New on Stand• 77

13th September 1968, Page 171

13th September 1968

Page 171

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Of major importance in the bulk transport field as a weight-saving measure, R. Murat Ltd. (Stand 37) will be displaying a vehicle equipped with a turbo-conveyor system produced by Holset Engineering Ltd, of Huddersfield. The system is applied to a 500 Series bulk transporter mounted on a Murfitt 32-ton g.c.w. three-axle semi-trailer and the turbo-conveyor feeds a rotary seal. A Murfitt patented poppet valve is incorporated in the system.

Engine exhaust gases are employed to drive the turbo-conveyor which delivers oil-free clean air. Some idea of the weightsaving it provides (in conjunction with a lightweight aluminium body) is indicated by the payload of the vehicle, which is 21 tons.

Other new bulk vehicles that will be exhibited include a bulk-sand articulated tanker produced by Carmichael and Sons (Worcester) Ltd. (Stand 122). This is of lightweight aluminium construction and is of the pressure type, a working pressure of 15 p.s.i. being provided by a Holmes blower mounted on the tractive unit. Displayed for the first time, an aluminium animal-feed /grain bulker will be exhibited by Dunnspencer Bulldio Ltd. (Stand 90) featuring an hydraulically driven one-piece vibrating hopper which, like the Carmichael sand tanker, ensures that all the material is cleared from the interior, of the body. No details were available at the time of going to press of a new tipping bulker body to be shown by Atkinson's of Clitheroe Ltd. on Stand 130. It is said that the body is based on an entirely new type of construction giving maximum carrying capacity. The body is equipped with a shaft-driven pneumatic discharge system.

While plastics tankers do not appear to have fulfilled their promise of a few years ago, it is notable that Always Welding Ltd. (Start(' 121) will be exhibiting a plastics 2,500gal domestic fuel-oil tank that costs about the same as a conventional steel tank but is I-ton lighter. This is Always Welding's second venture in the construction of glass-fibre tanks, the first being a glass-fibre sludge gulper which is claimed to have been a great success.

Using a tanker that can carry a return load of general goods represents a particularly meritorious method of increasing vehicle utilization and is one that is offered by the company in the form of a tanker-truck that will be displayed on the same stand. The truck is equipped with six collapsible liquid containers with a combined capacity of 2,500gal, the bags being available in a wide range of materials to suit a variety of liquids. After the containers have been collapsed a flat surface is provided that can be used to carry up to 10 tons of cargo.

Representing a trend that has been particularly noted on the Continent, a YEWCO non-hazardous-liquids tanker of stainless steel will be shown by Yorkshire Engineering and Welding Co. (Bradford) Ltd., fitted inside an ISO freightliner portable-container framework of 20ft module dimension.

A 5,300gal tank to be exhibited by Gloster Saro Ltd. (Stand 115) is of frameless aluminium construction, is insulated with Coolag rigid-urethane-foam and panelled in impregnated glass-reinforced plastics panels.