Electronic Maxaret in production
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• The Dunlop Maxaret Mk. IIE electronic anti-wheel-locking device is now available for fitting to tractive units, it was announced at a Press conference on Tuesday.
As an original-equipment kit, the Mk. IIE will cost £120, while an existing vehicle can be converted at a cost of £172, the labour time required being 24 hours, which includes testing. Conversions will be performed by teams of Dunlop technicians on operators' premises, and facilities are available to convert 20 vehicles a week at the factory.
Production is currently 100 sets a week and will be increased to 400/500 sets a week in the next TWO years. An exchange scheme will cater for the replacement of faulty units within 24 hours.
Around 100 vehicles have been equipped with the Mk. II E over the past 18 months, and the first of these has been covering 1,200 to 2,000 miles a week. Some sets have been in operation for 50,000 miles.
It is reported that sets have been ordered for a number of fleets.
As reported in CM last week the Mk. IIE device won the Institute of Automobile Assessors 1969 merit award.