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ENGINEERING PAGE
New Conveyors To
$ALISTER & CO
Ease The Burden
$
DREYER CONCRETE VIBRATORS
(Electric & Gasolina Powered)
10.
The Vibrator experience built.
The Vibrator bullt from the Contractor's angle. The Vibrator built to operate 21 hours a day.
Stocks & Spares available
Sole Agents;
GOURLIE & CO. (H.K.) LTD.
Union Building, Hong Kong.
Tol. 31341
REFRIGERATORS
Sole Apenta---
·DAVIE, BOAG & CO., LTD. Alexandra Building Tel: 26862
Look How
Bostik
There's
Helps in Industry!
FOR FIXING
a Bostik Adhesive
GLASS TO METAL
WOOD TO GLASS
CANVAS TO METAL
FELT TO METAL
FABRIC TO WOOD
LEATHER TO WOOD
RUBBER TO PLASTIC
CORK TO METAL
RUBBER TO RUBBER
WOOD TO RUBBER
FIBRE BOARD TO LEATHER
LINO TO NON-POROUS SURFACES
Bostik
Sticks Anything To Anything
This "Conveyancer" fork lift truck is made by Electro- Hydraulics Ltd.. Liverpool Road, Warrington, Lance, England, A And a fitted with special forks for the handling of bricks. feature of these forks is that their use obviates the need for pallota on which the bricks are stacked.
This picture was taken in a famous ball and roller bear. ing factory and shows the finlahed goods passing long roller conveyor from the inspection department to the power- pulled Conveyor which carries them away to the despatch bay. This conveyor will be on view in the Engineering and Hard. ware Bection of the 1949 B.I.F. Birmingham,
Handling INFRA-RED
Mechanical
Equipment For
BIF
Modern and well-designed mechanical handling equipment produced to meet the needs of every trade and industry will be on display at the British Industries Fair (Earls Court and Olympia, London, and Castle Bromwich, Birmingham, May 2 to May 13) among the very wide range of engincoring equipment and engineering products,
Fair.
All
thoro
RADIATION
IN TESTING
The use of infra-red radia- tlon in drying and testing is one of the many new processes which are being exploited in Britain today in the Industrial drive for increasing output.
One of Britain's largest indus- trial concerns, the British Thom- Co. son-Houston
Lebin Elec trical Engineers, have installed an infra-red even in their works at Coventry, England, where it 18 employed for
detection of
capacitors. leakages in newly manufactured
the
This Muzda oven is constructed
along the usual lines with the
OIL STONES
NORTON PIKE CO., U.S.A.
BENCH STONES. POCKET STONES, COMBINATION STONES.
FLAT, SQUARE, TRIANGULAR AND ROUND-EDGE STONES.
HARD ARKANSAS FILES.
Round, Flat. Bovels Diamond, Oval, Point, Keife-Blades, and Eng's Pencil
Stocks carried by
A. MING & CO., LTD.
lamps and pailshed aluminium 105, Des Voeux Rd., C. ventilation control panels houned within an enclosure of aluminium
work,
The handling equipment, on truck is to be well represented at way, the laying down of conveyors trucks, necessitates the formulation of a view at the Engineering See the
whether engine driven
or driven proper flow plan, and then it on- sion of the Fair it Castle by battery-fed electric mators are sure that the plan is kept. Goods Bromwich, will be divided into of a rugged design but with pleas or work should move at a steady
Special attention is and the lines. two groups: one indoors
rate along conveyor lines, and any the other outdoors, according ines, batteries, and so on, and also apparent by gaps on the conveyor paid to the accessibility of en-hold-up makes itself immediately to whether it is planned for manoeuvrability-a point of great very clearly visible indication use mainly inside a factory or Importance tocause these trucks that there is a trouble which then larger equipment chiefly for are frequently used in confined
spaces such as stores and works can be tracked down easily. usu in the open air.
Roller conveyors are extremely Most Industrial
By stacking goods on pallets at useful and economical because they sheeting on an angle-iron frame. (Opp. Central Market) concerns will
every stage of their passage can be,vsed to transfer loads with ind that modern trucks will through a works, it is a simple out
Great care has any need for a power drive.
been taken simplify the handling of materials, matter to lift heavy batches and By inclining the conveyor slightly, secura adequate ventilation Where relatively modest louds are to carry them to any point in a
air to circulate and so cool the to be moved short distances, as in worka, stores or outside into load table loads can move along it which, although nermitting cold
by gravity.
lamp cape, ensures that the air asmati factory, then the obvious ing bays. Goods stacked on pal-
The roller conveyor consists of inside the oven remains at a rea- suitablo lets can be loaded, complete with inoans of transport is a
constant temperature. pallets, by the fork lift truck into a pair of side rails between which sonably lorries or railway trucks and then are closely spaced, trasverso, Ventilation problems are sim removed rapidly and with a mini- freely-amounted rollers, The piñed us no solvents Bre used mum of man-handling by use of rollers are usually mounted on ball during the process. The ventila- which they are usually subjected, another fork truck when they bearings no that they will relate tion control panels ensure the but by making full use of present-reach their destination. Fork with the minimum of friction. If utmost emelency by reflecting day design technique it is possible trucks are being employed today the loads to be carried have hard,
any stray Infra-red rays back
to light.also in ships' holds for the slack dat undersides they will slide on
the
A capacitors. radi- This lightness combined with balling of goods and the carrying of along a conveyor having
total of 72 lamps are mounted in bearing wheels, efficient Lubricu-goods from rtacks to the
crano ent of about 3 in 100. This slight four rowe, two rows on each side
gradient enables a load to be carri- of the oven. tion and other features now ra-look during unloading.
led about 56 feet (17, metres) with
hand truck. Modern hand trucks Bro strongly constructed to with
stand the rough
to make them
20 treatment
relatively
good
irs A garded as essential truck, enables the user manoeuvre heavy loads with cum- parative case,
to
De-Greased
Newly-made capacitors are first placed in "de-greasing' bath to
In addition to the types of truck a loading height of 30 inches (78 described above, numerous others contimeters) and an unloading will be on view c.g. trucks for height of about 9 inches (23 centi- transporting works pass, barrel meters).
ensure that the outer casings aro A UNC
completely free from any traces of which One of the most useful general trucks and tipping trucks.
Where extremely long runs of the petroleum jelly with purpose trucks has low lifting ful truck for maintenance depart platform only a few inches above ments that handle heavy machines roller conveyor are to be installed they are filled.
is a plant truck which has a plat- and the loading height is to be kept A wire-mesh conveyor belt Hoor level. It can be used as a form that can be tilted to form low eg. about 30 inches (70 cent then carries them in two rows,
which ordinary fixed platform truck, or 1
the machine can meters), boosters must be intro-L it can be used with stillige or pal- be drawn by a winch or any other duced at intervals along the run. per
Mia ramp up
$11
speed
of 18 Into the
inches
oven
minute, lets on to which goods have been device provided on the truck. A booster consists of a power where they are subjected to
unded, the loaded stilinge being When the machine is loaded on to driven elevator which raises the moderate heat. While passing afted on bloc just clear of the floor the truck the platform is pivoted load from the low discharge point through the oven the petroleum ASK JACKS ·ABOUT IT! by movement of the platform to a horizontal position ready for of one section of the roller con- jelly is melted and if leaks occur
wheeled
William Jacks & Co., Ltd.
307 Prince's Bldg.,
Tel. 32227.
[BRITISH MADE G.F. MALLEABLE TUBE FITTINGS HAVING PERFECT THREADS AND REAL MALLEABILITY, RELIABLE FOR STEAM, WATER, GAS, OIL AND AIR.
Every fitting individually tested to 360 lbs.
per square inch.
"STOCKS CARRIED
SIBER HEGNER & CO., LTD.
George's Bidg
Telephone 22828
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At the
after which I can AWAY. At its destination the load transporting the load. can be lowered easily on to the destination, the platform is tilted the again to allow the load to slide floor and the truck wheeled from down it on to the floor. under it. ing of the platform is carried out with the steering handle
The lifting and lower
which
Belt Conveyors
STERKU.
are
of another section of tho" rollor
Indicated by tho presence of onto the high receiving point in the capacitor casings they ar conveyor.
On leaving the oven, the capa- tha to conveyed Roller conveyor is supplied in eltors standard straight lengthe and examiners who repair any faults. standard 46 and 90 degree bends An additional production aid has can be coupled to the platform lift-
for turning corners, together with been incorporated in the form of ing mechanism for that purpose and uncoupled for steering and
A good range of conveyors is to treaties which are adjustable for two warning lights which indicato
от to the loader that one height.
both lowing.
In most trucks the handle be displayed covering the main
Examiners are not being aḍequate- form a long lever for direct types:-overhead, roller and band
Short lengths of roller conveyoriy supplied.
uppelectrical manual lifting, but in one make of or belt conveyors. Conveyora srecan often be used with advantage The
circuit truck operates a hydraulic Jack being introduced in increasing between machines, or for other the infra-red lamps is
wired which lifts the platform.
numbers in factories of all kinds, short distances over which goods In conjunction with the circujt in mines, on duckaldos and, in fact, must ordinarily be carried by controlling the conveyor belt so Similar trucks. nik power-wherever it is necessary for goods hand. This reduces operator that should the belt stop the lamps operated, which are to be shown, or materials to be moved long or fatigue, while giving the operators will automatically go out, thus cater for heavier load, and longer short distances.
more time to concentrate on direct avoiding over-heating of the expa- distances. Lifting platform power
production.
éltora-which-are 'stillˇin' the "oven. trucks are petrol or baitory When a conveyor system is operated, and are built for loads installed in a factory for use in up to about three tons. The rais assembly work processing, ing and lowering of the platform, various advantages are obtained. ling in addition to travelling, is per- In the first place a conveyor the formed by power so that the mini- defines the path to be taken by mum of human effort in needed to load, and it thus enables lar
largo fl, transport and deposit a lond, measure of control to be imposed Automatically on work in progrEEN, Coinponentn Bro carried along. their proper router and are not su Inble to be side-tracked or lost in odd corners.
Fork Lift Trucks
or
The employment of fork lift trucks and the introduction of a The conveyor system also doce pallet_nyntem_together constitute not lend itself readily to irregular Jone of the really marked features back-tracking of work in progrens for modern trends in mechanicallo.g the surreptitious return [handling, and the fork lift type of parts that are faulty. In this
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IHOTOR CONTROLE
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Factory Representative
E. M. SQUIRE
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Tati: 20$51-
ELECTRIC
CONTROL, EQUIPMENT FOR INDUSTRY
Stocks Available YU TUNG TAI, LTD. First Floor, Work Bldg. Tel: 58145
of
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Tols:
23612
司公限准
26147
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Tul. * . 98401.
7
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