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Over 50,000yd, 45,700m, of Trakway have been used throughout the world for pur poses including the recovery of a DC-8-63F bogged down in soft ground. Computers. Stand 100 Ferranti Ltd Hollinwood, Lanes, England. Tel 061-681 2000. Small computers suitable for airborne applications also have uses on airports. Ferranti's FM 1200 non-airborne system consisting of compatible modules includes an FM 1200 computer and interfaces, input/ output and extra core stores, a 4,096-word core store and power supply. Units fit a special 8.75in, 22.2cm high section of a 19in, 48.3cm rack. The company's DIG 1-TV equipment is available for high-density air port use. It displays any one of a large number of "pages" of passenger or opera tional data on TV screens. Each CRT can have its own "page." Construction Stand 89 Formica International Ltd FO Box 2, De La Rue House, 84-86 Regent Street, London Wl, England. Tel 01-734 8020. Lightweight and fire-resisting doors of up to two hours' resistance manufactured in Britain, Belgium and France. Toilet cubicles standard or custom-built. New Architect/ Designer range of bold patterns for laminates in large open areas. New Verti- color fire-resistant laminate meets Class 1 flame spread and has non-reflective surface. New elevated flooring for computer rooms features anti-static, hard-wearing laminate- bonded to chipboard. Interlan double- thickness laminate can be machined to produce contrasting signs and notices. Publication. Stand 52 Freight News Weekly 167 High Holborn, London WC1, England. Tel 01-836 9551. Weekly freight journal with regular dis tribution of 29,918 copies (ABC audit) for each issue. Baggage and cargo handling. Stand 62 GEC-Elliott Mechanical Handling Ltd Beanacre Rd, Melksham, Wiltshire, England. Tel 0225 36933. Baggage-handling systems, freight and document handling facilities, undercarriage maintenance, platforms and service struc tures. Ground support. Stand 54 G.I.E. Sovarrel 8 Ave de l'Alouette, 37-Tours-01, France. Tel 33-40-94. Manufacturers of self-propelled cargo high loaders and lifting platforms for pallets, igloos and containers reaching from 20in to 11.5ft, 50.8cm to 3.5m above the ground and with capacities from 6,5001b to 20,0001b, 2,950kg to 9,070kg; the company also makes transporters and dollies. For passenger air craft its speciality is elevating commissary trucks for 747s and smaller aircraft. Main tenance equipment includes self-propelled workstands and lifting platforms. Ground handling. Stand M Halifax Tool Co Ltd Southowram, Hali fax, England. Tel 0422 63441. Shown for the first time will be the new Reliance 1000 tractor, powered by a 48V, 292A/hr battery with a drawbar pull of 1,2501b, 567kg, capable of moving 10 tons, 102 tonnes. Its companion Reliance LPG tractor, with a Leyland 998cc engine, has the same drawbar pull. Another in the range, the Reliance 3000 diesel tractor, has a Ley- land 1500cc engine, a drawbar of 3,0001b, 1,350kg, and will pull 30 tons, 30.5 tonnes. Also on show, the Fielden overhead rotating hydraulic clamp fork-lift truck attachment with a capacity of 2,8001b, 1,272kg, 180° rotation, a side shift of lOin, 25.4cm and a jaw opening of 24in, 61cm. Ground support. StandX) Hanger Engineering Ltd Eagle Works, Warwick, England. Tel 0926 44321. Skyserve toilet vehicle designed to service Boeing 747 toilet. Covered by an insulated aluminium canopy the unit mounted on a Karrier Gamecock WCA5 162in, 4.1m chassis has a 500gal, 2,2731it waste tank and 250 gal, l,1371it clean-water tank. Air in the waste tank is evacuated by an ex hauster driven from the vehicle power take off through a 4in, 10.2cm flexible hose. Water and disinfectant is pumped into the waste tank through a lin, 2.54cm hose. An operator's platform is raised hydraulically. Overall length, 23ft lOJin, 7.28m; width, 7ft Ujia, 2.43m: unladen weight, 5 ton 7 cwt, 5,346kg. Ground support. Stand 86 Houchin Ltd Garford Works, Ashford, Kent, England. Tel (Ashford) 23211. To meet higher electrical ground servicing demands of second-generation jets the com pany has produced a Super-Power range of ground power units. Shown on the Rootes- Chrysler Stand B will be one triple- voltage 140kVA unit mounted on a Com- mer VC 541 chassis. On Houchin's stand 86 is a range of frequency converters and asso ciated electronic components together with aircraft lifting jacks built under Regent Jack Manufacturing Co, California, licence. Ground handling. Stand W Hunslet (Holdings) Ltd Hunslet Engine Works, Leeds LS10 1BT, England. Tel 0532 32261. A massive aircraft-towing tractor, the largest of its type produced in Britain, is the 70 ton, 71 tonne, ATT 77. Designed and built to lata specification for new genera tion tractors capable of towing up to one million lb, 453,590kg: two copies have been ordered by BOAC. A Cummins VT.1710 635 b.h.p. diesel gives a maximum speed of 20 m.p.h., 32k.p.h./hr, and a maximum tractive effort of 77,2001b, 35,000kg. Vehicle has elevatable cabs at each end, is 30ft, 9.14m long and has a crab steering angle on all wheels of up to 20°. Consultants. Stand 13 A Hunter Douglas 2 Peekshaat, Rotterdam, Netherlands. An organisation specialising in the recommendation of consulting engineers' services. Mechanical cleaners. Stand 25 Inbouw NV Bezuidenhoutseweg 381, PO Box 2189, The Hague, Netherlands. Tel 85 71 00. Specialists in floor maintenance equip ment, Inbouw is exhibiting Clarke battery and electrical machines, widely used in industry and at airports. Ground safety. Stand 78 Inertia Switch Ltd 123 London Road, Camberley, Surrey, England. Tel 0276 4251. Devices to detect the effect of slush drag and aquaplaning have been installed at British and US airports. The Drag Meter— evaluated by Britain's Board of Trade—is FLIGHT International, 25 June 1970 wheel-mounted in front of a vehicle and loaded in proportion to its size. Aquaplan ing Risk Detectors makes use of a number of conducting probes on the runway. This monitoring device is being BoT evaluated and is in use at Nasa Wallops Island. Company builds inertia switches for heavy- landing indicators, FDR ejection initiators and fire extinguishers. A irport lighting. S and 2 Intair SA, Hull Hermes 1301 Centre Inter national, Place Rogier, Brussels 1, Belgium. Tel Brussels 172346. Elastimold transformers, developed in 1943 were produced as components of improved underground power-distribution systems for runways and taxiways. Special features are: durability through watertight and weather resistant units: modular con struction for simple trouble shooting; easy installation and reduced cost. Units plug direct to mains supply without use of water proofing compounds. These transformers are built in the US by Amerace-Esna and marketed in Europe by its subsidiary Intair. Building lighting Stand 38 Integrated Lighting of Canada Ltd 500 Sauve St West, Montreal 357, Quebec, Canada. Lighting louvre ceiling panels in alumin ium and plastic that are permanent, will not break or discolour and are framed or unframed. They may be mounted under sprinklers and are available in a wide range of colours. Air traffic control. Stand 81 International Aeradio Ltd Aeradio House, Hayes Road, Southall, Middlesex, England. Tel 01-574 2411. An example of an ATC console designed and manufactured by the company with standard modules. Console facilities include communications, instrumentation and con trol, flight-progress records, telephones. IAL provides a world-wide consultancy service for airport planning and development; it undertakes complete operation and main tenance of airports including provision of personnel and runs an ATC school through which nearly 1,000 students from 40 coun tries have passed. Established in 1947, the company now includes many of the world airlines among its stockholders and has a turnover approaching £10 million. Snow clearance. Stand 20 Jongerius Utrecht NV Wittevrouwen- singel 95, Utrecht, Holland. Tel 1 96 14. Distributors of snowploughs and anti- slip spreading equipment including the Meyer Products Ohio plough, which incor porates full control from the cab. Electro- lift power angling. Also the Danish Epoke sand and chemical spreaders. Hydraulic power. Stand 85 Keelavite Hydraulics Ltd Allesley, Cov entry CV5 9AN, England. Tel 06762 441. Hydraulic power and control systems, servo and transmission equipment. Cleaning. Stand Y Kent Engineering Ltd Phoenix Works, Tovil, Maidstone, Kent, England. Tel 0622 58361. Industrial and municipal sweeping machines and agricultural spraying machines. The Kent 1262 self-propelled sweeper cleans a swathe 62in, 1.57m wide and can pick up 9.2 cu ft, 2601it of refuse. Market price is about £2,000. Kent are general engineers and founders.
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