123 CARMICHAEL

22nd September 1972, Page 166

22nd September 1972

Page 166

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Carmichael and Sons (Worcester) Ltd, Gregory's Mill Street, Worcester, WR3 88E. A feature exhibit on this stand, the company's Commando fire-fighting and emergency vehicle, is a converted Range Rover to which a third trailing axle is fitted to provide a load-carrying capacity of 2 tons. Having seating accommodation for seven people, a Bedford-based mines rescue vehicle is equipped with heating apparatus, liquidoxygen systems and so on, the height of the vehicle being restricted to 9ft to provide access to restricted areas. A bulk tipping body of 1000 cu ft capacity is mounted on an AEC Marshal 24-ton chassis and its features in dude a rotary seal of 15in. diameter, a Holmes blower, a chain-driven auger and a screw-operated slide, the rotary seal being driven by an hydraulic orbital motor. The tipping gear is an Edbro 5LN unit.

A new type of discharge valve is incorporated in the articulated bulk-sugar tanker which provides for pneumatic or gravity discharge. The tanker has a capacity of 800 Cu ft and is fitted with a reduction box that gives fine control of the valve. A Holmes blower is mounted on the tractive unit and the tank is tipped by an Edbro 6CAN gear. Based on a Primrose semi-trailer, the outfit is hauled by a Foden tractive unit.

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