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EARLS COURT, 1974
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A look at the mechanical handling exhibition
by Johnny Johnson
FORK-LIFT TRUCKS naturally form the major part of International Mechanical Handling Exhibition which opens at Earls Court, London, next Friday and continues till May 24. But something different, at least at an exhibition of this kind, is to be exhibited by Geoffrey E. Macpherson Ltd, Nottingham. This is a self-loading concrete mixer with an hydraulically operated bucket.
The mixer has been provided with four-wheel drive and steering and it can climb a I in .2 gradient. Its capacity is I.7 cum.
New fork-lifts and associated machines will be shown by a number of manufacturers. Lansing Bagnall will have on exhibit for the first time three pedestrian pallet transporters, and a high level order picker.
The Cleco Bison turret truck, manufactured by Translift Engineering Ltd and exhibited by Peter Evans Associates, is fitted with a rotating/traversing mast in place of a conventional turret. Also newly shown by this company will be the Translift order picker, a digital weigh feeder and a storage system.
Following recent operational trails with supermarket and distribution groups, the Rolatruc BT ITS 2000 will make its appearance on the Rolatruc Ltd stand. This order-picking pallet truck has a special platform to facilitate picking up to a height of 10ft Two new models will be from the Coventry Climax Ltd stable as well as 16 other exhibits, but the company is keeping details of the new trucks close to its chest.
Powered by LPG, four new models from Liftrucs Ltd are manufactured by Toyota. They range in lifting capacity from 1,364 kg to 2,272 kg (3,000 lb to 5,000 lb).
Range additions
Other manufacturers showing additions to their range include the Rubery Owen group (Conveyancer reach trucks); G.. D. Mountfield Ltd (battery-operated tow-tractor with a variety of attachments); Linde Hydraulics Ltd (two trucks with 5 and 6ton capacity lifts); Wilmat Handling Co Ltd (four-way travel pedestrian stacking truck an a counter-balanced, pedestrian fork-lift); G. A. Upson Electrical Ltd (rider-controlled platform truck); Barlow Myers Ltd (narrow-aisle truck and other equipment); Shawloader Ltd 7 tons capacity might be the answer. (sideloader with hydrostatic trans mission); Integrated Handling Ltd (three narrow aisle trucks); Crown Controls Ltd (lift-truck and order picker); Tirfor Ltd (two hand-operated trucks); Adapta Truck division of Adarfram Ltd (fork-lifts, platform and pallet trucks); L. Lipton Ltd (six forklifts).
Fortunate indeed, is Malthouse Hunter Ltd. Formed only in 1972, the company claims that all its exhibits are new. They include a driverless towtractor and platform trucks.
As well as fork-trucks, there will be a variety of conveyors and warehouse equipment designed to make the life of the user that much easier. For instance, Newland Engineering is introducing a diesel-electric version of its boom container loader on which both of the twin booms are telescopic. P. C. and C. K. Chase Ltd has also an addition to its range of container loading ramps which it intends to demonstrate.
Overhead conveyors will be shown by Jet Age Systems, Zurich, which has also a computer-controlled sorting conveyor; Brecknell Willis and Co will introduce its Brecktrack shrouded conductor rail system; and Coveyormatic Ltd will exhibit the Pakuveyor automated storage and retrieval system and an overhead monorail system, the Distrub-u-veyor.