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SOME OF THE INTERESTING NEW EQUIPMENT SEEN AT THE MOTOR SHOW
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;IG the exhibits being shown for the me on this stand is a new type of printed circuit for use with all tapes rument panel. This takes the form of foil conductor traces bonded to a if polyester film. A thinner polyester overlaid for purposes of protection le total thickness of the laminate is 0-01 in. One of the advantages of this. f printed circuit is a saving in weight lace.
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vlk. I automatic model S80 "Tropical" le steam cleaner is featured on this lite unit has a capacity of 120 gal. of in per hour and the steam cleaning has interchangeable nozzles. Fingerntrol of detergents. disinfectants and N is possible.
er features of this equipment are a fficiencv steam coil : infinitely varial.ae valve control. giving hot water and up to 120 psi.: a high-performance :et pump unit : and an automatic
r unit. The unit is 3 ft. Sin, long, Z in. wide. and 3 ft. 7 in. high and ; 448 lb. It is to sell at £195, an Equipment mproved version of the company's st gas analyzer. model BD64, shown s stand incorporate; a fan to speed up ow. giving an almost instant response ixture changes. Also shown is the model AD4 5 amp. battery charger. le for small garages and filling stations.
din Engineering Co. Ltd.
IMBER of new items are being shown unedin. They include the Timertakibination of the firm's existing Electroir checking diesel engine r.p.m. and a devised for indicating injection Liming operation of automatic advance and I mechanisms. The timing circuit of imertak is also produced as a separate latent called the Diese'timer. Three new items shown arc concerned with ig the testing of injectors more accurate. are the Sprayscope, the Injectascope he Injectimerseope.
!3.• Frost and Co. Ltd.
MINENT on this stand is the Fiver, a aydraulic floor crane designed primarily vorkshop and garage use. Light and manauvrable, it incorporates a calld extending ab giving a lifting capacity cwt. at a reach of 3 ft.. 3 cwt. at 10!, in., and 2 cwt. at 4 ft. 10!, in. The is equipped with a swivelling hook t replaceable hydraulic pump which gives nip control of the load. Height of the :al column is 5 ft.. overall haae length Fa 3.! in. and maximum haae width is 6 in. Hill Equipment Ltd.
BEING shown for the lirst time is the llill Roadway Vehicle Dynamometer. designed to measure a vehicle's performanee quickly and accurately in a few. minutes. The compact Instrument panel. mounted on a plastics cabinet, incorporates a speedometer which gives a reading of up to 120 m.p.h.. and a 0-100 calibrated Load meter. This unit requires minimum excavation and is completely flush with the ground when installed. The only power needed is a supply of compressed air.
Joseph Lucas Ltd.
AMONGST a range of interesting equipment exhibited by Lucas is Flexprim circuitry. This may well have a major effect on electrical wiring in British vehicles as it can considerably simplify complex vehicle harnesses. With Flexprint, the printed circuit configuration is permanently bonded between two flexible films of insulating plastics—this means that it can be bent. shaped. rolled or folded—so enabling a single component to replace a mass of conventional wiring.
Another new exhibit on this stand is a slop-light indicator designed to fit under the edge of a facia panel or parcels shelf. The unit comprises a load sensitive relay and bulb with a cover bearing the word " stop " which, provided both stop lights are working, is illuminated red when pressure is applied to the hrake pedal.
Ch. J. Neuman Ltd.
SHOWN here is the new Calibre 10 handpowered grease gun which works in pressure ranges of up to 10.000 p.s.i. This is designed ICI use Nuhrex cartridges and weighs about 14 ae. when loaded. A new pressure release valve is incorporated in the it in. extension— this enable; the operator to relieve the pressure built up around the grease nipple after application. A new airlock-release valve is built into the head the gun to facilitate fast clearing of air trapped in the grease.
Pedoka Ltd.
THIS firm is showing the Wiz° oil-changer. which it is marketing in the U.K. The unit is claimed to complete the whole oil-changing operation in less than five minutes on the ground. by means of a powerful vacuum applied through a vehicle's dipstick aperture. The steel-made unit which runs on rubber tyred wheels weighs 70 lb. Approximate dimensions are: overall height. 4 ft. 3 ;a.. overall width. I ft. 6 in.
Stenor Ltd.
AMONGST a ranre of interesting equipment shown ay. Stenor is the Sacedyiet 155. on electric steam cleaner for quickly cleanina vehicles both indoors and in the open. The compact tini' ernhodie, in eleatrode boiler.
so that there is no danger should the water source fail. It can he worked by one operator and running costs are about 2.s. to :-[s. per hour.
An cleaner shown. the model 91), is a gas-fired unit. This portable unit is fired directly from a bottle of propane gas. or with natural gas. All exclusive feature of the model 90 is the " direct feed •' syphon cleaning gun.
Further items on this stand include the Acra-Speed wheel balancer. designed to work with only three sizes of weight: truck wheel balance weights: the Quick-Kutter heavy. ditty' panel repair kit: an air meter for wall lilting: and a pedestal air meter.
Tecalentit (Engineering) Ltd.
PROMINENT on the Tecalemit stand is the company's new surface-mounted FrameContact three-post vehicle lift. This has a capacity or once tons and is suitable for use in both workshops and service bays. The lift can he used for two-level servicing and the three-post design makes the lift easily accessible from below.
Also shown for the first time are the Tee:limit pedestal-mounted tyre inflator and the combined air•water model. The former is the standard equipment. the air;water model bring simplied as a variation. Other items en this stand include the Tecavent brake bleed and test kit and the Tecalemit Rocket Super 75-bruah automatic vehicle a:isher.
Tudor Accessories Ltd.
ONE of two new items on this stand is an electric windscreen washer kit. This kit has :1 two-ntni container and an electrically operated mann delivers up to 20 c.c. of water in two seconds. The new parking lamp shown on this stand features a triangular-shaped lens and a universal fixing bracket suitable for either sliding or winding windows