Scammell goes active with CEGB
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THE first two automatic S24 Scammell 6x4 heavy haulage tractive units to enter service in Britain are operating with the south-western region of the Central Electricity Generating Board, transporting spent nuclear material.
Plated for use up to 100 tons gtw and powered by a turbocharged and aftercooled NTE 350 Cummins six cylinder in-line diesel rated at 243kW (326bhp) net, each vehicle carries a single 56 ton flask containing the used nuclear fuel over the 12 miles from Hinckley Point power station in Somerset to the Bridgewater rail transfer point.
Each flask is carried on a specially designed short wheelbase Crane Fruehauf low loader which incorporates a rocking beam axle configuration. Transmission is accomplished through a Allison Automatic HT7 50DRD unit with torque convertor giving an option of five forward speeds.
To reduce the laden height at the fifth wheel, each vehicle has been fitted with a Davis Magnet double oscillating 530 fifth wheel with a loading capacity of up to 30 tons.
Both Scammells, equipped with radiator shutters, replace an existing Foden six-wheeler.
The change to gross weight vehicle excise duty on October 1 mealit that the CEGB will be able to reduce its yearly payment to £170 per vehicle under the special types category, as opposed to the current rate of nearly £5,000. THE UK's FIRST "sursulf" treatment plant came into c ation at Perkins Engines week.
Installed at a cost of £400 the fully automated comp' controlled equipment handle up to 135 crankshaf a time.
The first station is a prechamber which raises the perature of the componen1 300°C (572°F) within 30 mint