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Winfield, AL -- The partnership of Dos Santos International and Cortex Resources will soon commission Australia’s first DSI Snake Sandwich High-Angle Ship Loader. Dos Santos International (DSI) of Winfield, Alabama, USA is the acclaimed world leader in the sandwich belt high angle conveyor technology.
Cortex Resources of Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia, is a leader in the materials handling market of Australia and Southeast Asia, with special strength in the dock and yard heavy mobile equipment sector. The combined strengths of the DSI/Cortex partnership have produced the revolutionary DSI Snake Ship Loader and successfully tendered the design to Flinders Ports/Toll Group joint venture for operation at the Port of Adelaide on Australia’s southern coast.
Australia’s first Snake Ship Loader will elevate a variety of high value ores from trucks to ship. The data table below summarizes the design parameters while the figure depicts the arrangement. Materials for export are trucked to the dock and dumped onto a special trap loader type feeder. The ore is fed continuously and uniformly onto the mobile snake’s receiving chute.
The Snake Ship Loader elevates the bulk over the ship’s deck to the hatch where it is discharged into the ship’s hold. At the Snake’s discharge, a special telescoping chute, with rotating, pivoting spoon, facilitates even and complete filling of the holds.
The mobile Snake is carried on a tripod of twin motorized rubber tires. Each set of twin tires is mounted at a vertical kingpin and can rotate 360 degrees about that vertical axis. Thus, without repositioning, the Snake can set up to travel in any direction. With the tail tires fixed, the front tires can be oriented and traveled for a slewing motion.
The unit is on a fast track scheduled for a mid-November (2006) start-up. This first DSI Snake Ship Loader for Australia is part of a growing list of DSI Snakes worldwide. It will certainly set the pace for many more high volume high-angle installations at materials handling docks and yards throughout the world.
2006 has been a very successful year for DSI Snakes so far. The Ship Loader is just one of seven Snake units currently in various stages of production. All of these orders were from repeat customers who were clearly pleased with the performance of their initial DSI Snake installations.
About DSI
Dos Santos International was founded in 1997 on the experience and accomplishments of its name sake, Joseph A. Dos Santos. Recognized as a high tech leader in materials handling and engineering, DSI approaches the future with optimism and confidence.
For more information contact:
Dos Santos International
825 Harbor Road
Winfield, AL 35594
Telephone: 205-487-4262
Email: info@dossantosintl.com
Web site: http://www.dossantosintl.com/
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