Products
Rhinohide Seat Covers
www.coverking.com
Come September, when students ride school buses in Anaheim, California, they’ll be sitting in new seats. Leather-textured “Rhinohide,” custom-fit by the Anaheim-based Cov- erking, will wrap each bus seat. Rhinohide is a durable polyvinyl chloride that stands up to abrasions, gashes and punctures, while also being flame retardant. Installing Coverking’s seat covers in Anaheim school buses will be easier than ever due to a new design with Velcro sewn into the bottom of backrests for easier, faster installation. In the past, in- stallers had to staple edges of backrest covers together and it was hard to fit staple guns in such a tight space. Additionally, staples can be a hazard for children riding the bus, so that risk is com- pletely eliminated by Coverking’s covers. Another feature is elastic
binding sewn around the edges of seat bottoms to make covers slide right over the foam interior to stay in place. Installers previously had to get under the seat to staple material to a plank of wood. Coverking was founded in 1985 by an aerospace engineer. Company designers use digitally scanned, 3D-imaging to produce custom-fit products covering everything from
inside to outside—seats, dashboards, floor mats and vehicle covers—for cars, boats, motorcycles, ATVs and now school buses. Coverking engineers make sure covers are easy to install while creating the best possible fit. For more information about Coverking, visit
www.coverking.com, or call (800) 268-3754.
DurA-Tek Prime Pump
www.ametek.com
The DurA-Tek Prime booster pump was made with the school transportation industry in mind. It features a seal-less design that eliminates leaks, with other features including: • Magnetically coupled, seal-less design eliminates leaks enhanc- ing pump reliability and durability
• 40,000-hour design life for maximum performance • “Plug-n-Play” mounting and connectivity for most applications • Brushless technology yields increased ROI over brush technology • Engineered to last 12 years, virtually maintenance free • Up to a seven-year warranty when specified in new bus pro- curement, three years as replacement.
Patrick Foley, the company’s technical sales engineer, said that due to their design, all pumps with seals will eventually leak. “The problem is that as they wear out, the leakage overwhelms the pumps ability to simply evaporate it, and drips and leaks develop. Its not a quality issue, its just simply a design issue. All seals will eventually leak,” he said. Gary Saxon, a mechanic at the San San Pasqual Valley Unified School Dist. In California, told STN that he bought a few pumps for his operation after the ones in two of the fleet’s buses started to
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fail, after having already been replaced. “The problem I wanted to solve was leaks. The dust is so bad and these buses are designed with the fan on the curb side so all the dust gets drawn up and across the engine compartment,” he said. “I tried to rebuild one of the old pumps after it failed but the seal was not bad, it was the shaft. It was not repairable,” he said. Saxon added that the installation process was simple and that he plans on equipping all of his fleet’s buses with The DurA-Tek Prime pump in the future.
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