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THE FUTURE
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Farewell to the frame
Sensitive to C&U widths and side-arm vulnerability, several firms have been sharpening their pencils. Multilift's unusual FasyCover, for example, dispenses with the familiar pivoting frame.
Instead the prototype has a spidery concertina frame that opens scissor-like to deploy the sheet, without any support at the sides or rear. Nine cylinders and four hydraulic actuators help lift the carrying frame off its gantry and unfold rearwards with the sheet suspended beneath it. The sheet then lowers and secures to the container, allowing the frame to fold forward and the gantry to be lowered.
With its own hydraulic power pack and remote controls, EasyCover suits trucks and trailers; the prototype is being trialled by Severnside Recycling.
Like most manufacturers, Transcover is often asked to find solutions for operational problems. "At the moment we're developing a new cover for drawbars that serve the brick and block sector," says director Steve Hines. "And we also have a special hook-loader sheet which has its operating arms linked directly with the tower to keep to the overall width limits."