuction with a bidirectional yard conveyor permitting the reclaimed material to be conveyed
back in the same direction from which it was initially brought for stockpiling.

2.342 Ring Space - Space available below the bottomless bucket covered by backing plate inside
the outer ring of cell-less bucket wheel.

2.343 Ring Volume - Material content held by backing plate inside ring space in the cell-less
bucket wheel.

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2.344 Rollers Guide - Set of rollers fitted with brackets capable to guide the movement of bogie,
harrow or bucket wheel on bridge carriage.

2.345 Roller %uide Bracket - An attachment fitted with truck harrow or carriage frame to hold or
support the rollers for guided movement.

2.346 Rope Equalizer- A device which offset the difference of stretches in two parallel running
ropes employed for harrow or ~boom hoisting.

2.347 Rope Pulley Support - A fabricated construction to mount the rope sheaves.

2.348 Rope Type Raker- A raker or harrow having spike-edges connected with tar steel ropes in
longitudinal direction of pile surface such that with the movement of raker, the tar steel ropes wipe
the material on the pile surface dropping the material to-the root of pile for reclaiming.

2.349 Rope Winch Mechanism - A device in which a set of wire rope passing Over set of sheaves
is connected with boom or harrow and wrapped round a grooved or plain drum. The drum is driven
through a prime mover and reduction units and rope being wound or unwound over the drum impact
the movement to the boom or harrow in vertical plane for hoisting operation.

2.350 Rotary Plate Feeder - See 2.141.

2.351 Rotary Plow Feeder - See 2.290.

2.352 Rotary Reclaimer - A reclaimer having a large bucket wheel capable to rotate around a bridge
spanned across the stock pile and mounted on two end carriages of truck wheels on rail tracks laid
along the length of outer edges of pile. Bucket wheel and harrow together mounted on a traversing
carriage on the bridge length, reclaim the pile and discharge the material on a reclaim belt conveyor
mounted on the bridge which carry the material in transverse direction of the pile and discharge onto
the ground based conveyor by the side of track.

2.353 Rotating Cone - A plated construction of conicla shape constituting as the superstructure of
digging wheel boom reclaimer capable to rotate in either directions on slewing bearing for digging
1 reclaiming ) or operation.

2.354 Rotating Chute - A chute rigidly attached with stacker boom and mounted on a carriage
frame fitted with rollers capable to rotate along with -stacker boom on a circular rail track around
central column, such that the chute receive the materials from feed conveyor and transfer on to
stacker conveyor for stockpiling.

2.355 Safety Ladder- A ladder provided with safety cage to climb on high level platform of an
equipment.

2.356 Sampler - A device having a reciprocating cutter element for periodically collecting samples
from main stream of material flow to analyze the chemical composition of materials incoming to or
outgoing from a pile.

2.357 Scraper Bridge - A plate, box or latticed construction spanned over the cross-section of
stockpile supporting chain scraper for reclaimation.

2.358 Scraper Reclaimer- A portal or bridge type reclaimer having chain scraper as a main reclaim-
ing element.

2.359 Scraper Teeth - Set of teeth made of hardened material fixed on either side edges off scraper
blades to loosen the materials on the root of the pile for easy scrapping.

2.360 Screw-Cage -Reclaimer - A mobile machine comprising essentially of a latticed, tubular

structure carrying the buckets arranged in the form of a screw with reclaiming operations covering
the entire width of the stockpile through a cross conveyor mounted on the machine.

2.361 Sectional Stacking - The operation in which a rail mounted slewing stacker create a stock-
pile covering the entire width of trapezoidal cross-section from one end to the other along the track
length.

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2.362 Semi-Cell Type Bucket Wheel - ffuckets, with back open, are mounted on outer edge of the
wheel and a radial guide plate on the inside of the wheel is connected to the back of the buckets.
The inside of the wheel has a conical shape in order to convey the material on to the boom conveyor
belt.

2.363 Semi Portal -An inclined portal with the end resting on a set of truck frames mounted on
one rail near the base of pile and other end resting on set of truck frames mounted on an adjacent
rail a level higher than the top of pile and does not completely encompass the traverse dimensions
of the stockpile.

2.364 Semi-Portal Scraper- An equipment having chain scraper supported on semi-portal for
reclaimation of a pile.

2.365 Service Factor - The amount by which rating of unit is reduced to compensate for increased
service requirement over the rated condition.

2.366 Ship Loader -A rail mounted travelling portal type machine having a cantilevered shuttle
stationary conveyor for loading or trimming of vessels or ship holds.

2.367 Shuttle Conveyor - A belt conveyor in a self contained structure capable of travelling to and
fro in defined range of rail track mounted on wagon loader structure for loading the rake of wagons.

2.366 Side Scraper - A~chain scraper that reclaim the material from one side surface of a stockpile.

2.369 Single Boom Stacker - A stacker machine having one boom conveyor capable -of luffing
(and slewing in case of slewing stacker) to create stockpile.

2.370 Skip Width Chain - A chain having one row of links.

2.371 Skip Hoist ( inclined/Vertical) - An equipment with multiwheeled bucket or car operating
up and down a definits path, through wire rope receiving and discharging bulk material on an
inclined/vertical track carved at the top to tip and empty the skip automatically for loading or
stacking piling.

2.372 Skirt Board - A plate construction to form a trough guide on receiving loading zone of a
conveyor to guide the stream of material.

2.373 Slewing Angle - Amount of angular displacement of the boom (along with digging wheel )
in horizontal plane in either direction with respect to centre line of rail track or crawler track.

2.374 Slewing Arrangement- Clamp or king pin and roller or geared slewing bearing design to
permit the slewing of a boom or an entire superstructure subject to slewing.

2.375 Slewing Bearing Gear Rim - A slewing ring bearing with gear rim fitted on its external or
~internal face to get engaged with driving pinion for slewing motion of the superstructure.

2.376 Slewing Boom -A boom supported on and suspended from a superstructure subject to
slewing in its horizontal plane.

2.377 Slewing Drive - Means of driving slewing arrangement such as electric motor in combination
with reduction unit or hydraulic pump motor.

2.37% Slewing Radius -See 2.50.

2.379 Slewing Range - Pre-determined amount of angular displacement in horizontal plane that the
boom ( along with digging wheel) undertakes in either direction with respect to centre line of rail or
crawler track.

2.380 Slewing Ring - The circular ring fitted with rollers or antifriction bearing on which one end
of boom, stacker portal or reclaimer bridge is mounted for slewing movement.

2.381 Slewing Ring Bearing - A large circular ring fitted with row(s) of ball or roller bearing
that supports the superstructure permitting slewing movement.

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2.382 Slewing Speed- The speed at which the boom (along with digging wheel) rotates in
horizontal plane.

2.383 Slewing Stacker- A stacker having a boom conveyor mounted on slewing structure capable
of rotating in either direction of rail track ( in case of rail mounted) or of rotating all around the
vertical axis of the stacking structure ( in case of fixed ground-mounted ) to create linear trapezoidal
or circular conical stockpile.

2.384 Slewing Structure - A sturdy structure accommodating boom, counter-weight, tower, luffing
hoist, etc, capable of slewing through a pre-determined arc (in either direction) by means of a
power drive unit driving the slewing arrangement.

2.385 Sliding Base -A support providing controlled movement.

2.386 Slide Gate - A type of gate in which the gate plate slides in guides to adjust the hopper
opening for controlled flow of material.

2.387 Slide Ring for Portal - A circular ring fitted with guide rollers mounted along the periphery
of central column through which one end-of portal is supported on column for its radial movement.

2.380 Slide Ring for Scraper - Similar to 2.357 except that the scraper bridge is mounted through
it for radial movement.

2.389 Slinger- A device mounted at the bottom of the discharge chute to permit high speed
aligning of material and maximum loading in-a ship, specially in case of handling relatively low
density material like coal.

2.390 Slope - The inclination or angle at which the cross-sectional face of pile stay while being
reclaimed. Also the rate of incline or decline in terms of degrees from the horizontal or percentage
rise from horizontal for a rail track or pile bed in a yard.

2.391 Span - Length of the bridge or portal encompassing across the pile to be mounted on the
parallel rails close to outer edges of the pile base.

~2.392 Speed Reducer-A power transmission mechanism designed to provide either a constant or
variable speed for the driven equipment less than that of prime mover. Normally totally enclosed
for lubrication and prevention of entry of foreign material.

2.393 Spring Take-up - A take-up mechanism where adjustments are made automatically by the
potential energy of spring.

2.394 Sprocket -A wheel with suitably shaped and spaced kegs or teeth on its circumference to
engage with the link of a chain.

2.395 Sprocket Ratio - The ratio between number of teeth of driven and driving sprockets
respectively and indicating the change of speed existing through a chain drive.

2.396 Stability Factor- A ratio of the stabilizing moment and the overturning moment for any given
equipment.

2.397 Stable Slope - The condition of cross-sectional surface of a stock pile where the materials
stay firm even at higher slope than natural angles of repose -in case of cascating underneath by
digging wheel.

2.398 Stacker - The mobile equipment that creates the pile ~of bulk materials (see a/so 2.256
and 2.312).

2.399 Stacker Conveyor - A belt conveyor mounted on boom capable of luffing and slewing and
creating stockpi le.

2.400 Stacker Portal- The portal supporting the stacker conveyor for creating stockpile.

2.401 Stacking - PrQcess of stockpiling the material by lineqr qr radial stacker (see also ?.25(i
and 2.312 ).

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2.402 Stack Rate - A combined stacking and reclaiming machine comprising two separate booms -
one with chain and flights for reclaiming and the other a conveyor boom for stacking - all mounted
on a comrr.on carriage supported on wheeled track running on rail track along the stockpile.

2.403 Starting Time - Duraticn of time taken by a driven component of an equipmenr to pick up
its full running speed.

2.404 Steep Conveyor with Cover Belt - See 2.116.

2.405 Stringers - The longitudinal supporting members normally of angle or channel sections for
idlers mounting between the head and tail terminal supports of a conveyor.

2.406 Superstructure - A set of sturdy structured construction consisting of veritcal tower, job,
counterweight, etc, and supported on under carriage through rotating ~element ( slewing bearing ).

2.407 Support for Disc Feeder - A ring with roller, etc, mounted along the periphery of central
column supporting the disc plate for its rotation in horizontal plane,

2.408 Surge Hopper - A properly shaped container to receive surge flow of material and pass it on
to succeeding element of an equipment.

2.409 Suspension - The state in which the boom or harrow is held at certain angle against gravity
by a counter balancing weight through bale ropes or strut ties.

2.410 Swivel Leg -The bracket fitted with ball and socket or cup and cone through which the
stacker portal or reclaimer bridge is mounted on truck carriage to cater for radial thrust and help
maintain radial movement.

2.411 Table Diameter - The diametrical divension of the circular horizontal disc plate of table
(disc ) feeder.

2.412 Tail Discharge - Material transfer taking place at tail pulley of boom canveyor being reversed
when r&claiming.

2.413 Tail Drive - Drive unit connected to the shaft of tail pulley of boom conveyor,

2.414 Tail Shafts- The shaft supporting tail pulley or sprockets of boom conveyor, reclaim
conveyor chain scraper.

2.415 TailSkirt Board- Skirt board fitted at tail end of boom conveyor.

2.416 Tail Sprockets- Sprockets mounted on tail shaft of chain scraper.

2.417 Teeth - See 2.63 and 2.359.

2.418 Telescopic Chute - Consists of a number of collapsable square or circular tubular members
which are liftable or made collapsable by means of a rope hoist, commonly used for stacking equip-
ment and shiploaders to minimize dust nuisance.

2.419 Torque Arm Drive - A type of drive incorporating a shaft mounted gear box ( speed reduced )
in which the developed torque is resisted by a pivoted connecting link between the gear box and a
fixed anchor point on structure or frame.

2.420 Tow-Bar- Interconnecting element between a driven and a non-driven Equipment such as
between stacker/reclaimer and its trailer tripper.

2.421 Tower-The vertical structure of box or latticed consPuction forming the part of super-
structure and resting on turn@!& supports the jib and counterweight fqr balancing cantilevered
&orn structure.

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2.423 Trailer ( Tripper ) - Consists of a mobile structure fitted with discharge pulley and a set of
idlers in an inclined disposition, with a main belt of the yard conveyorreeved about the discharge
pulley and a separate bend pulley mounted on the structure. The material on the yard conveyor is
elevated and discharged either to a separate intermediate ( loop) trailer or directly to the boom
conveyor for stock piling. The unit is attached to the main driven machine through interconnecting
tow-bar or coupler to be propelled to and fro on main rail track along with the main machine.

2.424 Trailer ( Tripper) Discharge Chute - A chute that transfer the material from trailer ( tripper)
onto the boom conveyor or stacker conveyor for stockpiling.

2.425 Transfer Car - An independently mobile platform used far relocating stackers, reclaimers or
the like from one oair of rails to another oair of rails tracks to enable rails a aiven stacker or reclai-
mer machine to handle more than one dile. The unit moves (travel ) on shy independent pair of
rails in a direction transverse to the length of the stockpile.

2.426 Transfer Chute - A chute mounted an transfer trolley orienting the material discharge from
yard belt trailer onto the tail end of intermediate conveyor.

2.427 Transfer Trolley - Structure mounted on wheeled truck frames supporting the junction of yard
belt and intermediate ( loop) belt trailers where material is transferred from yard bely to intermediate ,
conveyor belt for onward discharge onto the boom conveyor for stockpiling.

2.428 Trapezoidal Pile - A linear pile of bulk material with wide base and flat top and whose cross-
section is in the shape of a trapezium.

2.429 Traveling Mechanism -A set of mechanical device equipped with,pin,ion and rack or chain
driven by prime mover through speed reduced imparting motion to harrow wagon or trolley for back
and forth travel on rail track.

2.430 Travel Wheels - See 2.432.

2.431 Traverse Drive Unit - A torque arm drive arrangement where one or more traversing wheel(s)
fitted with truck frames or bogies is (are) connected to electric motor through shaft mounted
speed reduced; coupling, brake, etc, for travelling motion on rail track.

In some cases, besides speed reduced, a set of pinion and gear rims are employed to drive the
set of traversing wheels.

2.432 Traverse Wheels - Set of flanged or flanged-less (or flat) wheels fitted with bogies or carri-
page to roll on rail track imparting travelling or traversing motion to carriage or bridge in predefined
path.

2.433 trench - A long-narrow ditch below the base floor or normal grade to lay the power supply
‘cables.

2.434 Triangular Harrow-A harrow structure made in triangular shape to cater far triangular pile-
surface in blending system.

2.435 Triangular Pile-A linear or circular pile of bulk material with wide base and zero width at
tap and whose cross-section is in the shape of a triangle.

2.436 Trimmer - A conveyor or other means to level or shape a bulk load in a bin; rail road car or
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2.437 Trolley - A wheeled frame or carriage supporting associated components/equipment of main

machine either self driven or propelled by main equipment (see also 2.187 ).

2.438 Truck - A set of wheeled truck frames or bogies connected in series to support the carriage
or main structure of the equipment.

2.439 Truck Drive - See 2.431.

2.440 Truck Frame - See 2.39.

2.441 Truck Frame Assembly- See 2.40.

2.442 Turntable - A horizontal frame subject to rotational movement with the help of slewing drive,
such that boom or superstructure mounted on it is rotated or slewed along with in horizontal plane
in the desired slewing range.

2.443 Twin Boom -A pair of boom structure equipped with conveyors mounted on a stacker at
opposite direction ( that is,_at 180”) such that both the boom conveyors receiving material from
trailer belt, can stackpile the material simultaneously or alternatively along the track length.

2.444 Twin Bucket Wheels - A pair of bucket wheels - whether cell type, semicell or cell-less,
mounted on a common shaft and independently driven simultaneously reclaim the materials against
all sides of a ship hold -ensuring no fouling of material with feeder conveyor on to which pair of
wheels drop the materials.

2.445 Under Carriage - A sturdy box framed carriage that supports the turntable ( slewable) through
slewing bearing mounted on horizontal top surface and itself resting on truck frames through four
or three-point supports.

2.446 Under Carriage Beams -The beams of box construction connecting the series of wheeled
truck frames and supporting under carriage through combination of fixed and equalizer legs forming
four- or three-point supports.

2.447 Uni-directional Reclaiming - Stockpile being reclaimed with uni-directional movement of

the machine. The reverse movement is meant for transposition of machine only.

2.448 Valley Angle -The angle to the horizontal subtended by the line of intersection of two
inclined planes or two adjacent sides of a hopper or chute.

2.449 Variable Speed- The speed of slewable boom, travelling harrow or rotating digging wheel
that varies or changes infinitely or in preset number of steps within designed limit.

2.450 Vibrating Rake (Oscillating Rake) - A taking device consisting of a tube fitted with ~excava-
tor teeth and in addition with toothed traverse is mobile support at the carriage and at the top~by
hinged guide, thus capable of circular oscillating movement arising out from upward and traversing
motion for cutting and dislodging the pile surface.

2.451 Volumetric Capacity-The rate of stacking, reclaiming or loading of bulk material in ,terms of
volume per hour (m”/hr) by an equipment.

2.452 Wagon Loader- A special machine specifically meant for loading wagons.

2.453 Walkway - A narrow platform with side hand railings along boom conveyor or bridge to
provide access to various components.

2.454 Wearing Bar- A replaceable bar attached to a runway that protects the main member from
we~ar or damage,

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2.455 Wearing Plate - A replaceable @ate that, is @laced at point, of wear, due to discharge of
material, to protect the main member from wear or damage.

2.456 Weigh Idler-The conveyor idler mounted on the carriage of a belt conveyor scale.

2.457 Weighing Device -A hydromechanical, pneumatic or electrical device that registers and/or
control the amount of material being handled by batch or continuous weighing. Can be equipped
with either visual indicators or automatic registering. equipment of both. Can also be arranged to
control speed to-compensate for lag in processing or non-uniform material load on conveyor.

2.456 Weigh Lorry- A travelling hopper for receiving, weighing and loading bulk materials on to
the wagon. Remote control device for operating the bunker or bin gates is mounted on the lorry
chessis.

2.459 Weight Control System - A weighing system in which the weight measurements are used to
control the flow of material.

2.460 Wheel-A flanged or flange-less circular disc may be solid, built up or formed capable of
turning ( rolling) about its central axis or on integral ball bearings.

2.461 Wheel load - Load of the machine including all static, dynamic, wind or seismic forces
transferred to rail through wheels under operating or non-operating condition.

2.462 Wheel Track - See 2.327.

2.463 Wheel Truck - A set of fabricated frames fitted with rolling wheels that supports the main
structure or carriage or bridge of an equipment imparting motion to the supported member by revolu-
tions or wheels.

2.464 Winch - A plane or grooved drum that can rotate so as to exert a storn pull while winding in
a line.

2.465 Winch Assembly - Winch equipped with worm wheel or gear and pinion, etc, for its rotation
for hoisting of harrow or boom (stacker) conveyor.

2.466 Winch Drum Shaft - A shaft on which winch drum is mounted in such assembly where gear
and pinion are employed for winch’s rotation.

2.467 Wind Row Pile - A pile of bulk materials having different grain size andbulk densities that
is made of number of short comes through entire cross-section of pile.

2.468 Wind Row Stacking - The stacking method in which the stockpile is made covering entire
cross-section of pile in number of layers of small heights, by travelling the stacker to and fro with
various hoist positions of boom being coordinated with particular slew positions, that is, combining
travelling, hoisting and slewing motions simultaneously.

2.469 Yard Conveyor- A ground based conveyor running along the length of the stockpile that
discharge the incoming material, namely, a tripper ( and/or trailer ) onto the mobile equipment meant
for stacking or loading.

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In this standard an attempt has been made t&over the ten&r which are especially~applicable
to stacking, lo&&g ati re&a&rb t3@#HwMi;.:r .cevwbg egvnpanti such as caWeyw
systems, electrical equipment (motors, cables, $witch gear, ect ) and general engineering terms
relating to bearings, structure, etc, have been feft out. Users of this standard are advised to refer
to refated standards, where appficable, covering the corresponding terminologies.

This standard ( Part 2) is one of the standards from the series of standards on glossary of
terms relating to bulk handling equipment. The glossary of terms relating to cyclic loose bulk handl-
ing equipment (non-stationary) is given in IS : 10463 ( Part 6 ) - ‘1983 and those of equipments for
urt?o#Wrg, hydraulic conveying, pneumatic conveying .and stationary - cyciic loose bulk handling are
proposed to be covered subsequently.

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