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Excellent presence of this signature in the skilled fair in hygiene

Vehicles antiincedios, of defence and emergencies instrumented with Allison exhibit in Sicur 2014

Editorial Interempresas21/03/2014

The automatic transmissions of Allison Transmission instrumented the vehicles antiincendios, of civil defence and emergencies of the display units more important of the International Living room of the hygiene (Sicur) in Madrid.

Very valued by the professionals that confront daily to situations of emergency, the automatic boxes Allison are, from does decades, the option of preference for the equipment of the skilled vehicles in hygiene against fires, defence or emergencies. The experience has showed the advantages that offer in terms of productivity, hygiene, reliability, good answer and manoeuvrability. Therefore they presented so many vehicles instrumented with Allison in the International Living room of the hygiene 2014 in Madrid.

Of left to right: Carlos Prieto-Puga, adviser delegated of Veicar, Trond Johansen, responsible of Promotion of Sales of Allison Transmission in Spain, Jaime Prieto-Puga, owner of Velicar, and Erik Kaplar, Market Developer, Nordic Area, AllisonTransmission.

The event lasted four intense days and gathered to 1.300 companies of 25 countries, that presented the last novelties in technologies, products, services and solutions in matter of hygiene, prevention and protection. URO, Special Vehicles, S.A. (Urovesa), Spanish company devoted to the design, manufacture and commercialisation of special vehicles all terrains of high mobility for diverse industrial uses, civil defence, defence and public works exposed in his stand two vehicles instrumented with transmission Allison of the Series 1000 a Vamtac CK-9.5 and a Vamtac S3, light pumper.

José Sierra, president–general director of Urovesa, signalled: “The advantages of the boxes Allison for our type of vehicles are very clear. Apart from his high reliability, offer an easy and safe driving in all type of terrains. Like this the driver loans a minimum attention to the vehicle to centre in the conditions of the surroundings, that are used to to be difficult terrains, situations of risk, fire, catastrophes, etc.”

Urovesa supplies three lines of vehicles: truck all terrain TT URO, for transport of personnel or load to the most inaccessible places with hygiene; Vamtac (Vehicle of High Tactical Mobility), a vehicle all modular and versatile terrain, in normal and armoured versions, designed to bear the worst conditions of work with a high mobility and capacity of load; and Vamtac 3.5: an all light terrain, of 3.5 Ton of MMA, and 1 Ton of capacity of load. The company presented his Vamtac CK-9.5 like novelty in Sicur, a vehicle that called powerfully the attention between the visitors. With a MMA of 9.950 kg, this vehicle is available with two motors Cummins, of 207 CV or of 225 CV, both of diesel. It carries box of automatic changes of 6 speeds of Allison of the Series 1000, has traction 4x4 permanent with blocajes of differential 100% and independent suspension in the 4 wheels.

Urovesa Presented the new Vamtac CK-9.5, instrumented with automatic box Allison of the Series 1000, 6 speeds, in Sicur 2014.

In the stand of the Military Unit of emergencies (UME) also exposed a Vamtac S3, this of military application, also instrumented with Allison of the series 1000. All these vehicles characterise by his high mobility in all terrain, no only being able to arrive to the most inaccessible places, also have a big capacity of load. This turns them into ideal vehicles to be units against fires of first intervention.

Of left to right: José Sierra, president–general director of Urovesa, and Trond Johansen, responsible of Promotion of Sales of Allison Transmission in Spain.

In his stand external, Allison Transmission exhibited a pumper nodriza with capacity for 8.000 litres allocated to give service to a population of 40.000 inhabitants in the zone of Or-Carballiño-Ribeiro (Galicia) to finals of this year. It was a Renault Premium Lander, 340CV, 4x4 instrumented with transmission Allison of the model 3000R (with Retarder), awarded to the company Veicar and carrozado by the carrocero Portuguese Jacinto. Celso Román Conde, member of the Technical Table of the Xunta de Galicia for the endowment of vehicles for the Consortium of Or Carballiño, did upsetting in the excellent performance and reliability of the automatic boxes Allison that, by his experience, knows very well.

“In the parks of firemen grows the tendency to go to to the automatic change, and every time is imposing more by reasons of hygiene, easy handle and reliability, ” said Conde “Is a fact contrasted that the boxes Allison work to perfection and allow an upper experience, safe and reliable in all the cases in which they require fast performances and exits of emergency”.

Of left to right: Celso Román Conde, member of the Technical Table of the Xunta de Galicia for the endowment of vehicles for the Consortium of Or Carballiño, and Trond Johansen, responsible of Promotion of Sales of Allison Transmission in Spain.

In addition to the vehicles mentioned, the visitors of the fair also have been able to see other trucks instrumented with Allison, like the pumper of Rosenbauer on chassis Atego 1629, as well as a new chassis Euro 6 of Mercedes Benz, the Atego 1530AF.