Top gear for garages
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Eby Bryan Jarvis
Producers from home and overseas brought along an abundance of innovative equipment to tempt the industry, from exhaust emission analysers and hand-held tachograph calibrators to portable rolling road brake testing gear and vehicle straightening systems.
Health and safety issues, such as back strains and injuries associated with workshop practices, weren't ignored either.
New products included wheel pullers to reduce the worst effects of removing wheels seized on hubs, and wheeled frames and Jigs which take the strain when handling brake discs, capers, drums and hubs.
Vehicle batteries have hardly changed since the days of the Laclanche cell, yet there were two new developments at the show.
TwinPower (Europe) exhibited a Hong Kong-designed Gemini two-in-one battery with an integral microprocessor to control its separate functions, while Exide's Maxxima battery has cylindrical cells giving greater surface area on the wound plates, allowing extra capacity.