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Checkpoint are the leaders in vehicle indicator safety products.The range of applications where accurate inspections, monitoring and documentation is required of the status of safety critical nuts, bolts, and other types of fixings is considerable. Checkpoint Safety Australia's range of standard and special products meets many of these needs and applications in the following Industries.
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CHECKPOINT NEWSTECH TALK - Victorian Automobile Chamber of Commerce Technical Services Although the incidence of injuries or fatalities occurring as a direct result of a wheel parting company with the vehicle are rare, loose wheel nuts are not and nor is the damage associated with them. Tyres, rims, hubs and studs can all be damaged as a result of loosening wheel nuts and to make matters worse, the incidence wheel nut loosening is all too often associated with recent tyre or wheel replacement. In recognition of this, many operators will retension wheel nuts after a wheel replacement, as well as carrying out retentions as part of a regular maintenance schedule.Although time consuming and absolutely necessary, this additional service is a further maintenance burden on a an already extremely competitive industry. No repairer in the heavy transport sector needs to be reminded of the potential cost in repairs and down time that will occur if a wheel should work loose, especially immediately after a repair. As a consequence, a product that enable vehicle operators to see when a wheel nut has worked loose during a quick walk-around visual inspection of the vehicle is sure to be met with something more than passing interest. Read more
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