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Ball baffle improves tanker handling

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Test results have shown a spectacular improvement, in the handling of a truck fitted with a tank, containing the Rapid Spray Ball baffle system.

  
Ball baffle improves tanker handling

Extensive testing of the innovative liquid surge restraint system, was carried out at DECA, Shepparton, Victoria, on March 19. Richard Larsen of Loadsafe Australia, designed the test procedure and observed the dynamic testing conducted by Werner Ihle, consulting engineers. The system has subsequently been approved by Loadsafe Australia.
The truck, mounted with a single compartment liquid tank, was taken through braking and cornering scenarios with a range of different load levels, both with and without ball baffles installed.
Larsen stated said his test report that during braking and cornering, the tests showed that the ball baffle system, was very effective in minimising liquid surge and sloshing, in the partially filled tank. “That ensured that the vehicle’s stability was not adversely affected.”
Larsen’s concluding paragraph is unequivocal. “The Rapid Spray Ball Baffle System,™ thereby demonstrated compliance with the Load Restraint Guide Performance Standards for Bulk Liquids...”
More information: Rapid Spray, 1800 011 000, www.rapidspray.net



 


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