A Tanker for 2,160 Gallons of Beer
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Insulated Stainless Steel Tanks are Flexibly Mounted in Latest Hammerton Outfit
THE Durdmin Engineering Co.. Ltd., Standard Road, London, N.W.10. has recently completed a tanker, based on a Leyland Hippo chassis with standard cab, for the transport of beer in bulk. The outer casing, which is in light alloy and supported free of the chassis, serves to enclose two insulated stainless-steel tanks, each of 1,080gallon capacity.
The tanks, which are identical in every respect, are supported on duralumin bolsters, to which they are held by steel encircling bands. An appreciable -degree of flexibility is imparted to the mountings by introducing Ferodo pack• ing between the bolsters and the tank bottom. Each tank has built round. it a wood frame to a depth of 2 ins. This frame forms a support for an aluminium covering, the intervening space being filled with Isoflex insulatin material.
W. B. Bourn; Ltd., Blackhorse Lane, London, E.17, supplied the tanks, which are 5 ft. 7 ins: diameter, and the overall measurement of the two, as mounted, is 21 ft. 5 ins. Their height from the ground is 9 ft. 7 ins., plus 1 ft. 3 ins. for the polished aluminium domes. Before installation they are -tested to a pressure of 60 lb. per sq. in., but are never subjected to more than half this pressure in service.
The outer casing is to give a finished appearance to the outfit, being supported on rubber mountings supplied by A.V..N. Rubber Mountings, Ltd. Twickenham. The method of mounting the tanks and the outer casing not only makes for silence in operation. • but chafing, which must eventually lead to trouble, is eliminated: Discharge at the Rear .
The discharge points for the beer are brought to the rear, where they arc. made accessible by lowering a hinged , flap in the outer casing. Below this Lisp is a second but larger one, whit+, encloses the spare -wheel. In its finish of 'varnished white-gloss • paint, polished aluminiuni domes, red cab, and red and brownlettering, the complete outfit presents a most striking appearance. It should represent excellent publicity for its operator, Hammerton and Co., Ltd., Stockwell Green, London, S.W.9.