Maintenance charts
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Wall charts to date vehicle maintenance and DoE testing are now available from Adapta Charts.
The charting system will give the dates for DoE test application, pre-test inspection, road fund licence renewal, besides major overhaul periods, periodic time and mileage services, A & B services, driver's name and vehicle location. And fuel consumption, for instance, can be easily calculated from information displayed.
All vehicles — or items of plant for that matter — can be listed individually with horizontal elasticated ''flowlines" allocated to each one.
Basically, the system employs: a black plastics perforated background; variously shaped and coloured symbols which can be pegged into the background; elasticated "flowlines" which are stretched horizontally across the background to indicate maintenance progress; a vertical dateline which is moved on a weekly basis; and an integral card index unit which hangs to the left of the chart. Every index houses one A5 card — or M4 folded double — so that more detailed information concerning every vehicle is available.
Two standard chart sizes are initially available — 48in. x 221n. for 25 vehicles, and 48in. x 39in. for 50 vehicles, although special sizes can be made and the layout of the charts can be altered to suit customer requirements.
Made by: Adapta Chart division, Movitex Signs, Movitex House, 107, High Street, Edgware, Middx, HAS 7HJ.