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‘Pathfinder’ airfield crash truck
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This year, the Design Council Engineering Awards have been split into two sections - engineering products and engineering components each with a separate panel of judges, From nearly 200 submissions, the judging panels have selected nine engineering products and seven components for 1974 Engineering Awards. The following were among the award winners.
Digital self-indicating price-computing scale: model 1750 1¢f & T A very Ltd. The Avery 1750 - claimed to be the world's leading electronic scale for the retail trade - is a combined weighing and calculating system. The 1750 will weigh the produce, memorise
which is not so readily understood, Another advantage is the system of digitising the weight information so that the scale can be converted from avoirdupois units to metric, if required, with only a few minor alterations. The read-out tubes displaying the information on weight, unit price and total price can be read through an arc of 80 ° and in normal lighting conditions at a distance of 30 ft (9 m) or more. 'Pathfinder' airfield crash truck Chubb Fire Security Ltd, The 'Pathfinder' airfield crash truck was designed for optimum speed, simplicity of operation, and a major fire-extinguishing capacity. It is operated normally by only two men. The central driving position gives excellent visibility, especially when aligning the vehicle, and obviates the need for either left - or right-hand drive,
fork head allows a load to be turned through 180 ° in its own length, since it is the load and not the truck which is turned. The truck has a ma xi mum lift height of 35 ft (10-6m) and can stack or retrieve in a gangway only marginally wider than the diagonal of its load. Certain functions - such as steering, height of lift, rotation, and reach - are designed for semi-automatic operation, and special safety features are incorporated to permit these operations to be carried out whilst the truck is travelling along a gangway. The driving seat is set sideways to the direction of travel to give the operator maximum visibility, with all main controls within easy reach. For the fastest operating cycle times at great heights, the truck can be fitted with automatic height selection combined with an automatic guidance system. The operator can pre-set the height to which the forks must be raised and can then position the truck opposite the correct location. Even this positioning can be semi-automatic through the use of photo-electric cells, thus ensuring that the operator can find any particular slot at any height and know that the forks are in the
this weight and the price per unit weight (manually set by the vendor), calculate the total correct price, and display all three in bright digital figures, S/s in ( 16 mm) high, viewable by the vendor on one side of the machine and the customer on the other. After weighing, the scale automatically returns to zero digits and a 'Weigh' light comes on; if the light fails to illuminate, the scale can be rebalanced simply by pressing an amber-coloured balance key. One of the main features is the simple means of keying in the unit price of the goods to be weighed: a single row board with ten press keys enables the vendor to 'record' the price sequentially with the most significant digit first. A price of 199p can be keyed in that order and then, because a reset time delay is employed, a subsequent price of 9p can be keyed as one figure only, ie, 9 and not 009
The main fire-fighting monitor is controlled from an external upper deck behind the cab which means that the operator is usually looking down on the fire and therefore has a clear view to see what is required. The monitor controls are duplicated in the cab itself; in an emergency, therefore, the driver can tackle a fire on his own. The fire controls are power-operated with manual over-rides and are few in number and simple to use; for example, the monitor itself is operated hydraulically by a 'joystick' control which is moved in the logical direction to raise, lower or swivel the foam jet. Turret Truck: Model FAER 5.1 Lansing Bagnall Ltd. A high-lift fork truck speciaUy developed to work at speed in very narrow gangways and to integrate into high density warehouses using conventional racking. The rotating
Gas Chromatograph: model F30 Perkin-Elmer Ltd. Although a highly sophisticated scientific instrument, the F30 is designed specifically for ease of operation, so that even an unskilled operator can gain successful and repeatable results. For example, the controls on the front panel are laid out in the most logical sequence of operation and in clearly defined groups to avoid possible error. In addition, a 'system check' feature on the front panel consists of a row of lights which remain lit until the various temperatures and gas flows exactly
Avery scale
Chubb crash truck controls
Lansing Bagnall turret truck
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correct position.
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Applied Ergonomics June 1974
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L~eSlg~'~ Awa['ds
This year, the Design Council Engineering Awards have been split into two sections - engineering products and engineering components each with a separate panel of judges, From nearly 200 submissions, the judging panels have selected nine engineering products and seven components for 1974 Engineering Awards. The following were among the award winners.
Digital self-indicating price-computing scale: model 1750 1¢f & T A very Ltd. The Avery 1750 - claimed to be the world's leading electronic scale for the retail trade - is a combined weighing and calculating system. The 1750 will weigh the produce, memorise
which is not so readily understood, Another advantage is the system of digitising the weight information so that the scale can be converted from avoirdupois units to metric, if required, with only a few minor alterations. The read-out tubes displaying the information on weight, unit price and total price can be read through an arc of 80 ° and in normal lighting conditions at a distance of 30 ft (9 m) or more. 'Pathfinder' airfield crash truck Chubb Fire Security Ltd, The 'Pathfinder' airfield crash truck was designed for optimum speed, simplicity of operation, and a major fire-extinguishing capacity. It is operated normally by only two men. The central driving position gives excellent visibility, especially when aligning the vehicle, and obviates the need for either left - or right-hand drive,
fork head allows a load to be turned through 180 ° in its own length, since it is the load and not the truck which is turned. The truck has a ma xi mum lift height of 35 ft (10-6m) and can stack or retrieve in a gangway only marginally wider than the diagonal of its load. Certain functions - such as steering, height of lift, rotation, and reach - are designed for semi-automatic operation, and special safety features are incorporated to permit these operations to be carried out whilst the truck is travelling along a gangway. The driving seat is set sideways to the direction of travel to give the operator maximum visibility, with all main controls within easy reach. For the fastest operating cycle times at great heights, the truck can be fitted with automatic height selection combined with an automatic guidance system. The operator can pre-set the height to which the forks must be raised and can then position the truck opposite the correct location. Even this positioning can be semi-automatic through the use of photo-electric cells, thus ensuring that the operator can find any particular slot at any height and know that the forks are in the
this weight and the price per unit weight (manually set by the vendor), calculate the total correct price, and display all three in bright digital figures, S/s in ( 16 mm) high, viewable by the vendor on one side of the machine and the customer on the other. After weighing, the scale automatically returns to zero digits and a 'Weigh' light comes on; if the light fails to illuminate, the scale can be rebalanced simply by pressing an amber-coloured balance key. One of the main features is the simple means of keying in the unit price of the goods to be weighed: a single row board with ten press keys enables the vendor to 'record' the price sequentially with the most significant digit first. A price of 199p can be keyed in that order and then, because a reset time delay is employed, a subsequent price of 9p can be keyed as one figure only, ie, 9 and not 009
The main fire-fighting monitor is controlled from an external upper deck behind the cab which means that the operator is usually looking down on the fire and therefore has a clear view to see what is required. The monitor controls are duplicated in the cab itself; in an emergency, therefore, the driver can tackle a fire on his own. The fire controls are power-operated with manual over-rides and are few in number and simple to use; for example, the monitor itself is operated hydraulically by a 'joystick' control which is moved in the logical direction to raise, lower or swivel the foam jet. Turret Truck: Model FAER 5.1 Lansing Bagnall Ltd. A high-lift fork truck speciaUy developed to work at speed in very narrow gangways and to integrate into high density warehouses using conventional racking. The rotating
Gas Chromatograph: model F30 Perkin-Elmer Ltd. Although a highly sophisticated scientific instrument, the F30 is designed specifically for ease of operation, so that even an unskilled operator can gain successful and repeatable results. For example, the controls on the front panel are laid out in the most logical sequence of operation and in clearly defined groups to avoid possible error. In addition, a 'system check' feature on the front panel consists of a row of lights which remain lit until the various temperatures and gas flows exactly
Avery scale
Chubb crash truck controls
Lansing Bagnall turret truck
,!
correct position.
!
mllmlUllll-U.~ MIWlIaT t ' ~
A y i lIT
, ,
Applied Ergonomics June 1974
117