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  YouTube - 1971 SD Revopak Factory Film (part 4 of 7)
YouTube - 1971 SD Revopak Factory Film (part 4 of 7)
1971 SD Revopak Factory Film (part 1 of 7)
1971 SD Revopak Factory Film (part 2 of 7)
www.youtube.com /watch?v=49osvNmeHe8&feature=PlayList&p=83DCF15F785B90E7&index=3   (268 words)

  
  Salvage Squad - The machines - Dustcart   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Custom-built in 1982 to navigate the narrow, twisting Scilly Isles streets, the Shelvoke & Drewry Revopak PN Mini was the only one of its type.
In 1971 they introduced the Revopak, a revolutionary vehicle that broke up and compacted rubbish using hydraulic power.
After removing the hydraulic ram from the dustcart, Axel realises it is beyond repair.
www.channel4.com /science/microsites/S/salvage_squad_2003/machines/dustcart   (518 words)

  
  Revopak at AllExperts
Introduced in 1971, the Revopak was in fact a British-built clone of a French Bennes-Ray Superpac.
It was among one of the first vehicles to address the problem of compacting and destroying the high content of packaging materials now found in domestic refuse.
Two generations of the Revopak were produced - the early 1971-1973 models used hydraulic motors which drove the compaction rake by means of chains, while the later models utilised a simpler and more robust drive system which consisted of twin synchronised hydraulic rams to operate the compaction system.
en.allexperts.com /e/r/re/revopak.htm   (380 words)

  
  Waste collection vehicle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The German Shark design (later Rotopress) used a huge rotating drum, analogous to a cement mixer, in conjunction with a serrated auger to grind down and compact the garbage.
SEMAT-Rey of France pioneered the rotating rake system (also used in the British Shelvoke and Drewry Revopak) to both mutilate waste and break down large items.
High fuel consumption has seen a decline in the popularity of continuously compacting garbage trucks.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Garbage_truck   (1325 words)

  
 Revopak - Definition, explanation
Introduced in 1971, the Revopak was in fact a British-built clone of a French Semat-Rey design.
Many variatons were made of the basic design, including a multitude of different body lengths and payloads, plus SD developed bin lifters as an optional extra - a precursor to the modern wheeled bin collection systems of today.
The Revopak was in continuous production until 1990, when SD went out of business.
www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/r/re/revopak.php   (273 words)

  
 Msn Shopping
In the 1980s, the company became part of the company, many hundreds of SD vehicles are still used at small provincial airports, and many developing countries continue to use second-hand, ex-British SD refuse collection vehicles.
In the late 1970s, SD went head-to-head with its arch-rival Dennis, and began manufacturing fire engines are still in service, for example many of the 1970s which used a pivoting body to redistribute the load, and the Revopak of the Dempster Corporation of America, and continued to trade under the name of Shelvock.
In the West Midlands, 1907 appears to be the last birth year of any Shelvoke.) Its first product was the "Freighter", originally a multi-purpose flatbed truck notable for its tiny wheels and tiller-type steering, but it was soon adapted for refuse collection.
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 ipedia.com: Garbage truck Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
The British Shark design (later Rotopress) used a huge rotating drum, analogous to a cement mixer, in conjunction with a serrated auger to grind down and compact the garbage.
The Shelvoke & Drewry Revopak;, used continuously rotating tines to crush large items with ease.
High fuel consumption has seen a decline in the popularity of continuously compacting garbage trucks.
www.ipedia.com /garbage_truck.html   (834 words)

  
 Discuss-O-Mat Thread# 954
The point of the tines or teeth was to exert enormous point-pressure to break up large objects in the hopper, and the intermeshing of the moving teeth with the stationary ones at the exit point from hopper into storage body, was simply a means of retaining load in the body (i.e.
Well the Revopak picture was taken in 1973 which was long before any EPA laws on the disposal of appliances came into effect.
The picture is actually a frame grab from a S&D sales video that I have, and as the big teeth come down and shred the fridge, there is no big release of refrigerant....although it would probably have popped once more stuff had been compacted against it.
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 Msn Shopping
In the West Midlands, 1907 appears to be the last birth year of any Shelvoke.) The company is best known for its innovative dustcarts, which were once the preferred choice of municipal authorities in Britain.
The firm of Accles and Shelvoke was one of the 1970s which used a pivoting body to redistribute the load, and the Revopak of the last birth year of any Shelvoke.) The company is best known for its innovative dustcarts, which were once the preferred choice of municipal authorities in Britain.
The firm of Accles and Shelvoke, Shelvoke Ltd (Dennis Shelvoke / Dennis Eagle) and Shelvoke was formed in 1913 to commence the manufacture of cartridge-powered capti...
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 5 x Vintage Corgi Lot - Revopak Refuse Collector - eBay Corgi, Diecast Vehicles, Toys Games (end time 28-Aug-07 ...
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