Transfer trailer system goes nuclear September 1st 2009 Excel Automation has provided a
bespoke conveying system to King
Transport Equipment to transfer
drums containing low-level nuclear
waste via two specially designed
Drum Transfer Trailer (DTT) units
within the Sellafield reprocessing
plant.
The bespoke Excel conveying
and handling system is fitted
inside the DTTs to enable drums
to be transferred into the trailermounted
container from an
external conveyor. Drums can
then be discharged from the
trailer on to a similar conveying
system on the Sellafield loading
bay, one of which is already
fitted with an existing Excel
conveying system.
The system comprises a matched
pair of heavy duty slider-bed belt
conveyors, each capable of handling a
maximum payload of up to 6.8t of
waste drums (maximum weight of an
individual drum is 1.7t). More articles from Excel Automation Ltd - in Liquidation: |