FEM 2.131/2.132 - Rules for the Design of Mobile Equipment for Continuous Handling of Bulk Materials

FEM 2.131/2.132-EN

These rules are applicable to mobile equipment for continuous handling of bulk materials, especially to rail-mounted stackers, shiploaders, reclaimers, combined stackers and reclaimers, continuous ship unloaders.

For other equipment, such as excavators, scrapers, reclaimers with scraper chains, tyre or crawler-mounted stackers and/or reclaimers, the clauses in these design rules appropriate to each type of apparatus are applicable.

The purpose of these rules is to determine the loads and combinations of loads which must be taken into account when designing handling appliances, and also to establish the strength and stability conditions to be observed for the various load combinations.