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TRANSPORT SERVICE EQUIPMENT ON SHOW
DURING the 24 months since the last Commercial Motor Show there has been a great deal of activity in the field of vehicle testing, and, as a consequence vehicle maintenance. It is not surprising therefore to find several exhibits at this year's Show directly connected with both of these aspects of commercial vehicle operation. Test equipment is well to the fore with new designs of chassis dynamometer being featured on many stands. A clean chassis and engine block lend themselves to ease of maintenance and a well-maintained vehicle is the natural result. In this connection the steam cleaning and degreasing equipment on show is well worth inspection.
On Stand 165, Wickham Industrial Equipment Ltd. show a range of cleaning appliances. These range from a steam cleaner suitable for two-gun operation and hot water washing to a degreasing tank with a capacity of 140 gal. Kismet Ltd., on Stand 170, introduce two steam cleaners, the Minimaster and the Chieftain. They are compact and portable. Kismet also show for the first time at Earls Court the Motorlab commercial vehicle dynamometer. and two-, threeand four-post lifts together with optical-alignment equipment. The Equipment and Engineering Co. Ltd., exhibiting on Stand 392, have a pictorial display of their Februat Drive Through vehicle washer and also display garage inspection pit covers. Zenith Carburettor Co., on Stand 221, displays its Bendix cleaning tanks and cleaning fluids.
Vacmobile, on Stand 171, shows for the first time a wash and rinse, wax and rinse machine. The low-pressure pump previously installed is replaced by a high-presbure pump delivering 500 lbs. p.s.i. Vehicles can be sprayed with a special emulsified wax.
On Stand 157 Tellus Super Vacuum Cleaners Ltd. display a range of appliances for internal cleaning of both vehicles and garages.
Included in the wide range of equipment on Stand 155, occupied by V. L. Churchill and Co. Ltd., are two new items of particular interest. The diesel engine tachometer is an important innovation in that it enables r.p.m. readings to be made from impulses in an injector pipe without dismantling any part of the vehicle fuel system. A split scale covers the range 0-1000 r.p.m. and 0-5000 r.p.m. The second item is the smoke density monitor, a metering unit which can be used while the vehicle is under normal operating conditions.
Test equipment for engine fuel pump and injectors is well featured on Stand 172 by Dunedin Engineering Co. Ltd.
Vane Electrical Instruments Ltd. introduce on Stand 173 a fully automatic vehicle dynamometer and brake tester, together with two new battery chargers.
Increased power and productivity are almost synonymous terms when considering the use of tools. On Stand 176 Consolidated Pneumatic Tool Co. Ltd. display power guns for cutting heavy gauge metal in body repair shops and a power wrench which greatly reduces the time element in hub nut removal, These and other tools are being demonstrated.
ARO Machinery Co. Ltd., bn Stand 179, has the latest type of single-sided approach welder. The company also demonstrates what it claims to be the fastest gun on the world market. The gun is capable of welding three spots a second on 20 and 20/s.w.g. steel.
Featuring in the test equipment section Merlin Engineering Co. Ltd.., on Stand 174, is demonstrating a typical diesel fuel injection service station. The station is fully operational and manned by Merlin's technical engineers.
The chassis dynamometer, together with static and mobile fuel test units, is displayed by Leslie Hartridge Ltd. on Stand 161.
Triangle Products Ltd., on Stand 168, is again demonstrating its brake tester. In view of current trends this equipment should attract the attention of many operators. Triangle also has on display arc and spot welders and its Mk. II steam cleaner.
For the first time Apaseal Ltd., on Stand 167, is displaying five types of repair outfit: a bead breaker, a "no tie" tow rope and heavy wheel-lifting device.
Tip Top Vulcanizing Products, o Stand 160, stage a continuous live demor stration of the ease with which winter tyre can be fitted with Tip Top ice spikes. Als displayed is a wide selection of tyre rein, equipment.
J. A. Ryley Ltd., on Stand 187, has tw items which are entirely new. They are th