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by Trevor Lon gcroft
One of this company's products, Permacel P12 aluminium tape, which is adhesive, can be used to patch up bodywork until a more effective repair can be carried out.
What you do is this: flatten the area to be repaired: roughen it up with glass paper: clean it. Then cut the tape to length and apply it over the damaged area. Fasten it by smoothing over with a blunt instrument.
The tape is waterproof and heat resistant; and can also be used to insulate van bodies. It is available in 3in.-wide reels of lOyd and 60yd. that is equipped with a heavy-duty two-stage dry-type air cleaner. The unit is flexibly mounted and power is relayed through a heavy-duty industrial torque converter and powershift gearbox giving three speeds in forward and reverse directions. Other features include hydrostatic power steering, full air braking on all wheels, a fail-safe parking brake and controlled tilting of the deck through 3deg up or down by double-acting cylinders mounted between chassis and axles.
A gantry-type toplift attachment allows 12in. sideshift. 6in. outreach and 2ideg slew in either direction. The capacity of the model is 52,000Ib and it is available with a spreader boom for handling particularly long loads, a crane attachment for slinging loads and single or split boom for handling steel coils and similar loads.
Made by: Lancer Boss Ltd, Leighton Buzzard, Beds. tained by a non-contact technique; there is no electrical or mechanical coupling. It imposes no load on the rotating component and, unlike stroboscopic devices, will monitor variations in speed.
Set up to 20in. away from the rotating shaft, full-scale meter readings are obtained for 1000, 5000 and 25,000 rpm in three switched ranges, with a claimed accuracy of better than + 2 per cent. It also offers an output suitable for energizing external digital tachometers, chart recorders and moving-coil meters.
Made by: Graham and White Instruments, 82 London Road, St. Albans, Herts. An industrial hot-wash cleaner for dirty and greasy components, introduced by Marine and Industrial, has a 25ga1 capacity sealed water system to which a 2 per cent non-foam additive is mixed. The temperature of the liquid is raised by a thermostatically controlled 6kW heater which is set by the manufacturer at a standard 70deg C, but is adjustable by the user to any level up to 100deg C.
A high-capacity pump driven by a 5 hp motor delivers 32ga1 per minute to a jet manifold, which combines a rapid highpressure washing action with rotation of the work basket. The recirculating liquid is filtered each cycle so that hot, clean water is always present at the jet. The removable open-mesh basket is 30in. diameter by 16in. high, and will accept a wide variety of components.
The only service required is a three-phase supply for the motor and heaters; all other facilities are built-in.
The unit, called the JetStream, is fully mobile and can be relocated or positioned for specific washing duties, it has 4in. wheels and measures 41in. x 46in. x 37in.
Price: £450.
Made by: Marine and Industrial Engineering Ltd, Gazelda Works, High Street, Watford, Herts.
Tecalemit has introduced a vehicle underbody coating pump that can be used by relatively unskilled staff. The pump head produces a fan-shaped spray over 7 to 9 square inches and a long delivery hose affords freedom of movement without continual repositioning of the pump.
Two pump models fit different drum sizes from 16 to 45gal and will handle any grade of sealant in temperature conditions ranging from midsummer to mid-winter.
Temporary blockage of the let can be cleared by operating a lever on the adaptor that reverses the flow of the sealant. Made by: Tecalemit (Engineering) Ltd, Plymouth, Devon.
The EMlfax HF146 document transceiver introduced by SE Computer Peripherals, enables copies of documents to be sent anywhere in the world. The desktop system transmits and receives any type of document up to A4 size (220 x 350mm), including invoices, lists, graphs, sketches and handwritten notes, over public or private telephone networks.
A claimed cost-saving advantage of the EM !fax machine is that normal office stationery is used for reproducing transmitted copies, eliminating the need for expensively coated papers.
Documents may be communicated between points by dialling the appropriate telephone number, The equipment is fully compatible with the most widely used document facsimile .system throughout Europe.
The facsimile machine takes less than six minutes to transmit A4 size documents, and correspondingly less time for smaller sheets.
A range of switching equip
merit is available which enables an EM !fax machine to "broadcast" copies simultaneously to any number of out stations. Full servicing and maintenance facilities are provided by EMI Service. The equipment is completely solid-state and is connected directly to the telephone system through a built-in telephone/ facsimile switch. It operates on a range of power supply voltages from 105V to 240V.
Price: £900 — also available by leasing and rental.
Two screwdown twistlocks, from George Blair, have been designed to fit any type of trailer — skeletal, or platform — by welding or bolting to secure. ISO containers.
Projecting metal locators below the twistlock head enables the corner casting and the upper surface of the device's platform to be easily brought together. The head is rotated to a locked position and clamped down. The clamping action, claims the company, prevents the container becoming loose and reduces noise nuisance when empty.
One lock is made of cast steel. Its head has a threaded stem which rotates so that it securely clamps the container. The square-cut thread of the stem has been designed to avoid accidental jamming and is protected by a cast steel cylinder. A special lever attached to the stem enables the device to be securely locked after tightening so that it cannot be loosened by vibration.
The other lock is a retractable version of the first. Retraction is achieved by simply releasing the locators from their position in slots in the main body and turning the barrel! through 90deg. The barrell is then allowed to drop and rest within the main body. With further simple manipulation the complete barrel can be removed from the main body, thus allowing it to be transferred to other locations.
Made by George Blair and Co Ltd, Newcastle upon Tyne, Co Durham.
Kingfisher (Lubrication) has in troduced a drive-fit hydraulic grease nipple with annular ser. rations.
This supersedes the plainshank drive-fit nipple and will it is claimed, for medium pressure applications, preven undue distortion of the hole am give an improved grip, The new nipple is available ii a range of sizes from 0.1875in to 0.3125in. and 6mm and 8mn in metric, Made by: Kingfisher (Lubri cation) Ltd, Meanwood Road Leeds 7.