Valeting Vehicles By Conveyor
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Manchester Concern Introduces Conveyor System by which Light Vehicles may be Serviced in Half an Hour
AN interesting new conveyor system on which to carry out valeting for vans and light vehicles has been constructed recently by Manchester. Garages, Ltd., Rusholme, Manchester, in a special servicing department. Vehicles enter at one end of the long narrow shop, which is exclusivelydevoted to the work, and emerge, with the valeting completed, 30 minutes later.
The shop itself has white-tiled walls and a glazed roof to provide ample natural lighting, whilst flood lamps are provided for night work, and under the conveyor are fixed lights for the inspection of chassis and undercarriage.
When it enters at the bottom of the shop, the vehicle is raised on a lift, where pressure washing of the wheels is carried out and a clamp for attachment to the conveyor is fixed to the axle. Then the lift is lowered and the vehicle runs forward to the conveyor, where a guide picks up the clamp and carries the vehicle up the ramp and slowly forward for the wings, chassis and• undercarriage to be washed by power hoses.
After this work has been done, the vehicle runs level with a platform from which interior cleaning, as well as polishing, are carried out. Pressure equipment for greasing and the supply of penetrating oil is applied at the next stage, after which the end of the conveyor is reached.
Here the clamp is detached and the vehicle is run down on to another lift, where grease is applied to any point that is difficult of access from the conveyor. This done, a Tecalemit stainless-steel battery with automatic registering equipment supplies any required gear oil, synchromesh oil, water or high-pressure grease that may be necessary for the steering gear.
Tyre pressures are brought up to the standard level and, after inspection, the vehicle is ready to be driven straight on to the parking ground in front of the main showroom.