Reducing land requirement for coal-fired power stations

Wagon shifter plus pusher is equipment which is installed at the haul out of a wagon tippler to transfer the empty wagons to the parallel railway lines. Considerable reduction of wagon hold time at thermal power plant could be achieved by this new equipment saving demurrage costs. The traverse's function is to accommodate an empty rail wagon exiting the tippler and move it from the entry to the exit rail track. The traverser comprises a traveling bridge mounted on three bogie units which run on three parallel land-mounted rails. The traverser has its own travel drive unit which comprises a hydraulic motor directly coupled to a lay shaft fitted with pin rack arrangement at both end. The hydraulic motor and cylinder are powered by an or-board electrically driven hydraulic power pack. The traverser bridge section carries running rails which has the pusher positioned at the end further from the tippler with its hydraulic drive pack.