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NINDFOIL has introduced a new ian body constructed from com3os te materials for light weight.
The body uses grp composite or the side walls, but, in ..:ontrast to the normal grp/plywood construction, the grain is Ind on.
Windfoil, of Aftleborough, slorfolk, claims that the use of :his lnsulite material reduces the werall weight to a considerable axtent with an 18mm (0.7in) hick panel weighing 6.8kg/sqm 1.4 lb/sqft) compared with the 12.2Ig/sqm (2.5 lb/sqft) of the nore conventional grp/ply conrtruction.
With the advent of the highensile steel chassis, Windfoil iesigned the floor to have a :ompatible torsional rigidity.
It is made from Structurelite 100, a new plastic foam compoite, and Windfoil claims that a im x 21/2m (16ft 5in x 8ft 21/2in) loor can be easily lifted and caried by two people.
Windfoil had originally inended to call the body Ultralite", but the company has vithdrawn this to avoid confuion with the Neville Charrold product of the same name.
The body is assembled using n adhesive developed specifially for its operation by CIBA/ieigy although some mechanial fixings are used for location urposes during construction. The first vehicle to be fitted with the Windfoil produced body is a Ford Cargo 0811 for Spring Grove which is equipped with a Zepro tail lift and Aeroquip aluminium load restraints.
Windfoil now offers the body in lengths ranging from 5m to 7m (16ft to 23ft) and 2.29m to 2.44m (7ft Gin to 8ft) width — all internal measurements.
As a guide to the cost, a maximum-length boxvan with 2.44m interior width is priced at £4,800, including the tail lift.