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New equipment and publications
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Exhausters for milk Two sizes of exhauster both of which are suitable for use with milk-collection tankers are now available from the Drum Engineering Co. Designated the D7 and the D10, the exhausters have performance ratings of 20in. Hg at 23 cu.ft. per min and 20in. Hg at 47 cuff. per min respectively. Both have been designed to be coupled to 24V d.c. motors driven by the vehicle's batteries.
The D7 exhauster is primarily suitable for use with tankers up to 3,000gal capacity, whereas the D10 is suitable for use on vehicles having a capacity of between 4,000 and 5,000gal.
Road-tanker operators and builders co operated at the design stage and the exhausters are fitted with bearings sealed for life as well as an automatic-lubrication system. A few of the units are already being used by the Milk Marketing Board for milk collection from farms.
Made by: The Drum Engineering Co., Ltd., PO Box 178 Bradford, Edward Street Works, Dudley Hill, Bradford 4.
Easier to load
A single-rear-door conversion for BMC 5cwt Minivans is now available from lntertech. The door is made of reinforced plastics with a full-width toughened-glass window and is supplied ready to fit; it can be painted if required to suit the body colour of the van. Made by: Intertech Ltd., 23 Croydon Road, Reigate, Surrey.
Price: £17 10s retail. Trade, less 25 per cent or 33 per cent for orders of three or more. Painting, synthetic, £4, cellulose, £5.
Replacement light units
A lighting kit named the Q twin F which allows the conversion of standard 7in. sealed-beam headlamps to quartz-halogen lighting on main beam and dip is now being marketed by Wipac Group Sales.
The kit comprises two 7in, bifocal light units with twin filament quartz-halogen bulbs which are claimed to give 100 per cent greater light intensity with more concentrated and accurate beams than conventional bulbs. Fitting is simply a matter of plugging into the existing wiring with two adaptors which are supplied with the kit.
Made by: Wipac Group Sales Ltd., Buckingham, Bucks.
Price: £7 12s 6d (£7 17s fid with provision for pilot bulbs) Spray cleaners A cleaning system for vehicle engines introduced by Porzelack is now generally available. The system is in two parts, sold separately, and consists of a cleaner—Zumf—and Engine Glaze which is a colourless plastics liquid. Zumf is sprayed on to the engine and allowed to penetrate the grease and dirt, after which it is hosed off, taking the dirt with it in a milky emulsion. Engine Glaze is sprayed over the engine and dries in 30min leaving a high gloss which gives protection for at least a year.
Made by: Porzelack Ltd., 148 Townsend Lane, Liverpool 13.
Price (trade}: Zumf cleaner, £1 per gal or £28 2s 6d for 45 gal; Engine Glaze, £2 15s a gal or £95 12s 6d for 45 gal.
Rubber-covered lamp
An extra-tough, heavy-duty auxiliary lamp suitable for commercial vehicles is now being marketed by Wipac Group Sales.
Named the Big Imp, the 7in. diameter, 12V 55W lamp is covered in tough rubber and incorporates a quartz-halogen bulb. The mounting allows for adjustment in two planes, up and down and side to side.
Marketed by: Wipac Group Sales Ltd., Buckingham, Bucks.
Price: £6 10s.
Range of oils A completely new range of branded lubricants has been launched by Murco. The range includes six engine lubricating oils, four speciality oils, an hydraulic oil, a gear oil and a grease.
Marketed by: Murco Petroleum Ltd., 65 "I Grosvenor Stre,:, London, Wl.
/Three ,new patterns The range of reconditioned truck tyres produced by Vacu-Lug has been extended with the introduction of three new patterns—two of them are full bead-to-bead remoulds and the third is a top-cap.
Most significant of the two full remoulds is a 9.0o =20 radial steel cord which is desivated the Duramold XY and has a tread pattern which is a replica of that on the Michelin XY. It will be followed soon by the Duramold XL again on a 9.00-20 casing, The second, full remould is a Duramold cross-ply being a cross-rib design on 9.00.20 tyres while the top-cap is an addition to the variety of tread patterns available on Diehard reconditioned tyres. It is a development of the Michelin XB pattern which can now be produced on any make or size of casing.
The Diehard process is a flexible method of top-cap reconditioning and was specifically developed for processing radial-cord truck tyres.
Made by: The Vacu-Lug Organisation, Grantham, Lincs.
Prices: Duramold XY, £16 13s 6d; Duramold cross-ply. £17 2s.