THE INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON WINTER MAINTENANCE AT BRIANCON IN FEBRUARY 1965

THE PRIMARY OBJECT OF THE CONGRESS WAS TO PROVIDE A VENUE FOR THE MANUFACTURERS AND THE USERS OF SNOW-CLEARING EQUIPMENT. THE CONGRESS OPENED WITH AN EXHIBITION OF MACHINES, AND THIS NOTE GIVES DETAILS OF THE MACHINES AND OF A SERIES OF TESTS FOR WHICH PURPOSE THE 200 MACHINES AND APPLIANCES WERE DIVIDED INTO NINE CATEGORIES ACCORDING TO THEIR FUNCTION. RESULTS OF THE TRIALS ARE GIVEN; OF THE STRAIGHT BLADE PLOUGHS THE BEST PERFORMANCE WAS GIVEN BY A PETER E.F. 7 PLOUGH ON AN INTERNATIONAL 230 VEHICLE, THE BEST OF THE V-PLOUGHS WAS A BIOLLER PLOUGH ON A WHITE VEHICLE; OF THE ROTARY PLOUGHS SCHMIDT PLOUGHING HEADS MOUNTED ON UNIMOG VEHICLES. THE MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT ATKINSON WAS THE ONLY SPECIALIZED GRITTING MACHINE, AND GAVE THE BEST PERFORMANCE IN THIS CLASS. /RRL/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • No Ln/856, 16PP, 27PHOT, 1REF
• Corporate Authors:

  Road Research Laboratory /UK

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• Authors:
  • Williamson, P J
  • Vinnicombe, G A
• Publication Date: 1965-6

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Anti-icing; Cold weather; Equipment; Fans; Information display systems; Maintenance; Operations; Snow; Snow removal; Snowplows; Testing
• Geographic Terms: Briancon (France)
• Old TRIS Terms: Blowers; Displays; International congress
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00219252
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 1 1994 12:00AM