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THE NEW increased scope of the nternational Construction Equipment '81 Congress and Exlibition, means that it now en2ompasses both public works 3nd municipal services.
The exhibition, at the National Exhibition Centre, closes today Saturday) and provides a show.lase for not only plant, equip-nent and machinery, but rehicles to. Indeed, it is here that ...eyland's Cruiser range of artic inits (CM, February 21) makes ts public debut.
A 16.21 Cruiser is shown 3oupled to a tank semi-trailer 3nd the whole outfit is finished n the colours and livery of Redand Purle.
The 16.21 is fitted with an 11 itre Leyland TL11A turbo • ;harged diesel developing 56kW (209bhp) at 2,200rpm, and maximum torque is 820Nm (605 lbft) coming in at 1,300rpm. Transmission for the newcomer is by means of a Dana-Spicer twin dry plate clutch and Fuller RTO 9509A, nine-speed rangechange constant-mesh gearbox which drives a Guy hub reduction rear axle.
The cab for the Cruiser is the slimmer version of that fitted to the top-of-the-range Roadtrain models.
Although a centre section 300mm (12in) wide is taken out of the width to make Cruiser more acceptable for urban distribution work, none of the Roadtrain features have been lost in the conversion of the C40 cab system — the interior being particularly well-appointed for this class of vehicle.
Roadtrain, too, is represented
by a 16.28 4x2 day cab tractive unit which is fitted with Leyland's own TL12 Flexitorque power unit and a Spicer tenspeed splitter gearbox. Rated at 203kW (270bhp) maximum output at 2,000rpm, the engine has a capacity of 12.4 litres. The Roadtrain is coupled to a lowloader semi-trailer.
Last of the T45 models on show is the Constructor 8x4 which is equipped with a general-purpose tipping body built by K. & J. Withey. Like Cruiser the Constructor 30.21 has the TL11A engine and Dana Spicer clutch, but is fitted with a sixspeed constant mesh gearbox.
There are seven other Leylands on show, including a sixwheel bonneted Landtrain which has Atkinsons of Clitheroe gritting/salting equipment. Two 'Bison 6x4s are there, one with a Powell Duffryn waste rider, while the other has a Macroll 24T demountable body system
which can handle waste cor tainers having a capacity of up t 30.5cum (40cuyd).
Both vehicles use the TL11, power unit and one is show with a Fuller RT0609 gearbo while the other has a ZF AK 6-9 six-speed box. No less tha three G-cabbed Boxers are at th NEC. A 1043 plated for 10.1 tonnes and fitted with Leyland' 6.98 NV engine developint 81.3kW (109bhp) at 2,000rpn has art hydraulic platform fron Simon Engineering.
Fitted with a Johnston 401 Road Sweeper a Boxer 1235 plated for 12.55 tonnes also hal the 6.98NV and is on display.
Last of the Boxers is a 16-tot 1600 fitted with a Perkins 6.354.: six-cylinder diesel which has at output of 85kW (114bhp) a 2,800rpm. Adaptations havf been made to the Boxer chassiE to meet the specialist require ments of its refuse collectior role (it has a Jack Allen Collecto. matic refuse body) including z changed wheelbase and revisec rear suspension.
Completing the Leyland line. up is the long-serving EA, a favourite with municipal un. dertakings. The model at NEC is in the guise of a mobile workshop which has proved popular with local utilities such as gas, electric and water companies.
But Leyland isn't only represented by vehicles at the NEC. Leyland Power Systems, which
is responsible for the worldwide sales of engines and other power-train components manufactured by Leyland Vehicles, Austin Morris and Land-Rover, has two new products on show.
The 272 skid unit has a Leyland 4.98 engine Hurth hydrodynamic torque converter and Leyland synchro gearbox, and second of the new products is a 411E six-cylinder turbocharged diesel.
Outputs range from 11kW (15bhp) to 210kW (282bhp) for applications from generators to construction plant. The 411E has a capacity of 6.54 litres and develops 134kW (1 80bhp) at 2,60Orpm.
Another cv maker showing its iwer products at ICE is Ford. le of the largest suppliers of lwer to industry worldwide, ,rd claims to have around 500 stomers in the earthmoving id construction industries.
Over a million 2710 series Dort engines have been built, cording to Ford, and there are ree examples on display. The 12E which gives 65.7kW 3bhp) at 2,500rpm is next to a 15E giving 98.5kW (132bhp) at e same revs. There's also a '04ET turbocharged model lich puts out 118kW (158bhp) 2,40Orpm.
Ford also has a heat pump enne based around the 1.6-litre !74E Kent engine. A choice of els —petrol, lpg, petrol/lpg or Aural gas for static use — is on fer and Ford says its range has 3en designed to offer a wide ;ope for any manufacturer in e construction industry.
The company says its engines in be tailored with a wide ,nge of optional equipment on
• i specialist lines at South Ock-don in Essex.
IVECO's presence in the UK aid of construction vehicles is nphasised by four vehicles at le NEC. Three are Magirus eutz models and a Fiat.
A Magirus Deutz 232D 24A1( (4 normal control chassis cab shown fitted with an 8.5cum 1cuyd) steel Lineflow body. tted with Telehoist C70 link ,pe gear with a tipping cycle of pout 18 seconds, the body is a :andard overburden scow end pper.
Designed for on/off road use at 24.38 tonnes (24 tons) gvw, the Magirus has a Deutz F8L 413 air-cooled diesel developing 170kW (228.5bhp) at 2,650rpm.
A 6x6 232D 26AK rated at 24.38 tonnes (24 tons) gvw onroad and 26.4 tonnes (26 tons) gvw off-road is fitted with specialist snow-clearing equipment made by Atkinsons of Clitheroe. This is the CH-SA semiautomatic hydraulic salt spreader which has power supplied by a crankshaftmounted pump and a Vee-cumstraight snow-plough blade.
Designed for use for a wide range of applications on rough terrain, the Magirus Deutz 170D 'MAK is a normal control 4x4 rated at 16.25 tonnes (16 tons) gvw. Its Deutz F6L 413 V6 aircooled engine develops 127kW (170bhp) at 2,650rpm.
The lone Fiat is a 75F 10 4x2 chassis cab with a wheelbase of 3.6m (11.8ft), rated at 7.5 tonnes (7.38 tons) for non-hgv operation. It is equipped with a steel and timber beavertail body which has steel ramp extensions and it measures 3.65m (12ft) long by 2.61m (7.5ft) wide. The Fiat is also equipped with a 1.93tonne (1.9 ton) capacity hydraulic crane mounted behind the cab.
As well as powering the Magirus vehicles, Deutz is showing examples of its engines in its own right. Most are exhibited coupled to users equipment and range from the one-cylinder module engine to a ten cylinder.
Yet another engine manufacturer taking advantage of ICE is Cummins which has three units for stationary operation on show. These are the V504-F2 fire pump. KT1150G generator drive engine, and an NT855C powerpack for industrial application.
Rolls-Royce, too, has its share of power plants with the newly uprated CV8 300G.
Featuring improved coolant flow, the CV8 300G is claimed to have reduced fan noise and the capability to drive electrical equipment with an output up to 450kWamp.
Compression ratio and turbocharger matching as well as fuelling have been changed. There are other examples of RollsRoyce static engines including the CV-12 and it also has a automotive unit in the shape of265 Eagle for on/off road vehicles.
Mercedes-Benz have both static engines and vehicles on their stand. The engines are the 0M401, the 0M404A —which is a turbocharged — and .the V8 0M422.
On the vehicle side, it has a 2419K 6x4 tipper chess equipped with a concrete mixe This has the V6 136kW (182bh1 diesel engine and "new generi tion" cab. Another vehicle wit this cab is the 1617K 16-to chassis shown equipped with skip handler by David Mackr Engineering.
Last of the Mercedes vehicls is a Unimog 4x4 which has Schmidt snow cutter.
Four vehicles make up tl. stand display of Shelvoke ar Drewry, The Letchworth-bass company is still strong in mur cipal sales and has its smalle Maxipak intermittent loader an 2.4m (8ft) wheelbase PI Series model which is just 2 (6.6ft) wide.
Its largest Revopak conti uous loader is a PY-Series mod with a gvw of 16.25 tonnes (' tons), featuring Shelvokes t crew cab.
Demonstrating, according to & D, its active export marketir approach is the PNL-Series E ropak, featuring DAF dies power, automatic transmissic a left-hand drive.
Cabs for all these vehicles a of modular construction fro steel and further economies production, claims S & D, ha been made by making the hc pers of both the Revopak a Maxipak refuse collectors terchangeable with their stz dard production body and ej( tor system.
Greater savings in servici and easy alteration of vehil specifications are said to be p( sible.
The last of S & D's vehi, display is one from the S range of special purpo vehicles and is the PYC-Ser 4x4 on/off road vehicle first se at the Commercial Vehicle Shi last year.
Fitted out with a snow lough/gritter by Atkinsons of litheroe, the S & D has a turbolarged Leyland 420 engine and ill-width all-steel crew cab.
Sandbach Engineering is exbiting two Foden S10 aulmasters at ICE.
One of these is the first to be roduced by the re-titled cornany, and is a 6.5m (21ft 4in) heelbase 8x4 rigid which has a ardner 6LXC diesel and 20cum 6cuyd) aluminium tipper body. Shown in the livery of A. & J. J II of Mitcham, the Foden is sed on waste-disposal opera)ns.
The second Foden is a 4.9m 61/ 1in) wheelbase lightweight (4 rigid which has a &um '.9cuyd) capacity concrete ixer mounted on it and is finhed in the new colours of Til)n Truflo.
Both S10s have Fodens' own 20 rubber suspension bogies id are equipped with the uprted (since NEC last year) Foin S10 cab made of composite p/steel.
Dodge has always figured -ge in construction and muni)al purchases and is showing
two from the former category and four from the latter.
Smallest of the exhibits is a 50-Series S56 which grosses at 5.6 tonnes (5.51 tons) and is fitted with a Tip Master tipping/refuse collector body.
Another 50-Series, this time a 6.6 tonne (6.50 ton) gross S66 is also on show with a G. H. Hills Mini Max concrete mixer body.
Four 100-Series Dodges complete the line-up. At the bottom end is a G11 which has a gvw of 11.38 tonnes (11.2 tons) with a Norba refuse collector body.
Two G13 13.2kg (13 ton) gvw rigids have a Buckingham Bodies gulley/cesspool emptier and Glover 202 refuse collector equipment respectively.
Completing Dodge's exhibits is a top-of-the-rigid range G16 plated for 16.25 tonnes (16 tons) gvw fitted with the latest David Mackrill, Macro! Mk III container body.
While DAF itself is not exhibiting vehicles at the NEC, DAF diesel has three engines on show.
The DT615 is a six-cylinder inline diesel which, with a capacity of 6.15 litres and produces 107kW (145bhp) at 2,400rpm. Maximum torque is 9 2kW (125bhp) at 2,100rpm.
Next is a DI-1825, again with six-cylinders and an in-line four stroke which has an output of 112kW (152bhp) from its 8.25 litres capacity. Torque is 95kW (129bhp) at 2,100rpm.
The largest of the three units is the DKS 1160 six-cylinder diesel which has an output of 221kW (301bhp) at 2,200rpm from its 11.6-litre capacity. Maximum torque from this unit is 193kW (262bhp) at 1,900rpm.
A working model of the 11.6litre turbocharged and intercooled diesel, which uses colours to show different temperatures through its clear plastic format, is also on show.
Four battery-powered vehicles of interest to district councils, health authorities and industry are displayed by Smith's Electric Vehicles Limited, manufacturers of electric road vehicles.
Its CABAC range features design details said to be unique. There is a lift-out controller facility so that in a matter of seconds the switchgear module may be removed from the vehicle for servicing in the workshop, while a replacement controller is fitted for the vehicle to continw working ‘./ithout need to be al the road.
On every vehicle which doe. not have immediate access t( the battery cells by a tippim body or hinged deck, a withdra wable battery facility is incorpo rated.
A further design feature re cently introduced is the elevat ing tipping body enabling thE contents of the vehicle body tc be discharged into a skip or thE hopper of a refuse collectior vehicle.
This enables the electric vehicle to continue its duty without travelling to a discharg€ point, and this facility is being shown on a standard tipper and on a tipping dropside van body.
The CABAC fiveor six-man crew cab gives access for the crew through the sliding door on the nearside and ample seating without crowding the driver or obstructing his field of vision. The tip-up walkway seats assist movement within the cab.
Optional extras include a locker for protective clothing, wash-hand basin and papertowel holder, a Calor gas catalytic heater, electric kettle point, two-way radio, flashing beacon, windscreen washers, and alternative electric power-operated elevating and tipping gear.
Whale Tankers of Solihull are hawing new features on their Dmbined sewer-jetter/vacuum anker at ICE. Remote control of oth vacuum and jetting ystems and a large-bore, hyraulically operated intake are oth developments seen on the ompany's first High Volume :ombination demonstration nit.
The new demonstrator is built in the 16.25 tonne (16 ton) Bedord TL chassis, and designed or jetting contractors and public iuthorities undertaking mainenance projects on large diameer sewers, the Whale High /olume Combination was first announced last July.
The second Whale exhibit for CE '81 is a product which further )xtends the company's range of etters. The new non-hgv jetter, )s it is known, incorporates .quipment designed for use in sewers of up to approximately 1/2m (18in) in diameter, and carles a 2,270-litre (600 gal) water supply, but is within 7.5 tonnes (7.38 tons) gvw.
This low gross vehicle weight allows the jetter, which is available on several British and overseas-built chassis, to be driven without an hgv licence.
The jetting system of the new non-hgv unit is the Whale Medium Volume equipment which includes an Aqua hydraulics AH35 pump delivering 127 litres/minute at 117 bars (28 gal/ min at 1,700psi). The hydraulically operated hose reel carries 90m of 18mm bore hose (300ft of 3/4in bore hose).
A new lightweight tipper body, the Wilcolite, designed and produced by bodybuilders E. M. Wilcox Ltd, is on show for the first time at the public works and municipal services exhibition.
The Wilcolite is the lightest tipper body ever built by the Peterborough company and is said to be suitable for quarry work. It is now going into volume production and is exhi
bited on the stand of Dennison Truck Manufacturers Ltd, mounted on a Dennison eightwheeler chassis.
After the exhibition the unit will be used by North Kent Roadways Ltd of Rainham in Essex.
Wilcox has another body on show at the public works exhibition — a dual-purpose tank tipper which can be used for transporting effluent or adapted for use as a normal monocoque tipper.
The body is on the stand of the Sandbach Engineering Co Ltd and has been developed by Wilcox in conjunction with A. and J. Bull. It has successfully undergone trials on contract to the Thames Water Authority where it is being used to carry treated effluent for use as organic fertiliser.
The Wilcox tank tipper has a removable one-piece roof with two loading hatches and a rubber sealed water-tight tailgate fitted with a Reiss sliding vane valve. Loading can be through the roof or tailgate hatch. Discharge can be either through normal tip or through the tailgate hatch.
The body has been designed so that the roof and the internal baffles can be removed to allow the unit to be used as a normal tipper. An alternative tailgate can befitted if needed.
Penman is exhibiting a range of its roll-over protective structure cabs which include versions for Caterpillar D60 tractor, Terex 33-07 dump truck, JCB 423 rubber-tyred wheel loader, Coles Cranes 515 and Terex 7251 wheel loader for the Ministry of Defence. Penman, a specialist manufacturer of ROPS cabs, supplies the major original equipment manufacturers in the UK and Europe and is the European licencee of Tube lok products, the principal maker of ROPS in the USA.
The Construction Equipment Group of International Harvester is exhibiting a comprehensive selection of machines from its range, and making their first public appearance in Britain are the International 650 HD excavator and the 530ASeries twowheel loader.
Buckingham Vehicles Limited is exhibiting items from its range of vacuum tankers which reflect its many years' experience in this field. One exhibit is a cesspit emptier fitted with branch sewer jetting equipment for operation on sewers up to 30cm (12in) bore.
Also exhibited is a combined gully and cesspit emptier fitted with an air-cooled exhauster with built-in pressure lubrication system and remote-control vacuum/pressure changeover.
Apart from its standard models, Buckingham says it has had considerable experience in designing and producing special units to meet customers' specific requirements.
The Haulamatic Group, the British manufacturers of dump trucks and concrete placing machinery, is exhibiting five machines at the NEC.
The A625 articulated dump truck is a 22.5 tonne (22.1 ton) payload, 14cum (18.3cuyd) capacity 6x4 or 6x6 outfit with powershift transmission and air suspension. On show next to this is a 6x4 615 on/off highway dump truck with a 16.5 tonne (16.24ton) payload and 11cum (14.3cuyd) capacity and full automatic transmission.
A Scum (7.8 cuyd) concrete mixer is shown on a Leyland Super Mastiff, and Haularnatic is also exhibiting a self-propelled concrete mixer with four-wheel drive. Articulated, it has a 2,300litre (506 gallon) capacity and has an air-cooled three-cylinder engine. Last of the exhibits is a 25cum/hr output (33 cuyd/hr) concrete pump.
On the trailer side, Noo. boom is showing its new Plat master semi-trailer low-loac which in standard tandem bo! conforms to C & U as far length goes. But it can have additional axle clipped on make it a tri-axle. In this form i capable of a gross trailer weic. of 60 tonnes (59 tons).
This modular system can extended by adding on extra les up to a maximum of six, a in this case the maximum trai weight is 90 tonnes (88.6 tons: As well as showing its n trailer, Nooteboom has two T bergs on its stand, an 8x8 an 6x6. Both use Volvo F mechanicals.
Hendrickson UK is showin, Super Mastiff 6x4, which has RS440 rubber suspension bca on the Ritemixer stand. It I aluminium beams and sad which adds only 50kg (1 cwt the unladen weight. Ea walking beam is rubber-busl and the main rubber units hollow. Hendrickson Iexamples of its tandem rangE show on its own stand.
On its stand, Jack A displays a 20/80 cubit yard lectomatic mounted on a I land Boxer chassis. The yetis one of an order for 17 rently being supplied to the I don Borough of Lambeth includes on the bodywork new electrical system which been so successful since introduction at the Internatil Solid Wastes Show last June The electrical system is signed to operate with the p in Functional Automatic Si once Tester (FAST). unit w shows by a series of dic exactly where the electr breakdown occurs. It main vantage is said to be in sa time by isolating the prof area.