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Post by beatle78 » Mon. Sep. 08, 2008 1:48 pm

So, I was at a neighbors house a couple of weeks ago.

He said to me, some guy he knows has a "Big Coal Boiler with Augers to feed the coal and remove the ashes" that's just sitting there in his basement. He bought it years ago and stopped using it.

I told him to arrange a meeting and I'm VERY interested! Just don't tell the other guy I'm very interested! :D

He's a busy guy, but I'm gonna stay after him to schedule a meeting with me and the boiler! :lol:

What kind of a boiler could it be?

 
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Post by LsFarm » Mon. Sep. 08, 2008 2:11 pm

There were add-on stoker units that had an auger to feed an underfeed burner, like an EFM or VanWert.. but they had an ashpan with either a chain w/paddles to pull out the ashes or an auger to remove the ashes... These units were to convert hand feeds to automatic operation, to compete with oil boilers.

Most important,, take a camera with you when you go see it.. !!

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Post by beatle78 » Mon. Sep. 08, 2008 2:18 pm

LsFarm wrote:Most important,, take a camera with you when you go see it.. !!

Greg L.
hahaha, I will!!!


 
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Post by Freddy » Mon. Sep. 08, 2008 2:55 pm

The one reason I thought of coal was years back a friend of my Dads burned coal. I mgiht have been 10 yrs old. I clearly remember looking into the coal bin, and I also remember he had two 30 gallon galvanized cans that were auto filled by a round pipe that came from the boiler. I remember seeing the fire...it was round and in the center. I'll bet it was an EFM, but I have no idea how the ash remover came to be. I do know he did not build it. Steel and he didn't get along. Unless... the ash auger was made from wood & fabric, Hmmmmmm. ;) :)

 
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Post by BIG BEAM » Mon. Sep. 08, 2008 11:07 pm

I could fit that in my cellar.

But where would I put the coal?
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Post by coal berner » Tue. Sep. 09, 2008 12:09 am

EFM Made The H60 H80 H100 There Patents go back to 1906 This is how EFM started out And it is where the name came
from Electric Furnace Man EFM started in 1922 in NY They where conversion for hand fed Furnaces to make them Auto
fed and ash removal you would slide the unit in the bottom of the furnace in had a round fire pot much like todays
efm's but much bigger in size with a Auger & Tub and a box with a chain driven conveyor ash remover with coil springs or mini ash buckets in it They would feed the coal in one side and take the ash out the other they had two round tubs at the end where you would set either the metal ash hopper or metal ash cans to catch the ash I know a Guy that has a Barn full of them all sizes They are Huge in size the H 60 pot is bigger then the efm 1300 S 45 pot which can burn on Max feed 45lbs a hr H 60 burned 60lbs a hr The H 80 Burned 80 lbs a hr And the H 100 Burned 100 lbs a hr


 
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Post by Scottscoaled » Tue. Sep. 09, 2008 9:04 pm

Hey Jay, those sound like some real interesting units. They must weigh 2-3 hundred pounds or more. Was the auger a side mount or did it have to pull in straight so the burner could be removed. Too bad you couldn't get pictures. :) Scott

 
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Post by coal berner » Wed. Sep. 10, 2008 12:21 am

They go straight in the feed auger goes into the pot the other end into the bin the ash remover is off set to the side and below the feed auger towards the bottom Next time I am over there I will try to get some photo's They are pretty big
units but then again so are most of the old hand fed furnaces / boilers

 
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Post by coal berner » Mon. Sep. 22, 2008 11:55 am

Stokerscott here is a efm auto coal feed & ash remover looks like a 60
it only has one ash tube at the top the bigger 85 & 100 and two side by side

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