Mobile sand filling
Sheffield rail depot equipment specialist, Mechan, has completed its first order for a mobile sand filling system. The firm has supplied two sand carts to Midland Metro’s Wednesbury depot in the West Midlands, to replenish stocks on new trams serving Birmingham and Wolverhampton.
As the UK and Irish representative of German manufacturers, Klein Anlagenbau AG, Mechan was approached by contractors, Morgan Sindall, to help identify a suitable sanding system for Wednesbury.
Mechan has supplied two Sandfloh mobile filling vehicles, a garage in which to house them and a silo capable of storing ten cubic metres of sand. The powered carts differ in specification and comprise a type 202E that carries approximately 200 litres of sand and a 102 “off road” model to operate on any terrain.
