STAND NO: OA136 WHALE TANKERS’ KING OF RECYCLERS RULES AT RWM

For Immediate Issue WHALEPR35.10 – RWM 14th September 2010 STAND NO: OA136 WHALE TANKERS’ KING OF RECYCLERS RULES AT RWM Whale Tankers of Solihull - a specialist manufacturer to the waste and cleaning industries - exhibited its increasingly popular and highly specialised KAISERWhale at this year’s RWM Exhibition, a product that is now recognised as the leading dirty water recycler here in the UK. With the manufacture and supply of end products forming only one part of the equation, visitors to the exhibition gained an insight into the infrastructure that Whale Tankers has in place to support its specialist equipment over the product life cycle. Not only did visitors to the RWM get the opportunity to learn about the comprehensive parts and accessories programme that Whale operates, they gained an overview of the company’s service offering that continues to set benchmark standards and which remains the envy of the industry. Sporting the livery of Whale Tankers customer, SP Holding of Telford Shropshire - a leading contractor and events specialist - the KAISERWhale represents an effective approach to heavy-duty jetting and sewer maintenance, and which also has the capability of handling fat as well. With water recycling becoming increasingly important for obvious reasons, the KAISERWhale is at the forefront on applications of this kind. Commenting on behalf of SP Holding, Managing Director, Steve Holding said: “Whilst I’m an avid admirer of Whale Tankers, their equipment is quite simply the best that money can buy, the KAISERWhale being recognised as the leading water recycler in the UK. Indeed in our eyes nothing comes close to Whale, not only in terms of how well engineered the product is, but the back-up that Whale provides in the process.” Developed by Whale Tankers in technical partnership with Kaiser AG – both leaders in their respective fields – the specialist unit recycles the water it uses during jetting operations, therefore maximising time spent working on site and minimising time spent off it taking on supplies of fresh water. Supplied on a Volvo FM 400 8 x 4 chassis, the 26 tonne GVW Jet-Vac tipping tanker unit is scheduled to join an SP Holding fleet of over 100 vehicles after the show and will operate on preventative maintenance and cleaning contracts with leading water authorities, utility providers and specialist organisations involved in the cleaning of culverts and larger diameter sewers. The SP Holding KAISERWhale features a 150mm full bore, hydraulically operated suction loading boom with 300° rotation, not to mention a 1350mm extension that can be elevated 40° up and 15° down. The tanker features the Kaiser KDU High Pressure Water pump assembly and KWP High Performance Liquid Ring Pump. The jetting pump delivers high flow and pressure performance and is capable of achieving a flow rate of up to 110 gpm at 200 bar. Located at the rear of the vehicle is a hydraulically operated Whale ‘Mega Reel’ that effectively handles a 180m, 1 ¼” sewer jetting hose, plus a 10 metre leader hose. Additionally, the SP Holding KAISERWhale has been specified with a 1 bar discharge pressure, which is achieved using Whale’s high flow approved PRV valve. Such a design feature means that this particular vehicle is fully PED and PER compliant. Having all the controls for jetting, vacuum and recycling clearly and logically set out on a single panel, facilitates efficient day-to-day operation of the unit. -ENDS- PRESS CONTACT: Paul Watson Wentworth Communications Limited Tel: 0161 973 6763 Fax: 0161 969 6813 Email: paul@wentworthcomms.co.uk CAPTION: WHALEPR35.10 – RWM Main.jpg Whale Tankers’ KAISERWhale sporting the livery of pro-Whale customers, SP Holding of Telford, Shropshire. For Immediate Issue WHALEPR31.10 - Dounreay 14th September 2010 STAND NO: OA136 WHALE TANKER SPECIFIED FOR DOUNREAY DECOMMISSIONING PROGRAMME Dedicated to maintaining the integrity of the extensive drainage network across the 135-acre site of the Dounreay nuclear research facility in Caithness – which is in the process of being decommissioned – is a bespoke GULLYWhale Plus MVC (medium volume combination) tanker. Manufactured by Whale Tankers – a specialist manufacturer to the waste and cleaning industries – the GULLYWhale joins a hybrid fleet of cleaning vehicles that is actively operational as decommissioning at Dounreay continues. It is expected that Dounreay will become a brownfield site by 2025. Operated by Johnson Controls - a globally diversified technology and industrial leader specialising in products, services and solutions designed to optimize energy and operational efficiencies of buildings - the GULLYWhale has been developed to incorporate an advanced HEPA filter to meet specific operational needs. Conforming to BSEN1822 Part 1 and with a Nuclear Standards rating of H14, the HEPA filter is 99.99% efficient. With such an efficiency rating, the GULLYWhale is capable of dealing with any radiological contamination found when cleaning out potentially contaminated gullies. Mounted on an MAN TG-M 18.240 4 x 2 chassis, the 18-tonne GVW GULLYWhale features an 1800-gallon capacity tank. With vacuum provided by an efficient rotary lobe oil free vacuum pump, the medium volume combination tanker also has on board a high pressure jetting system. Specified by Dounreay to help clean drains and clear blockages, the Orca 240 high-pressure pump can deliver 120 l/min at 120 bar. To address all-important health and safety issues surrounding high pressure jetting, the GULLYWhale now features enhanced functionality, including a safe start mode that ensure jetting pressure reverts to zero after each operation; soft start that allows jetting pressure to commence at a manageable 25 bar, and pulse jetting that, as its names suggests, introduces a pulse to the flow. Commenting on the new GULLYWhale MVC, Johnson Controls’ estate manager, Peter Swanson said: “Although, as the name suggests, it will be primarily used for cleaning the road gullies, it is a versatile machine capable of much more. The Dounreay site has an extensive network of drains in varying conditions and they require almost constant maintenance and repair. Basically, it reaches the parts other methods fail to reach! As a result, the drains have never been so clean.” Whilst a two-man team will normally operate the vehicle on a rota basis, a total of six workers have received familiarisation training from Whale Tankers, and have been carrying out trials of the machine on site. The team leader is Jim MacAdie, who said: “We have already been using the new gully sucker extensively around the site. I am impressed with the range and power it has. We particularly like the built-in Whale grid-lifter, which takes the hard work out of lifting stubborn manhole covers”. The tanker will also be useful in areas such as the milliscreens, where blockages and overflow issues will be tackled without the need for manual handling. As a result, it is also currently involved in drainage investigations off-site for DSRL projects. -ENDS- 
PRESS CONTACT: Paul Watson Wentworth Communications Limited Tel: 0161 973 6763 Fax: 0161 969 6813 Email: paul@wentworthcomms.co.uk

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