Heathway washers
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A RANGE of four types of commercialvehicle washers is now offered by Franbra Ltd., manufacturers of the Heathway veh icle washing systems. One or other of these types is said to meet every requirement of operators irrespective of the length, height or shape of the vehicle. It is claimed that even vehicles of such irregular outline as dustcarts and snow ploughs can be washed successfully and economically.
The Heath-Simmonds High Pressure Commercial Wash was the first to be de veloped and is fully automatic. It will handle the largest tankers and is manufactured for both drive-through and drive-in and reverseout sites.
The wash can be installed on any site which is 10ft longer than the largest vehicle
to be washed. And while the drive-through type has two arches with reciprocating side, top and underneath booms, the drive-in and reverse-out type has one reciprocating arch.
The action of the nozzles produces a sweeping squeegee effect through an arc of 60deg at a rate of 68 strokes per minute and all the surfaces of the vehicle including the chassis are covered. Additional cleaning efficiency can be obtained by the incorporation of two side brushes.
A development of the High-Pressure Wash is the Heathway Commercial Brush System. These commercial brush units are available in two types—a static three-brush gantry and a traversing three-brush system.
With the static three-brush gantry, the vehicle is driven through the installation and the brushes move up and down over the vehicle. This type will give complete brush coverage of the front, roof and sides and
can be designed for any height vehicle. The .back of the vehicle has to be washed manually before the vehicle is driven into the wash.
What will be the most complete system of the whole range is at present in the proto type stage. It is a three-brush traversing system being a development of the fullyautomatic Heathway 68, an enlarged version of which will wash vehicles up to a height of 12ft.
Made by: Franbra Ltd., 206 South Liberty Lane, Ashton Vale Estate, Bristol 3.
Prices: Fully-automatic Heathway 68 threebrush unit, about £4,000; Commercial Brush System, £2,200; high-pressure drive-through, £2,180, drive-in-reverse-out, £1,380.