Archimedes Who Invented Screw Conveying and Personal Hygiene |
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The King of the Screws Archimedes was a clever bloke He was always in the news For jumping naked from his bath And talking about his 'screws'. By 'screws' I mean the helical type That curve around and round First used for draining holds of ships and irrigating ground. When loads were small and labour cheap Bulk handling wasn't trouble But as production grew to large amounts It was too much for a shovel. For years and years screws were only used for water elevation. Till some bright spark first made his mark on bulk solids applications First millers tried them in their mills For wheat, and then ground flour. As other uses came to hand They showed their handling power. Farmer has a go with them, On grain and cereal crops. And muck, and waste, and other things And found they handled 'tops'. Powder and bulk, in mega tonnes are screwed in perpetuity. There's hardly any limit to The designers ingenuity. Conveying, elevating, feed control And bin discharge as well. And mixing, chopping, heating up, Too many things to tell. So now we have these helical screws Fulfilling all our needs. He really started something big That genius Archimedes. To find what screws can really do See ajax.co.uk Whatever the task, you have only to ask The answer you'll find is "O.K". Lyn Bates A tribute to a great Greek Engineer |