MANUFACTURERS’ LITERATURE
OFF ROAD VEHICLE LITERATURE
A package of fact sheets describing the features, specifications, history, and pricing of the civilian HUMMER, adapted from the combat vehicle the U. S. Army has employed since 1980, is available from AM General Corporation Markets targeted include government agencies that need superior off-road mobility, such as forestry service, as well as fleet and industrial users. The civilian HUMMER will gti to market with the same drive train, chassis, high-performance engine, and sturdy body as its military predecessor; in addition, safety ami luxury enhancements, including a commercially compatible 12-volt electrical system and conventional lighting, have been added. The American-designed and American-built HUMMER features four-wheel drive and all-independent suspension.
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ENGINES BROCHURE
A full-color, six-page brochure describing Cummins Engine Company’s COMMAND N14310 ESP and N14-370 ESP engines is available. The brochure explains and illustrates how CELECT™ electronics, Cummins’ totally integrated engine control system, works with the new ESP engine technology to meet driver performance needs and fleet efficiency goals. On flat roads. ESP engines conserve fuel by sensing and delivering the amount of power needed; on a hill or in high wind, ESP automatically supplies added power to pull a truck up long hills and steep grades. Extra power is provided in or out of cruise control. According to the brochure, ESP engines can reduce shifting by up to 75 percent. The brochure also describes Cummins’ warranty programs.
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AUTOMOTIVE INSTRUMENTS BROCHURE
Datcon Instrument Company has published a brochure featuring its new Heavy-Duty Automotive Instrument series. Included are electrical and mechanical instruments for monitoring engine temperature and pressure and state-of-the-art electronic programmable speedometers, tachometers, hourmeters, and tach/hourmeters.
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SAFETY TOOLS CATALOG
Berylco Safety Tools, a division of NGK Metals Corporation, has introduced a 20-page catalog featuring its broad line of more than 500 nonsparking, nonmagnetic, corrosion-resistant safety tools. Awls, axes, chisels, C clamps, drills, hammers, mallets, punches, and picks are represented. Mix and match to create your own haz-mat tool kit for use in industrial settings where sparks can ignite volatile materials.
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MODULE CUSHION TILES BROCHURE
Turtle Plastics offers a brochure describing the structure, uses, and chemical-resistant properties of Turtle Tiles, which are made from recycled, automotive-grade plastic. The tiles provide built-in ramping and interlocking edges for easy installation; chemical resistance to most common chemicals, greases, and solvents; and 50 percent more height than competitors, to provide for faster evaporation and greater protection of the surface below.
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RESPIRATORY PROTECTION FLYER
Scott Aviation, A Figgie International Company, has released a new flyer on its lightweight, lowcost, AV-2000 facepiece, which can be used with either Scott selfcontained breathing apparatus, air-purifying respirators, or canister-type gas masks. Hie flyer provides an overview of the facepiece’s uses, as well as its features, which include a cone-shaped configuration, set-and-forget templestraps, a broad face-seal area, and dual voicemitters that allow for communications in all directions.
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DISPATCH SYSTEMS INFORMATION
Literature is available from Contemporary Engineering Services on two new techniques for gathering information for Fire Dispatch Systems (IDS): TELEGATHERING™ and HAR CODE TECHNOLOGIES. These techniques allow a district to gather all the information needed to make use of the I DS computerized dispatch system and to keep that information current and accurate. TELE-GATHERING™ queries automatically by telephone to gather information, in a tire district of 1 (),()()() homes, it would take about three months to capture 80 percent of necessary dispatch information. In addition, FDS links with F1RESOFT software.
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APPARATUS MANUFACTURER PROFILE
FircWolf Industries Inc. has available a brochure providing an overview of the company’s philosophy and statement of purpose, including its commitment to building fire apparatus that are technologically advanced; that feature endurance, longevity, practicality, and material strength; that are competitively priced; and that make use of American technology. FircWolf’s manufacturing plant is located in lakeland, Florida.
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