and hence tends to slide down by its own weight like a screw. It has to be prevented from sliding down by a thrust applied either mechanically or hydraulically . 2 The hydraulic thrust device my consist of one or several units placed in individual supports. In case the thrust device consists of more than unit , only one the master unit , is connected to the control system. The other unit serve as slave unit only , and connect hydraulically to master unit . The master unit is always placed on the support closest to the kiln drive . 3 The mechanical design
