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ANCHORPAC has developed its first automatic, front-loading mobile compaction system for the removal of industrial and commercial waste.
The one-man-operated vehicle is designed to pick up and discharge the contents of 4.6 or 6cum (6 or 7.8 cu yd) capacity lidded bins without the driver moving from the cab.
The company expects that the vehicle will be used mainly on industrial estates, within an airport or a large factory complex where there may be as many as 100 separate collection points. It is claimed that the Anchorpac can operate in confined areas, for example picking up filled bins from under low canopies and wires at either dock or ground level.
The bins are raised by liftarms equipped with forks which slide into sleeves on the bins themselves. The bins are kept level until well past the cab and are then tipped, at an angle of 80°, into a hopper which opens automatically as the arms lift. The hopper is formed by two hydraulically operated windguards and a large hopper lid.
When the lift-arm forks have returned to the horizontal position, the driver activates the five-stage doubleacting compaction ram by depressing a lever. The ram then compresses the unsegregated refuse deposited in the container against the back door completing each cycle in 60 'seconds. At the discharge point, the compaction ram ejects the entire load within one minute following hydraulic operation of the rear door.
The first Anchorpac front loader to come off the line has been sold to T.R.U. of Lille — one of the largest solid waste transports in France. The unit has been mounted on a 6x4 Berliet chassis plated for 26 'tonnes gvw.