Keeping Them Running

by Trevor Longcroft Getting goods vehicles through the annual test is an all too familiar problem. Many vehicles fail the test for a mechanical defect that should have been......

Fire Retardant

Synthetic Resins have developed a resin for use with the resin-injection system of production. It is of low viscosity, is fast curing, and has fire retardant properties which......

Tyre Shredder

A tyre shredder unit has been introduced by CAF Mechanical Handling Equipment. The totally enclosed unit is capable of reducing 6.70 x 16 tyres of 3041. diameter into 1, 1 -in.......

Water Pump Seal

From Aeroquip comes a water pump seal claimed to limit noise to a negligible level The seal is based on an established design but has a "monum" seal face chemically bonded into......

Snap-together Body Sides

Barham Bodies are making a tipper body using Sin-wide aluminium extruded sections which snap-lock together to form the body side-wall. The completed side-wall is considered to......