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Vehicle & Technical => Not Anything Listed Above.... => Topic started by: beast5680 on May 12, 2006, 12:42:45

Title: more big machinery
Post by: beast5680 on May 12, 2006, 12:42:45

For those interested in machinery some pics of some big wood processing machinery as i have recently been working at the Drax power station in Yorkshire
First is a Precision Husky built in Alabama used for chipping wood and the second is a Morbark tub grinder

Title: more big machinery
Post by: Jake on May 12, 2006, 16:45:24

What does the morbark tub do?
Its a bit of a beasty!!
 :shock:

Title: more big machinery
Post by: beast5680 on May 12, 2006, 18:09:21

the morbark is a wood shredder/grinder it effectively turns wood chip into dust at the minute the way it is set up using about 650 horsepower from a CAT V12 Engine

Title: more big machinery
Post by: Manicminer on May 12, 2006, 21:05:09

If you drive on the A5 past Chirk you can see mountains of timber which has been turned into fibre ready for making into boards (MDF) and other items.

The place is run by Kronnospan and they eat timber at an unbelievable rate. The electricity they use could run a small City.

Title: more big machinery
Post by: beast5680 on May 12, 2006, 21:19:27

the recycling machines i used to work on at our customer sites used to supply kronospan with woodchip
Drax are injecting the wood dust into their furnace and burning with the coal

Title: more big machinery
Post by: unknownmanxman on May 13, 2006, 17:04:14

heres a loading shovel at the quarry i was working in.

(http://members.mud-club.com/galleryimages/8d8dec8db30c87cadf1569cbb1717249.JPG)

Title: more big machinery
Post by: beast5680 on May 13, 2006, 21:07:40

ooh she,s a big,un what weight was that then?

Title: more big machinery
Post by: unknownmanxman on May 14, 2006, 19:28:18

It weights around 95 tonnes. The bucket holds 25 tonnes.

CAT make one model higher than that one, and that one weighs 195 tonnes!!!  :o