Women shop stewards in a county branch of NALGO

A rotary kiln plant is disclosed having a rotary kiln and a cooler system having a plurality of cooler tubes mounted in planetary fashion about the rotary kiln. Each cooler tube has an inlet end portion which communicates with the rotary kiln for reception of the material to be cooled and a rearward end portion having an outlet end for exiting the cooled material. First support means is positioned adjacent the inlet end portion of the cooler tube and second support means is positioned adjacent the outlet end portion of the cooler tube so as to retain the axis of the cooler tube substantially parallel to the axis of rotation of the kiln. The second support means includes an annular member disposed about the cooler tube, with first mounting means including at least two generally parallel flange members secured to the annular member, each flange member defining a bore which extends generally perpendicular to the axis of the tube, and second mounting means including two generally parallel flange members secured to peripheral portions of the rotary kiln for rotation therewith, with means positioned between the cooler tube and the rotary kiln for pivotally connecting the mounting means so as to provide pivotal movement between the material outlet end portion of the cooler tube and the rotary kiln.