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bulk handling
Peck cQrrier

Peck carrier -
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1 Elevating and convey ing reclaim ed coal to storage bunkers.

this Peck corrier hos been in operation since 1903 0 1 railroad
shop power plonl. Photo 388 16
Lower run o f Pe ck carrier in large modern office building, o per-
a ti ng unde r storage bunkers. E)(cess coo l from active sioroge bunk-
ers is recirculated to 1ODD-ton moln storage bunker. Photo 37670

Upper run of 96 ~foo' lo ng Peck carrier, discharging cool inlo lop of active bunkers which
extend under Aoo r g roling. Pori of cool handling system o f large modern office building, Phol0'3767 I

The link-Belt Peck corrier e leva tes and conveys materiol such
as coo l, ashes, cement clinker, Fuller's earth, stone, etc., in a
continuous flow without the necessity of tra nsfer p oints. It
hand les ma teria ls ve rtica ll y, horizontally, or on on incline, ove r
ma ny p aths of travel in a sin g le vertical plane. There may be
on e or several loading points and discharge may be conce n-
trated or d istribut e d.
Material is carried over many combinations of horizontal,
vertica l or inclined path s, in buckets which di scha rg e at a
pre determined point, or points. The re is no ~eo r i ng action of
ma terial upo n th e buck ets during transit. Material is carri e d
undisturbed from loading point to discharg e, without coming
into contact with the rotatin g ports of the ca rrie r line assembly.
Thus the Peck carrier may be used to handle ma teria ls at high
tempera ture, abrasive materials such as ashes, coke, ore and
cement clinker; as well a s le ss abrasive materia ls such as coal,
fuller's earth and similar substances.
The Peck carrier permits fl exibility of installation since paths
of travel can usua lly be arranged to suit available space.

Features
Photo 36 10 .. Peck corrier buck e t discharged by movable tr ippe r. Both movable and stationa ry trippers con be lowered 10 cleor buckel corns.
O ne outstanding feature of the link -Belt Peck carrier
design is the ingenious method of bucket suspension
which causes buckets always to remain horizontal, ex-
cept when discharging, regard less of localion in the
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Peck carrie
circuit; and at the same time automatically overlap ad -
ieeent buckets on horizontal runs, all wit hout resorting
to auxiliary devices or complicated mechanisms.
Because buckets overlap on all horizontal runs to form
a continuous carrie r line, any locati on on lower horizontal
run may be used as a loading point, and moving
buckets may be filled uniforml y by an uninterrupte d
flow of material , without spi llage . In transition from
horizontal to vertical or incline d trave l, buckets sepa -
rate smoothly without tipping, and when horizontal
travel is resumed they are brought together again au -
tomatically. During the entire circuit, buckets remain
suspended in normal position. They cannot come into
the loading zon e inyerled, nor can they discharge at any
point except when emptied b y a tripp e r.
This positive coordination is produced by suspending
the -buckets from projecting ends of the ch ain sidebars
so thai as the chain pivots at the joints when entering
or leaving the turns, each point of bucket suspension
describes an are which frees the overlapping buck e t
lips or brings them together os re quired, without inter-
ference. No additional parts are-- required nor is the
chain in any way complicated by the importont feotures
w hich this construction provides.
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Peck carrier

Features
Malleable iron or steel carrier buckets
For normal r equi re ment s, Peck carrier buckets are made
of seam less, corrosi on -resist ing , smooth malleable iron,
reinforced o f th e top edges for added rig idity. Steel
buckets of welded o r flanged construct io n, a nd buckets
with malleabl e iron ends and steel botto m plates, ore
olso available for han d ling exceedingly abrasive or
high t empera ture mate r ia l s.

Each bucket is suspend ed from on indi vidual cros s

rod, by repla ceable hard e ned bearing blocks w hi ch fit
wi thin dumping cams riveted to the bucket e nds. There
is no wea ring action whatever upon the buck et body in
trovel.

Malleable iron Peck ca rrie r bucket

Rugged chain design
Cross rods, from which the buckets are suspended, are made with la rg e diameter single flanged ro ll ers which
jo int ed to both strand s o f chain by milled pi vota l co n -

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nections which prevent twi st in th e chain ye l are fre e
to adjust to irregularitie s resulting fro m un eve n chai n
wear or st retch, wi tho ut binding th e b uckets or stra ining
th e ca rrie r li ne. Cha in sideba rs are regularly made of
hig h grade malleabl e iron with I-b e am shaped mid-
sections for ex Ira strength w ithou t unn ecessary weight,
but th ey can a lso be furnish ed in th e som e design, mode
of link - Belt Proma l o r of forge d stee l.
Chain sid ebars have brood broa ched surfaces which
provide wide seats for accurate fitti ng of pins, bush in gs
and cross rods, an esse ntial feature in resisting the
loosen ing effects of wear and corrosion. Res ulti ng wea r
is co nfin ed to renewab le ' ports readi ly rep laced. Sid e-
bar exte nsions from which the buck e ts are suspended,
are integral pa rts of th e links, not separate pieces
ri veted or b olted to the chain .
support th e carrie r line on horizontal and inclined run s.
Ro lle rs are mode of gray iron, Flint-Rim ch ille d iron
or high properl y alloys and may be bushed, cored or
bored depending on condition of service. lubricati o n is
suppli ed through drilled chain pins equipped wi th pres-
sure f itting s.
Chain bushings are so made that lubricant can b e
supplied to both pins ond rollers, and are desig ned to
lock snugly within broached holes in the chain si d eba rs.
These bushings are also shaped to mainta in a d e finit e
spaci ng betwee n the sidebars for free roller act ion .
Chain pins are prevented from rotati ng wi th in the
sidebars by proj ecting lugs on the buck et lin k whi ch
g rip th e T-he ad pin . The opposite end of the pin is
journal ed to provid e sidebar cleorance for chain arti cu·
lo tion, and fitted with a special locking washer and nut.

A variety of chai n joi nt assemblies is a va il able in

Center roller chain f o r lo ng conveyors
th e link-Belt Peck carrier to suit various se rvi ces. All are
Center roll e r chain can be suppl ied fo r installations involv-
ing lon g horizontal conveyor centers. Th e center rollers
are locate d between cha in pitch points with driving col-
lars at th e chain join ts. Center rollers support chain on
horizontal tracks, while driving colla rs at cha in joints make
contact only wh e n articulating mound sprockets. Th e cen-
ter rollers are bushed, or can be equipped with dust-
sealed anti-friction bea rings, to red uce power require -
ments and main ten ance. Cen ter rollers ca n eas ily be re-
placed without disconnecting chai n.

Superior performance
The remar kable performance records established by the
hu ndreds of l ink-Belt Peck carriers now in se rvice, are
trib ut es to the design a nd cons truction o f the carrier

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Peck ca rrie r w ith ce nter roller chain line. Every part is fuoction al; eve ry part is ru gged .

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Peck carrier

Layouts
The link-Belt Peck carrier operates over practically any
path of tra vel in a single ve rtical p lan e. The path need
not necessarily be rectangular. For example, the lowe r
run of the Peck carrier may be extended to pass beneath
truck or track hoppers located outside the building
which house s th e carrier. Vertical runs may be adjacent
as well as widely separated. Th e upper run may be
short, for discharge at a single point, or long enough
to serve many points of discharg e , even if locat ed be-
yond the verti cal run s.
The variety of paths of travel permissible, combined
with the fact that buckets may be loaded or discharged
on horizonta l runs, often enable a single Peck carrie r
to perform functions which would require severa l sepa -
rate conveyors of other types. A typical examp le is a
bailer plant installation in which ashes are load ed
directly into the carrier from the clean-out doors and
discharg e d into the ash bin, and the sa me ca rrier used
at a diffe rent time to distribute cool to the bunker.
Some of the more common arrangements are illus -
trated.

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, :1) DUMP ~, :::J DUMP \. +
DRIVE DRIVE
CORNER CORNER

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TAKEUP ~~\ TAKEUP
CORNER
~R
(~i':e + ~
LOAD \, \' LOAD -TRAVEL (+
Fig . 3629 fig. 3630
Arrangement Arrangement 2

- TRAVEL
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DUMP \! +) DUMP
(+
DRIVE
CORNER DRIVE
CORNER

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l~ TAKEUP
CORNER
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-TRAVEL LOAD \. '+{)+

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Arrangement 3

TRAVEL
VCJVVVVVVV~
fig. 3631

('I ' TAKEUP

CORNER

DRIVE \x:x::A::X::X:X
.v) LOAD
CORNER +,J DUMP
Fig. 3660
Fig. 3632
Arrangement 4

TAKEUP
CORNER
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LOAD

Arrangement 5 Arrangement 6

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Peck carrier

Selection
Ho rsepower fo r l 8- in ch pilch buc ke ts ha ndling 50 pou nd

.. Consult link . Belt for horsepower w hen hOrldling oth er th,>o 50 pound 36.il\ch budets. Consult Link·Belt fo r possible horsepowe r reduction if
P'" cubic ro,o~ 'llole';ol, o r lo r hor sep o wer 01 carriers with 36· inch by anti . friction rollers Ofe used on cenler rol1 or dlOin.

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