First Coal Handling Exhibition
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IN Tuesday Lord Robens, chairman
of the National Coal Board, opened te first Coal Handling Exhibition to be :Id in London. It consisted exclusively f modern mechanical-handling equiprent designed to facilitate retail delivery f coal and was sponsored by the Coal Ierchants Federation of Great Britain, :presenting 95 per cent of the country's ;tail merchants.
Whilst the trend towards mechanized andling has been proceeding quietly for mne time the tempo is now increasing ot only at the merchants' end but also t the consumers', by the use of special elivery vehicles. Moreover, the implicaons of the reference to coal distribution the Beeching report has added interest ) this development. In the report it ,as pointed out that there were more an 5,000 stations open to coal traffic 1 1960 with an average radius of distriiution of 2+ miles, whereas the whole ountry could be covered by a 10-mile adius of distribution from 250 centres. nd schemes for coal concentration depots fere being developed.
The implementation of such schemes !wolves the wider and more intensive use ,f special delivery vehicles, of which a ood representation was on view at the
Demonstrated for the first time were wo new developments by Charrold Ltd.. .ondon, E.C.3, namely the Conveyor 'neumatic and Multi-Fuel (Partitioned) Vehicles. The pneumatic delivery vehicle, Mark 3, has been increased in size, giving higher rates of delivery, 35 tons per hour having been recorded. The particular vehicle demonstrated was mounted on a Commer TS3 and the price of the body with equipment is £2,600.
The multi-fuel vehicle shown below is a less-expensive vehicle appealing to smaller merchants operating in country areas where it is uneconomical to carry only one type of fuel. The cost of this body and weighing equipment is £900. with a further £175 for conveyor equipment including p.t.-o. hydraulic drive.
Other exhibits of bulk-delivery vehicles included the Bonallack " Pneumarotor" mounted on a 7-ton Commer 162-in. w.b. chassis. The light-alloy body has a capacity of 350 Cu. ft. and may also be used without modification as a conventional end tipper.
Powered delivery equipment was exhibited by Atkinson's of Clitheroe Ltd. on,. the Thames Trader rigid and Dodge articulated vehicles. Both were equipped with hydraulic delivery boom and pneumatic delivery facilities. The winch cable elevating the delivery boom is electrically powered for quick, positive lift.
Murfitt Bulk Transporters Ltd., Wisbech, exhibited Barfitt Mk. 3E Pneumatic Piped Delivery vehicles, mounted on the Commer 8-ton chassis, all operations for which can be carried out from on control panel.