Extensible X-ray Units . for Coal Board T HE National Coal Board
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are to put into service shortly a fleet of nine self-contained mobile radiography units which will visit collieries at regular intervals The bodies have been designed and built by Bonallack and Sons, Ltd., Basildon, Essex, to the requirements of the medical service of the N.C.B. and of Philips Electrical, Ltd., manufacturers of the X-ray apparatus.
The body sides can be extended on site to a width of 14 ft. When closed up for road travel, the. body is 7 ft. 6 in. wide and 25 ft. long. It is constructed in light alloy and is carried on a Carrimore semitrailer chassis behind a Cornmer 7-ton prime mover.
Double-acting hydraulic rams extend and retract the side wails. The box frame of the construction is supported throughout by ball-hearing trunnions and Davis Magnet adjustable landing gear is provided.
When uncoupled, stability is ensured by a series of captive bottle-jacks. The vehicle can be put in readiness to give full radiographic service within an hour of reaching the site.
The high-output X-ray unit operates from either a 50 cis 15 KVA alternator or a transfOrmer, the output being fed through a 500-cycle X-ray generator known as a Rotopulse. Alternator, transformer and Rotopulse are carried behind the cab. The alternator can be driven from the Martin Harper power take-off, although colliery mains supply will normally be used via the transformer.
NEW LONDON DEPOT FOR ATLAS EXPRESS
QPERATIONS of the Atlas Express Co., Ltd., are in process of being transferred from 9-21 Shand Street, I.ondon, S.E.1, to more spacious and convenient premises at Canon Beck Road, Rotherhithe, S.E.16.
The new depot lends itself easily to a one-way traffic system past commodious loading and unloading banks, London deliveries, on which nearly 60 vehicles are engaged daily, are handled separately from the Scottish and provincial trunk traffics. Fork-lift trucks and pallets are much in evidence and Atlas have devised simple trolleys of their own to transfer goods from the inwards to the outwards bays.
The traffic office is centrally situated, a workshop of useful size is in course of being equipped and further administrative offices are either nearing completion or are in the planning stage.
DEPUTATION OVER MOTORWAY A DEPUTATION representing YorkPA shire local authorities will meet the Minister of Transport on January 29 to request an early start on the proposed Sheffield-Leeds motorway.
The party will be headed by representatives of West Riding County Council. There will also be officials from 1,eeds. Bradford and Sheffield.