Transfer bridge for Crushed Gypsum and Ash

Abstract

Transfer bridges provide immense contribution to the efficient operation of high-capacity bulk material storages. The paper presents the design of one such system, used for transfering crushed gypsum and ash onto the barges docked in a storage facility, as well as the working technology, finite element strength and static stability analysis of the main substructures and the working devices. Due to the adjustments to the structure before its assembly, the analyses had to be repeated to account for the changes. Failureless operation of the presented transfer bridge represents an indirect validation of not only the presented results, but also the entire project, the stages of its development as well as the applied technology of manufacture and assembly.