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World's biggest conveyor system builds world's highest embankment dam
Portable conveyor systems of natural rubber belting are being used in construction of Oroville Dam, Calif; rubber belting travels at speeds of up to 850 fpm carrying loads at rate of 12,000 tph; steel cable construction enables belts to withstand weights and high starting stresses without undesirable elongation; natural rubber belting is also being used for construction of Europe's highest earth fill dam in Greece.
World's biggest conveyor system builds world's highest embankment dam
Portable conveyor systems of natural rubber belting are being used in construction of Oroville Dam, Calif; rubber belting travels at speeds of up to 850 fpm carrying loads at rate of 12,000 tph; steel cable construction enables belts to withstand weights and high starting stresses without undesirable elongation; natural rubber belting is also being used for construction of Europe's highest earth fill dam in Greece.
World's biggest conveyor system builds world's highest embankment dam
Rubber Developments
Rubber Developments ; 18
1965
3 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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