Argentina Buys Crash Tenders
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A SUBSTANTIAL order has been I—I placed by the Argentine Military Aeronautical Department, Buenos Aires, for Thornycroft crash tenders_ and aircraft fuellers. The tenders are based on Nubian 12-ft-wheelbase, 4 x 4 chassis with B80 power units. Sun crash-tender bodies with 4-5-seat cabs are fitted.
Equipment provided with each tender includes a foam/water pump, water transfer pump driven by a power takeotT, a dual-purpose drive by a V8 atrdliary engine, water tank, foam compound tank,. carbon dioxide equipment and the necessary controls and hose couplings. Each machine is also equipped with two-way radio.
The fuellers are based on Trusty
-it. 7-in.-wheelbase tractor chassis with pressed-steel cabs. Coupled to each tractor is a Thompson TB aircraft fuelling tank of 2,500 gal. capacity. Each tank is mounted on a Dyson tandem bogie. A power take-off on the tractor gearbox provides the drive for a centrifugal pump.
The order was placed with the Argentine branch of the Thornycroft concern in Buenos Aires.
APPLICATION DEFERRED
TE IE Scottish Licensing Authority on Friday deferred an application by the Mexborough and Swinton Traction Co., Lid., for excursions and tours starting from Rawmarsh. Three other operators and British Railways objected. The application will probably be heard next month.
NEW UNIVERSAL ADHESIVE BY GOODYEAR ANEW adhesive for which the claim is made that it will bond any two malorials, has been produced by the Goodyear Tyre and Rubber Co. (Great Britain), Ltd. Known as Pliobond, it is a thermoplastic cement, thoroughly tested over several years and stated to be particularly effective for repairs to bodywork and upholstery.
• TIKadhesive dries rapidly to form fle:,ible bonds with tensile strengths of up to 1.500 lb. per sq. in., and resists water, oil and chemicals.
At first, Pliobond will be sold to industrial users in bulk quantities, but by the end of the year 4-oz, bottles and tubes will be on sale at retailers for small users.
A TOOL FOR SOLDERING ALUMINIUM
'THE difficulty in soft soldering alu 11minium is because of the tenacious oxide film on the surface of the metal. This obstructing surface can be removed by, say, a wire brush, but unless the cleaning be followed immediately by the actual soldering, the action of. the air will cause the Min of oxide to form again.
These difficulties have been overcome in a new tool made by Belark Tool and Stamping Co., Ltd., 130 Mount Street, London, W.I. It is an electric soldering iron in which is incorporated a steelwire brush.
After the iron has heated up it is pla6e1 in a vertical position on the work and solder is applied until a pool has formed round the bit. By presing a trigger the wire brush is caused to vibrate and by moving the tool over the surface of the metal the solder immediately follows up and tins the areas thus cleaned of the oxide. film.
Once the necessary areas have been tinned, soldering can proceed in the normal way.
The tool is available for 110 v., 200-220 v., and 2252U v. A.C. circuits. It sells for £14 14s.
Common Sense Justified Grant
A N appeal by the British Transport risCornmission against the grant by the Scottish Licensing Authority of an A licence to John Smillie, Ltd.. 40 Carmichael Street, Glasgow, to operate a vehicle of 21 tons unladen was dismissed by the Transport Tribunal in Edinburgh last week.
Mr. Srnillie had conducted a business which was nationalized. He had now bought back his old depot (which he had managed under British Road Services) with 27 vehicles and five trailers. Three of the vehicles were not specified on the special A licence and an A licence was sought for one of them.
Mr. N. Wylie, for the company, stated that the unit had always included the vehicle concerned. At present, the bulk of the tight work was being done by hired vehicles.
Mr. J. Cowan, for the B.T.C., submitted that .need for the vehicle had not been proved " from a transport point of view."
The Tribunal thought that economic working and common sense justified the grant.
NO INSURANCE: STRIKE POWERS PLEA
pLEAS of not guilty were made
before Worcester magistrates last week. when a haulier and a farmer were prosecuted for allegedly using, and permitting to be used, a lorry not covered by insurance. The incidents which gave rise to the summonses occurred on June 20. This was a day after the emergency powers following the rail strike were revoked, so the police contended, quoting a Home Office circular.
Defending counsels submitted that the powers were not revoked until June 21. This was verified when a copy of Hansard was produced. The summonses were dismissed by the magistrates