Automation Parts

George Koch And Excel Combine To Transport Cars Excel Automation has designed and installed a 70-metre vehicle-handling system to transport the Ford Transit through an underbody treatment plant made by George Koch for Ford's Southampton factory. The system can handle thirty vehicles an hour. The circular system comprises a 6in overhead 'Power and Free' conveyor with three pneumatic pusher-assemblies and two scissors-lifts that raise and lower vehicles at the load and unload positions. The overhead conveying system is equipped with seven gull-wing type vehicle-carriers that transport the Transit vans. The automatic finishing booth designed by George Koch uses two spray robots to apply an anti-corrosion material to the underside of Transit vans in the final operation before vehicles leave the plant. A manual back-up booth provides security of production. At ground level, Transit vans are driven to a vehicle-load area and onto a platform mounted on one of the scissors-lif...

New 2.3 tonne Bobcat T110 compact tracked loader can easily be transported on a light trailer towed by mid-sized vehicles. At just 1.2 m wide and less than 2.3 m long without attachment, the new 2.3 tonne Bobcat T110 compact tracked loader will transform prospects for contractors, landscapers and a host of other users thanks to its ability to be transported on a light trailer towed by mid-sized vehicles. The compactness and transportability of the new T110 compact tracked loader are matched by superb operator comfort and high performance in all types of weather and ground conditions. Not only can the T110 work the whole year round, the durability and serviceability of the machine ensure the same high performance year after year in arduous environments. The T110 should appeal to a wide variety of users in landscaping, equipment rental, forestry, flood defence work, residential and commercial construction, local authorities, agriculture, nurseries, recycling and many other areas. Dri...