Equipment Report

McNeilus rebrands parts businesses with new focus

McNeilus Truck and Manufacturing Inc., Dodge Center, Minnesota, has announced the repositioning of its replacement parts business to offer two options for getting parts to customers no matter the makes or models in their fleets.

“Our customers need a partner that can help them keep their business running without the middleman or the runaround, and they have that in McNeilus,” says Matt McLeish, vice president of sales and marketing for McNeilus Refuse Collection Vehicles.

McNeilus has reestablished its Street Smart Parts brand as a dedicated source for competitor replacement parts manufactured and tested to meet or exceed original equipment manufacturer (OEM) standards. The brand features a new logo and more offerings for replacement parts for all makes and models.

McNeilus Genuine Parts will supply parts for McNeilus brand vehicles. These OEM parts are designed by a team of engineers focused solely on providing solutions for the concrete and refuse collection industries. All products are backed by McNeilus’ parent company, Oshkosh Corp., a vehicle manufacturing company based in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. 

“[Customers are] getting full life cycle support, not just for the McNeilus trucks in their fleet but for the entire fleet, with our two replacement parts brands,” says Peter Gallette, vice president of sales and marketing for the McNeilus Mixer Platform.

The company says its comprehensive inventory is strategically stocked nationwide and ready to ship. Parts deliver to most states within 24 hours and to the rest of the continental U.S. within 48 hours.

Parts, manuals, schematics and more can be obtained from http://streetsmartparts.com.

Spectro Arcos targets elemental analysis

Germany-based Spectro Analytical Instruments says its newest Spectro Arcos inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometer (ICO-OES) represents “the next generation of industry-leading ICP-OES technology.”

The new device “precisely analyzes the elemental composition of metals, chemicals, petrochemicals and more to deliver the critically accurate measurements that industry and academia can depend on,” the company states.

Enhancements introduced in the new Spectro Arcos are based on customer input coupled with what Spectro calls advances in proven technologies. “Spectro Arcos is known for exceptional optical performance, wavelength coverage, sensitivity and resolution, safeguarding users’ ability to get the right analytical results, performance and productivity,” the firm says.

Features of the model include a new dual side-on interface (DSOI) plasma viewing option designed to eliminate contamination/matrix compatibility issues. If the DSOI is not needed, a standard side-on plasma (SOP) version features a dedicated radial, single side-on interface.

A MultiView plasma viewing option lets users select either high-sensitivity axial plasma observation to excel at trace analysis or high-precision radial plasma observation for high matrix loads and organic solutions. The latter option includes a periscope-free Multi-View version that enables operators to literally “turn” Spectro Arcos from true radial view into true axial view, or vice-versa, in 90 seconds.

The model’s complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor CMOS detectors are “equal to or surpass the performance of legacy charge-coupled device (CCD) detectors,” the company says.

In terms of high-speed readout,  Arcos can completely analyze simpler matrices in as little as 30 seconds.

A no-purge, sealed gas purification technology enables fast startup, no chance of contamination and annual gas consumables savings up to about $3,500 annually, Spectro adds.