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Over 300 firms in biggest ever mechanical handling exhibition
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A preview by David Lowe
• The 1970 Mechanical Handling Exhibition which opens at Earls Court, London, on Tuesday—closing May 15—promises to be the biggest ever. More than 550,000 sq ft of exhibition space, including an outside demonstration area, will be occupied by some 300 manufacturers and suppliers of mechanical handling equipment.
The display will feature industrial and fork-lift trucks, mobile cranes, conveyors and elevators of many designs, storage racking, hoists and winches, bulk handling plant, containers and container handling equipment. automated factory layouts, electronic control gear and a wide variety of ancillary equipment.
The theme of this year's exhibition is "systemize—mechanize----economize" and the organizers claim that the show is more than a mere display, but is a presentation of methods and systems of handling technology.
Many of the items to be displayed are well established and work-proved, but new and improved equipment will be seen on a number of stands. Coventry Climax Engines Ltd, for example will show 19 models from its range of tractors and fork-lift trucks, five of these new models from 40001b to 18,000lb capacity. Another fork-lift truck manufacturer with new models. Bonser Engineering Ltd, will show its 50D dieselpowered truck fitted with Lucas Hydrostatic transmission, and model 70D-LPG which utilizes the Beam low-pressure gas-fuel system. Five other dieseland battery-powered models will be on Bonser's stand.
On display for the first time in Britain will be the Saxby Warrior battery-electric, rider sit-on 30cwt straddle stacker, and Saxby Miniwar fork-lift trucks designed to work inside containers. Other narrow-aisle and counter-balanced fork-lift trucks up to 3 tons capacity powered by battery, diesel or lpg fuels will be shown by Jewsbury's Mechanical Handling Ltd; this company is also to exhibit Western hydraulic lifts capable of lifting to heights of 401t and with platforms traversing through 360 degrees.
Also to be seen for the first time in this country will be the range of Dobson-Crede fork-lift trucks—a British version of the German Herkules-Crede trucks. These are being built under licence by W. E. and F. Dobson Ltd on whose stand they will appear. Models at Earls Court will include the 1000kg, 1500kg and 2000kg batteryelectric units, and the 1500kg dieselpowered unit.
Lancer Boss Ltd is also featuring new models—its Mark III range of fork-lift trucks in capacities from 40001b to 60,000lb. Model 2500 container handling side-loader will make its first exhibition demonstration—it is fitted with a special electric motor and auxiliary hydraulic pump to enable its lifting and traversing action to be demonstrated by transferring a 20ft container to and from a trailer platform. A larger version of this model. the 3500, will demonstrate on the West Brompton Forecourt its ability to handle 20ft, 30ft and 40ft containers.
A revolutionary Turret Truck capable of handling loads of up to one ton on either side of an aisle as large as 5ft 8in. wide by 27ft high will be exhibited by Lansing Bagnall Ltd. This company will also show its Low Profile and Sealine models designed for low-headroom applications, pedestrianoperated trucks in capacities from 1500113 to 30001b, and reach trucks in capacities from 17601b to 45001b. Transloaders and towtractors will also occupy the Lansing Bagnail stand.
John Wallace (Greenock) Ltd is introduc
ing its latest fork-lift truck, the Peregrine, a 2-ton rider-controlled unit fitted with -hydrostatic transmission. The Merlin, a 2-ton battery-electric side-loader will be among other models in the range.
New models from Wessex Industries will include a battery-electric reach truck of 4500lb capacity, die-handlers with capacities up to 30,000lb and EMI /Wessex remote-controlled trucks of up to 20 tons towing capacity.
Mobile cranes usually dominate the centre of the Earls Court exhibition, towering above the main floor and the balcony and this year will be no exception. Two of the major manufacturers will show new models; Coles cranes will exhibit the Hydra 250T 25-ton capacity telescopic crane, the Hydra Husky 150T 15-ton capacity rough ground telescopic boom crane and the Hydra 300S 30-ton capacity truck-mounted strut-gib crane. A range of other cranes from this manufacturer will be on display on the British Crane and Excavator Corporation stand. The Priestman BC80 36-ton capacity crawler-mounted crane and the Mustang 120 hydraulic crawler-mounted machine will be on exhibition for the first time along with the Mustang 90M hydraulic twowheel-drive materials handling machine.
John Allen and Sons (Oxford) Ltd is to show its new H2564 25-ton lorry-mounted hydraulic crane with telescopic boom, the T3064 30-tonner with 120ft boom and 40ft auxiliary jib, and the H1564 15-tonner with telescopic boom.
Another crane manufacturer featuring new models is Colchester Tillage Ltd with its K400 24-ton capacity hydraulic truck crane with continuous power slewing, builtin winch and booms up to 18ft 6in. length.
Lifting gear Felco Hoists Ltd's wide range of lifting gear on show will include for the first time, nylon operating chain for use with handoperated pulley blocks.
Handling equipment suitable for automatic and semi-automatic warehousing systems will be exhibited by Finspa Engineering Co Ltd.
Storage racking and shelving will be shown on a number of stands including Gascoignes (Kee Klamps) Ltd—also displaying the Mini-Skoot personnel carrier —and Dexion Ltd, with the Dexion Poweracks, a powered mobile storage system for stacking pallets up to 40ft.
Marlow Ropes Ltd is to show its range of synthetic-fibre ropes and slings, and from Miller Weblift Ltd comes a new type of
tough, synthetic-webbing materialPolyweb—designed for use in making slings and safety nets.
Large numbers of pallets at Earls Court will include the new Tillgate expendable pallet and a new mobile pallet. Bambergers Pallets and Cases Ltd has entitled its display "Pallets for the '70s" and prototype pallets collected from all over the world will indicate recent developments.
Ge,est Industries Ltd will demonstrate its equipment to illustrate the scope of the technical advisory service which is available for planning materials handling and storage activities.