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The curtain rises
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• Dry freight bodybuilding specialist Papworth Group (formerly Papworth Industries) is now offering its customers a vertically opening curt ain-sider system for rigids and trailers.
The Bachomatic design. which has been operated successfully in Europe for several years, will be built at the Group's 4,650m2 facility at Papworth Everard, Cambridgeshire under license from Belgian bodybuilder Nicodeme of Binche.
Curtains wrap round inset roller shafts in the roof and are wound upwards to give clear access to the entire load bed.
Once laden the side curtains are pulled down and tensioned using hand cranks at the front of the body (or optional pneumatic winding gear) and are secured using rope hooks.
When tightened the curtains clamp the load into position and the roof is evenly stressed. Papworth will build the Bachomatic bodywork to suit a variety of loads.