"Study Door-to-Door Time in Production"
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FOR many years there had been too much concentration on " fioor-tofloor " time in studying the movement of materials within factories, and too little on " door-to-door " time, concerning the final delivery of products to customers. But since the war the materials-handling industry had increased tenfold, and many new techniques based on the concept of continuous movement had been introduced.
This was stated by Sir Walter Puckey, chairman of Automation Consultants and Associates, Ltd., when he addressed the Institute of Transport in London on Monday on "The Application of Automation to Transport."
Electronic computers had a number of applications in transport, he said, because many variable factors existed in the industry and patterns were subject to change. To achieve continuous movement, automatic loading and unloading should be studied more closely, although a modern road system was more important to this end than better mechanical handling,
NEW VERSION OF THE P4 ASECOND new Perkins four-cylindered oil engine for agricultural aprposes will be making its first appearance at the Smithfield Show, Earls Court, from December 2-6. The other newcomer is a 1.6-litre unit announced in The Commercial Motor on November 8.
The latest model is the P4/192 (TA) agricultural oil engine and is rated to give from 25 b.h.p. at 1,000 r.p.m. to 50.5 b.h.p. at 2,000 r.p.m., maximum torque being 136 lb.-ft. at 1,400 r.p.m. Cylinder bore is 3.5 in. (88.9 mm.) and the stroke 5 in. (127 mm.), giving a capacity of 192.4 Cu. in. (3.15 litres). The compression ratio is 16.5 to 1. With accessories and loose parts, the engine weighs about 744 lb.
LEYLAND GROUP SERVICE PLANS D ATIONALIZATION of Leyland. L\. Albion and Scammell service arrangements in Australia and New Zealand is under way. In Victoria, Australia, plans have been drawn up for the erection of an assembly plant at Melbourne for the construction of compfetcly knocked-down vehicle imports, and a new depot has been opened by the group at 26 Crowther Street. Adelaide. South Australia.
A new service depot is scheduled for construction in Auckland, New Zealand.
• 1m. PASSENGERS LOST
hAORE than lm. passengers were lost by LYI Lincoln Transport Department between April and October, but receipts rose by £3,759 in that period. Mr. H. Jones, general manager, takes a serious view of the decline in traffic, and Councillor F. W. G. Todd, chairman of the transport committee, has said that fewer passengers had been carried even on routes where fares had been reduced.
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