Method of refurbishing a bucket wheel reclaimer

US11498768B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• TECHNOLOGICAL RESOURCES PTY LIMITED · AU

Inventors

• Gustav de Wet · Perth, AU
• Heinz Nitsche · Perth, AU
• Anthony Radici · Perth, AU
• Dirk Horn · Perth, AU
• Jochen Maas · Perth, AU
• Andrew Dorrington · Perth, AU
• Rudolf Pletz · Thanham, AT
• Belmin Smajlovic · Kapfenberg, AT
• Lukas Dösinger · Leoben, AT
• Wolfgang Schlimme · Perth, AU
• Patrick Neufeldt · Finsterwalde, DE
• Peter Mundik · Perth, AU
• Miodrag Markovic · Perth, AU
• Burkhard Petack · Senftenberg - Zły Komorow, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 25, 2020
• Grant date: Nov 15, 2022
• Expiry date: Feb 25, 2040

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65G2201/045
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A method 10 of refurbishing a bucket wheel reclaimer (BWR) 41 having structural frame 68, a chute 66 supported by the structural frame 68, a yard conveyor 42 for receiving material from the chute 66 and an impact table 64 supported by the structural frame 68 below a portion of an upper run 44 of the yard conveyor 42. The method includes a step 12 of decoupling a current impact table 64 from the BWR structural frame 68. The impact table 64 is lowered at step 26 from the structural frame 68. Thereafter at step 14 the current impact table is moved laterally away from and to one side of the yard conveyor. At steps 16 and 18 a fresh impact table is moved laterally to a location beneath the upper run 44 of the yard conveyor and coupled to the BWR 41.