Pre-cast Garage
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APRE-CAST concrete garage designed specially for commercial vehicles has been added to the range of portable buildings manufactured by Durrant's Concrete Co., Ltd., Dernmings Works,
Brookfield Road, Cheadle, Cheshire.
The walls are constructed from interlocking concrete panels and posts, whilst the flat, bituminousfilled concrete roof, insulated inside with wood-wool panels, is supported by R.S.J. framework.
Maximum height of the structure is 12 ft. Any number of bays may be specified. The makers claim speedy .erection and a saving in initial and maintenance costs over a conventional brick.-built garage.
Starting Oilers OLD in Aerosol 12-oz. tins, Aerostart is a volatile fluid which may be used to start oil engines in cold weather. It is applied by spraying into the air intake or inlet manifold while the engine is being cranked. Each tin is stated to contain sufficient fluid for about 100 starts for a 2-litre engine at a few degrees of frost, or about 16 starts for a 12-litre .engine at minus 25°.
The distributors, Patentools, Ltd., Mitre House, Western Road, Brighton, state that tins may be stored for long periods and that the fluid is noncorrosive, also containing upper-cylinder lubricant. The cost is 16s. 6d. per tin.
Regular use throughout the year irrespective of the weather is claimed to 'extend battery life.
Cold Treatment .METAL parts may now be treated c-old by the Bonderite system of the Pyrene Co., Ltd., Great West Road, Brentford, Middx. The finish is stated to be equal to that resulting from conventional, methods whilst substantial economies in fuel and water are obtained. Plant maintenance is reduced and chemical costs are in many instances lower. The system also includes the use of cold alkali cleaners.
Better Cream r-k A MATERIAL called polyvinylpyrro lidone is being marketed by the British Oxygen Co., Ltd., Bridgewater House, Cleveland Row, London, S.W.I, for adding to barrier-cream preparations. It is stated that if it is added to a cream in the proportion of 0.5-1.5 per cent., protective qualities are enhanced, a softening action persists and dirt removal is more effective.
X-ray Truck ikAODIFICATIONS have been made LVI to the three-wheeled Universal truck made by G. Hunter (London), Ltd., 80 •Fenchurch Street, London, E.C.3, so that it may carry all types of industrial X-ray equipment. The X-ray
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head can be raised to required height and Mewed through a full circle in any plane.
Stabilizing jacks of the truck permit fine height adjustment of the head. The company say that the appliance lends itself to the inspection of high-pressure boilers and the structures of large aircraft.
Bright Lights
QUITABLE for caravans and mobile shops, a range of fluorescent-light fittings produced by Valradio, Ltd., Browells Lane, Feltham, Middx., gives high light output at low current consumption.
The units are 200-250-v. AC. models supplied with a D.C.-A.0 converter to enable them to be powered from the normal 12-v. or 24-v. battery. The type 15T, which is recommended for vehicle application, has two 1-ft. 6-in.-long 15w. fluorescent tubes and costs £6 9s. A 12-v. converter for this fitting is priced at £6 l0s.
American Jacks
WITH the lifting of dollar import VV restrictions, the full range of Duff Norton jacks for .garage and various industrial applications is now available from the Consolidated Pneumatic Pull Co., Ltd., 232 Dawes Road, London, S.W.6. These American tools work either on the ratchet, screw or hydraulic principle, Ratchet types are suitable for loads of up to 20 tons. Screw jacks may be used for toads of up to 100 tons, and for quick action without physical effort an air motor can be used to operate the screw. Capacities of hydraulic jacks range from 3-100 tons,
Crane Agency THE British Swedish Chamber of Commerce in Sweden, Hovslagargatan 5B, Stockholm, C., Sweden, acting on behalf of Nordiska Vacuum-Aktiebolaget, Kungsga tan 29, Stockholm, C, seek agents in Britain for the Nor-Vac hydraulic floor crane.
This is an appliance of which about 1,000 have been sold in Sweden, and a number has been exported to some 20 countries. It has a capacity of 1 ton and a maximum height of lift of 8 ft. 1+ in., the lift speed being 11 in. for each stroke of the pump.
It costs £.96 f.o.b. excluding packing. Agents will be expected to buy on their own accounts and would obtain discounts of 20-25 per cent. British Customs duty amounts to 17 per cent. c.i.f.
Door Named THE plastics garage door of the upand-over type described in The Commercial Motor dated June 6 has been named the Pema by the makers, Coburn Engineers, Ltd., who have formed Peasmarsh Reinforced Plastics, Ltd., Peasmarsh, Guildford, Surrey, to manufacture and market this product. The new company are also performing experimental work in reinforced plastics for themselves and outside companies.
Ion Exchange FOLLOWING the introduction of the Senior Top-it-Up distilled-water plant, De-ionisation (Elga), Ltd., Railway Place, London, S.W.19, have produced a smaller model known as the Junior,
The apparatus is connected to a mains water supply and the water passes through a column of ion-exchange resins, the distilled product issuing from an outlet at normal tap speed. The chemical agent is contained in a replaceable cartridge, the life of which varies according to the mains supply, purifying from 15-150 gal. of water depending on the area in which it is used. The new model costs £25 and the replacement cartridges 15s. each
Storage. Pans ONE-PIECE pressings of 24-g. steel, general-purpose pans produced by the WeIconstruct Co., Ltd., Martineau Street, Birmingham, 2, measure 6 in. by 4 in. and are 2 in. deep. They are well finished with turned edges, and are stoveenamelled green although other 'colours may be supplied on request.
Useful for the storage of small parts or components, they cost 2s. each if purchased in lots of 50, the price reducing to ls. 7d. each if 1,000 are ordered, with varying rates for intermediate numbers. They can also be supplied unpainted at 3d. less each.