A-Ward intros container tilting unit.A-Ward Attachments Ltd. of New Zealand New Zealand (zē`lənd), island country (2005 est. pop. 4,035,000), 104,454 sq mi (270,534 sq km), in the S Pacific Ocean, over 1,000 mi (1,600 km) SE of Australia. The capital is Wellington; the largest city and leading port is Auckland. has developed the ACT series of self-contained container-tilting units with back-in, drive-out capability. A-Ward Attachments Director and Chief Engineer Simon Ward designed the unit after listening to several customers complain about their current container loading systems' lack of safety and efficiency, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a press release issued by A-Ward Attachments. To use the ACT self-contained container tilting units, the container and trailer chassis are backed into the unit. The container then is locked onto the tilter's lifting arms at eight points. The doors are opened, and the tilter hydraulically raises the container from zero to 90 degrees for loading with a material handler, conveyor or wheel loader. "This unit has made our export business far more safe and efficient," David Davis David Davis, the name of several people, may refer to:
GSD Graduate School of Design GSD Glycogen Storage Disease GSD General Services Division GSD Gundam Seed Destiny (anime) GSD Ground Sample Distance GSD Geometric Standard Deviation in Houston is quoted as saying in the press release. "It is simple, rugged and priced so that our break-even on the unit is in a matter of weeks." More information on the container tilting unit is available by visiting www.a-ward.co.nz or by calling Sales Director Richard Currie Richard James Currie, O.C.,B.Sc.Eng.,M.B.A., L.L.D., P.Eng., was born in 1937 in Saint John, New Brunswick, and is a notable Canadian businessman. Education He began his post-secondary education at the University of New Brunswick in 1955, after receiving a Beaverbrook at (201) 697-7301. |
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