Bottom Dump Skip

DESIGN FEATURES

  • Bail type frame provides a long service life in rough shaft conditions.
  • Design lends itself to integral man cage built into top of skip.
  • Bucket discharge is complete since the entire bucket bottom is open during the dumping cycle.

 

GENERAL CONSTRUCTION BAIL

  • Aluminium plate and structural shapes for main components.
  • All steel safety mechanism, rope attachments, bucket supports and pivot components.

 

BUCKET

  • All aluminium bucket with channel or flat bar stiffeners.
  • Steel pivot shaft bearings c/w bronze bushings, steel dump roller brackets, ductile iron dump rollers complete with Timken bearings and reinforced steel floor hinges.
  • Where hoisting capacity permits, all steel buckets may be substituted.
  • Aluminium and steel buckets are completely lined with A.R.S. or 400 BHN steel plates with a wooden cushion under the floor liner.

 

BUCKET FLOOR

  • Fabricated from aluminium, steel or a combination of both.
  • Steel hinges, pivot components come complete with bronze bushings.
  • Alloy steel shafts and pins.

 

SHAFT GUIDANCE

  • Wabi design spring loaded guide rollers (recommended for high hoisting speeds).
  • Pneumatic or Polyurethane wheels available as design requires.
  • Other guide roller adjustment designs available, such as serrated plates or eccentric axle adjustments.
SKIP TYPE KIMBERLY TYPE BOTTOM DUMP FRONT DUMP#1 FRONT DUMP#2
SIZE RANGE 40-130 Cubic ft. 60-480 Cubic ft. 80-600 Cubic ft. 100-400 Cubic ft.
DUMP CLEARANCE REQUIREMENTS Highest Medium Low Lowest
HEADFRAME STRESS DURING DUMP CYCLE Highest Medium Lowest Low
RELATIVE SERVICE LIFE High High Medium Medium
RELATIVE MAINT. COSTS Low Low Medium Highest
INITIAL COST Lowest Medium High Highest
CONSTRUCTION Bail Type* Bail Type* Integral bucket and bail Box type

*Bail type construction lends itself to a longer service life in rougher shaft conditions, i.e. high hoisting speeds.

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