Spitzer improves dry bulker's capacity
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'1TZER Dry Bulk UK, the est German bulker ecialises British sales consny has devised a means of :Teasing the useable volume a dry bulk hopper vehicle. Conventionally, the angle the hopper, needed to arre at a complete and clean scharge under gravity, astes 25 per cent of the hide's capacity.
But Spitzer has inserted air .gs, at approximately 0,000 ch, within each of the angle ales to create otherwise iobtainable extra volume. On loading, the airbag is Ily deflated and on arrival at e point of discharge an :ternal air supply is connecd which, through a pressure limiting valve, inflates the bag at two to three psi.
The remaining 250min wide sections of the angle plate prevent the product from being trapped by the airbag and, specially strengthened, add extra support to the side walls of the container.
The first seven adapted bulk semi-trailers were due to be delivered to Tankfreight on March 14 to work on contract to Goodyear, carrying carbon black, with an unladen weight of about seven tonnes and volume of 84m3,
Wasted volume below the angle vehicle's capacity.
Over the predicted vehicle life of 15 to 20 years, Goodyear expects vehicle maximum weights to be increased to at least 40 tonnes, which will enable the full 28 tonne payload capacity to be used.
Spitzer's UK operation was formerly Rossendale Trailer Equipment of Bacup, Lancashire and is run by managing director Eric Isherwood.