Circular Storage with Stacker and Bridge Reclaimer
The circular stacker reclaimer storage is part of a coal handling system supplying thermal coal to unit 3 of the Springerville power plant. The storage is designed as a blending bed where a TAKRAF bridge-type scraper reclaimer homogenizes coal with high fines content for optimal size distribution.
Key Facts

- Project name
- TEP Springerville
- Customer
- FMC Technologies, Bechtel Power Corp., Tucson Electric Power
- Plant location
- Springerville, Arizona
- Commissioning
- 2005
- Stacking/reclaiming capacity
- 2,000/1,360 t/h
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Circular storage with stacker and bridge reclaimer for coal
The storage bed with the circular stacker reclaimer is part of a coal handling system providing thermal coal to the 400 MW unit 3 of Springerville power plant.
The coal storage is designed as a blending bed where a TAKRAF bridge-type scraper reclaimer, in combination with the chevron stacking method, homogenizes coal with a high fines content to ensure a good mix of size distribution for reclaiming and further conveying.




