Sounds like one make or other of a vertical turret lathe. Plant where I used to work maintenance had one that would turn o.d. to 16 feet. Big mutha!
It was an interesting company and a good one to work for. They made large ring bearings and gears, sometimes even producing them for USSR agricultural and construction equipment for legal export.
The specs were rumored, somewhat tongue-in-cheek, to be the same as for T-72 tank turret gears. :)
"John Husvar" wrote >
I worked at Bucyrus-Erie for a winter in the 70's. I was a chip wheeler.You wouldn't believe the size of the machines it takes to build a dragline that scoops up 300 cubic yards in one bucket, or the size of the chips they produce. Tom
300 yard drag bucket, 8100 cubic feet? I've seen 30-yard buckets, even IIRC one 50; never a 300 so far or didn't know it when I did. I'd like to, though. :)
Gotcha!I grew up in strip mining country, Steubenville, OH and points west towards Cadiz and Cambridge, south toward Nelsonville, McConnelsville, etc. Beautiful park down that way that AEP donated to the people of Ohio and still maintains.
So: Oh, yes, I would believe it!
Some of the chips were big enough for the plant's other shops to use for stock? :)
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