World's Greatest Show of Labour-saving Equipment
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THE Mechanical Handling Exhibition, which opened on Tuesday and closes on June 17, gives visitors the opportunity of inspecting the most comprehensive display of mechanical handling equipment ever staged anywhere in the world. An important aspect, too, is that it is an entirely British show.
Those items of more direct interest to readers of "The Commercial Motor," which are dealt with on this and succeeding pages, include new works and fork-lift trucks, and improved versions of those which are already well known in the industry.
A 15-20-cwt. general-purpose, petroldriven, pedestrian-controlled truck can be seen on Stand A.33 occupied by the Angel Truck Co., Ltd., 215-219, Albion Road, Stoke Newington, London, N.16. Powered by a J.A.P. I h.p. engine, it has a centrifugal clutch and a threespeed gearbox.
A Hydraulic Loader
The Compton hydraulic loader, one of the items shown by T. Baker and Sons, Ltd., Compton, Berks (Stand A.29a), is based on a Fordson Major tractor. It is of the type which can be fitted and .removed quickly, leaving the tractor free for other duties. This loader is designed to take a large range of auxiliary attachments.
Brush Coachwork, Ltd., Loughborough, shows, on Stand B.10a, Brush battery electric industrial trucks. Of particular interest is the three-wheeldrive model, a description of which was published in "The Commercial Motor" on February 24. This model has two electric motors. One drives the front wheel, as in the Brush Pony, and the other, which is mounted between the frame member, drives to the rear axle. Fitted with the standard 268 amp.-hr. battery, this truck has a range of 28 miles, running at a maximum speed of 6 m.p.h. and hauling a 3-ton load.
Mechanical shovels, a 3-cubic-yd. dumper and a 2-ton mobile crane figure on Stand A.4a, occupied by Chaseside Engineering Co., Ltd., Station Works, Hertford, All Chaseside equipment is now available with either a petrol or oil engine, and other recent optional improvements and attachments include ,a gear-driven winch, fully enclosed driver's cab and a brick-stacker attachment capable of placing up to 3,000 bricks per hour on to 16-ft. scaffolding.
An electric straddle fork truck having a capacity of 2,000 lb., is shown by Cleco Electric Industries, Ltd., Cleco Works, Foundry Square, Leicester. on Stand 8.27. A feature of this truck is that the forks are easily adjusted for length, width and height. Lowering. raising and stopping are controlled by one lever, the operations being per formed electro hydraulically. The traction motor—a h.p. unit—drives to one wheel through roller chains.
Another truck—the Cleco F8—has a load capacity of 20 cwt. It is electrically driven and has a hydraulically operated platform.
Distinct novelty is the keynote of the equipment shown on Stand C.14 by R. H. Corbett and Co., Ltd., Hydrum Works, Burgess Hill, Sussex. In addition to its detached type of lorry loaders. this company has introduced a petrolengined loader which can be attached to the rear end of any lorry. The platform on which the load is placed is raised hydraulically, the model exhibiied being capable of handling packages of up to 7 cwt. Another loader on view is of the type that can be positioned behind the vehicle to be loaded. The goods are placed on a 3-in.-high cradle, and on pressing a pedal the load is raised to the required level in 5 secs. This model can be supplied with either an electric motor or petrol engine.
The most recent addition to the Coventry Climax range of fork-lift trucks is the T.S.M., which, together with other models, is staged by Coventry Climax Engines, Ltd., Widdrington Road Works, Coventry, on Stand A.8. The T.S.M. is powered by a Coventry Climax four-cylindered petrol engine of 8 h.p. It can deal with loads of up to 1.500 lb., which it can raise to a height of 9 ft. It is particularly suitable for use in confined spaces.
Two other fork-lift trucks for loads of 4,000 lb. and 5,000 lb. respectively. and a power shovel, are also featured on this stand. The last-named has a Godiva 22 h.p. oil engine, and can dump 10 cubic ft. of material at a time.
Douglas (Sales and Service), Ltd., Kingswood, Bristol, has a complete range of Douglas industrial trucks on Stand G.6. There is an entirely new model of 5-cwt. load capacity, which is shown complete with a trailer.
Dispensing with Stillages
Conveyancer fork-lift trucks of up to 5.000 lb. load capacity are exhibited by Electro Hydraulics, Ltd., Liverpool Road, Warrington (Stand A.3). In all there are six models on view, including electric-, petroland oil-driven machines.
The Mark VI battery-electric truck of 4,000 lb. capacity, is shown with a hydraulic squeeze clamp so that bales crates and other packages can be handled without the use of pallets or stillages. It is also to be seen with a rotating head, which enables loads to be tipped off, either to the right or left.
Fraser Tractors Ltd., 29, The Vale, Acton, London, W.3, exhibits on Stand 8.20, an example of the Fraser crawler tractor. The choice of an oil, petrol or paraffin engine of either 45 or 60 b.h.p. is given. One of the claims made for this machine is the ease with which it can be handled by inexperienced drivers A 6,000-1b. electric fork-lift truck and a battery-electric truck for 2-ton loads, are two of the machines exhibited on Stand G.7 by Greenwood and Batley Ltd., Albion Works, Leeds, 12.
Three models of the Hirst mechanical truck are displayed by A. Hirst and Son Ltd., Dewsbury, on Stand B.15, the el Mark I has a fixed platform, the Mark II has hydraulically operated elevating platform, and the Mark 111 a high-lift platform which raises the load to a height of 4 ft. 6 ins.
The Hirst truck is powered by a Ford 8 h.p. petrol engine and has a gearbox providing two forward speeds and a reverse. These machines are supplied with full lighting equipment as standard. With a wheelbase of 6 ft., the Hirst truck has an inner turning circle of 4 ft. 6 ins
The six machines staged by I.T.D. Ltd., 142, Sloane Street, London, S.W.1, on Stand A.2, embrace Stacatruc, Aerolift and Electrical' models. The Stacatrue I-ton fork truck is a batteryelectric, and lifts its maximum load to a height of 9 ft, at 2-ft. load centres. The 2-ton model, which has a maximum lift of 12 ft., is powered by a Meadows petrol engine which develops 46 b.h.p. Lifting and tilting are carried out hydraulically.
The Aerolift truck shown is of the . fork-lift type and is fitted with a Ford 10 h.p. industrial engine.. The model exhibited—the 20PH/12—is of I-ton load capacity, with a maximum height of lift of 1.2 ft., which it achieves in 20 seconds
Two Electrical battery-electric models are staged. Model TU.20 has a fixed platform, the load capacity being 1 ton. Mode; TLR.6 has an elevating platform. so that it can be used with stiliages.
An example of the Stacashovel is also available for inspection. With a standard bucket capacity of 171-cubic-ft., it employs a hydraulically operated digging and lifting device. The unladen weight is approximately 41 tons.
A new pedestrian-controlled batteryoperated truck forms one of the exhibits of Tomlinson (Electr;c Vehicles), Ltd., Cheltenham Road Witney, Oxford, on Stand F.1b, it is of the elevatingplatform type, with the steering, braking and speed controls contained in the
tiller steering . arm. Other -exhibits include the Industrial Roadster and Universal works trucks, both of which .are battery operated.
A newcomer to the heavier types of fork-lift truck is the Matbro Pneustac, made by Messrs Mathew Bros., Matbro Works, Sandy Lane North, Wallington, Surrey. This machine, wh:ch was described in "The Commercial Motor" on May 26, is shown by the makers on Stand Fla. Designed for loads of 2 tons, the choice is given of either a petrol or oil engine. The Matbro, which is built up round Ford industrial units, has been designed for heavy work in stock yards and the like, where it can be used without respect for the state of the ground on which it may be called upon to operate.
In the Lansing Bagnall range visitors will find a .selection of trucks coveting most phases of mechanical handling. There is the power-operated pallet truck which, although small, has a load capacity. of 4,500 lb:, and at the other end of the scale there is the Lansing Bagnall Model A tractor, which is powered by either a Morris 12-24 h.p. engine, en a Ford 10 h.p. unit. The towing capacity of this Machine is 25 tons, and it has a speed of up to 10 m.p.h. The maker is Lansing Bagnall, Ltd., Kingsclere Road, Basingstoke (Stand A.10).
All the five models shown by the Mercury Truck and Tractor Co., Ltd.,. 19, London Road, Gloucester, on Stand 0.12, are the heavier types of tractor. The Airtug-46 is an oil-engined machine intended for towing aircraft. It has a towing capacity up to 70 tons. Model 40 is a medium tractor fitted with a four-cylindered petrol engine ,developing 40 bh.p.
Model 10F, a general-purpose towing unit. is suitable for loads of up to 7 tons, whilst Model 10F2 has a carrying capacity of 2 tons. The fifth machine. Model I0F25. has a carrying
capacity of 25 cwt. A high degree of• manteuvrability is a feature of all these models.
Powered by a Ford VS engine, the straddle-type timber carrier exhibited by Pest Conirol, Ltd., Bourn, Cambridge !Stand C.1 5b), can carry a 5-ton load of timber at a speed of 20 m.p.h. From the engine the drive is taken to a gearbox, and thence to the front axle by means of chains.
The rear wheels are fitted with 9.00 by 20 tyres, and the front ones with 9.00 by 36 equipment. The carrier is braked on the front wheels from drums on the axle, braking torque being taken through the driving chains.
Two fork-lift trucks, a 2-ton elevating platform truck, a crane truck and a tractor capable of hauling up to 39 cwt., comprise the exhibit of Ransomes, Sims and Jefferies, Ltd., Orwell Works, Ipswich, on Stand A.16. Both the forklift trucks are battery-operated, one being of 2-ton capacity, and the other for 1-ton loads,
The elevating-platform truck, which will carry 2 tons, has a 41-in. lift. This, too, is -battery-driven, as is the crane truck and tractor.
In addition to a number of Coles cranes, Steels Engineering Products, Ltd., Ctoyvit. Works, Sunderland, is showiiion Stand A.7, a complete range of Electric Eel trucks. These
include 20-cwt. and '30-cwt. load carriers, a 50-cwt. low-lift truck for village Work, -and '-the latest tracter model having a drawbar pull of 450 lb. The last mentioned iS capabie:df pulling a load of up to 10 tons.
A feature of Wrigley works trucks is that the complete power and transrrtis7 sion units are Mounted over -the single front wheel which takes the drive. Wessex Industries (Poole), Ltd., West Street, Poole, Dorset,. is showing, on Stand E.4, Wrigley trucks ranging from the 1 h.p. model to the 3 h.p. generalpurpose machine.
Winget, Ltd., Rochester. Kent, is responsible for the power barrow known as the Mechanical Make, shown on Stand A.26. It is powered by a J.A.P. 2.4 h.p. -air-cooled, four-stroke engine,' which, together withthe transmission, is mounted over the driven front Wheel.
The six B.E.V. battery-driven machines exhibited on Stand B.2, by Wingrove and Rogers, Ltd., Mill Lane, Old Swan, Liverpool, 13, include trucks of the elevating-platform, fork-lift and pedestrian-controlled types. The B.E.V. three-wheeled tractor has a capacity of up to 5 tons.
George Cohen, Sons, and Co., Ltd., Wood Lane, London, W.12, Stand A.6 (mobile cranes); David Brown and Sons (Huddersfield), Ltd., Huddersfield, Stand G.5 (gear units); Stanhay (Ashford), Ltd., Kent, Stand C,4 (mobile pneumatic cranes); F. Taylor and Sons (Manchester), Ltd.' 142, Bolton Road, Pendleton, Salford, 6, Stand A.32 (multi-purpose mobile•hydraulic cranes); Tudor Accumulator Co.,.Ltd.„-50; Grosvenor Gardens, London, SW.-!, Stand 13).1a (truck and,electric-vehicle hattenies); Tecalernit Ltd.„•Great West Road, Brentford. Middlesex ,-are among other exhibitors.