TPi September 2019

Products & developments

New Combilift loads 20-foot container in three minutes

Once loaded, the sheet is guided into the container by the mechanism underneath, which consists of four hydraulic cylinders moving in sequence. Hydraulic pins on the ends of the cylinders move up, fitting into holes cut into the sheet to secure it, while the cylinders pull the sheet forward, ensuring safe loading without any risk of product damage. When the goods are fully loaded within the container, a hydraulic rear barrier gate, fixed to the end of the platform, swings across the container opening and is locked in place across the entire width of the platform. This holds the material within the container while the metal sheet is slipped out from underneath it. Combilift MD Martin McVicar said, “I am confident that companies dealing with containers will embrace this new product, as they did the Straddle Carrier, due to the improvements it offers in terms of safety, speed and efficiency.”

Using one forklift to lift and manoeuvre the product laterally into the container and another forklift operator to push the load into the container from the end is time-consuming and not overly efficient. Following the launch of the Combilift Straddle Carrier a few years ago, feedback from customers in the containerisation sector prompted Combilift to look at how these procedures could be improved.

Combilift’s latest innovation, the Combilift Container Slip-Sheet (Combi- CSS), has been designed for quicker and easier mechanised loading of products (particularly long ones) into containers. First unveiled during Combilift’s 20 th anniversary last year, the product is now in serial production. The Combi-CSS addresses the challenges associated with the combination of forklifts and manual labour often required for this application.

The result is the patented Combi-CSS: a low, free- standing platform with a dual-directional motor- driven pulling mechanism, on which a Hardox 500 steel sheet rests. It has a capacity of 30,000 kg and allows a full load of product to be prepared behind the container on the sheet and loaded onto a 20-foot container in just three minutes (or six minutes for a 40-foot container).

Combilift – Ireland www.combilift.com Small and lightweight two-stage pressure regulator tames droop and rise

a stable outlet pressure despite wide swings in the inlet/source pressure. The Beswick PRD3 tames the “droop and rise” problem common to less advanced pressure regulators. The maximum inlet pressure rating is 500 psi. Outlet pressure ranges are 0 to 5 psi, 0 to 10 psi, 0 to 20 psi, and 0 to 30 psi. The PRD3 weighs only 25g in aluminium, or 66g in brass or stainless steel, and measures just over 1" in diameter and 1" in height. If enhanced control at low outlet pressures is required, there is an option for a larger 2" diameter higher-resolution cap. Beswick Engineering Co, Inc – USA techsupport@beswick.com www.beswick.com

10-32 threaded inlet and outlet ports, and simplified internal construction. It is a suitable choice if inlet pressure will decrease over time, as is typical when

The Beswick PRD3 series miniature pressure regulator builds on the technology of the award-winning PRD2 regulator series. Improvements include an enhanced regulating valve, larger

gas is supplied from a gas cylinder, or if the inlet pressure will fluctuate by a significant amount. The PRD3 incorporates frictionless pressure sensing elements, an optimised valve to sensing area ratio, two stages of regulation, and Beswick proprietary regulator technology, making it suited to the control of low pressures, such as 0.5 psi. Additionally, the two-stage design ensures

The PRD3 series miniature pressure regulator is available in aluminium, brass or stainless steel models

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