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Continental adds VDO gauges

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Ortho voice assistant helps techs

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Ortho is a voice assistant for the aftermarket. The portable, hands-free solution gives technicians and service advisors access to quick repair data. It is housed in a rugged tablet, and provides answers in less than five seconds. Technicians can use Ortho from their service bay by using the opening line of “Hey Ortho.” From torques to fluid types and amounts, maintenance intervals to technical service bulletins, Ortho has details on hundreds of specs available in an instant. Answers are displayed on the screen, and also read aloud using a text-to-speech function.

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JohnDow adds oil container drainer

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JohnDow Industries has introduced its newest oil handling product, the Oil Container Drainer, to help automotive repair businesses safely and easily drain oil containers before recycling. Technicians can place bottles upside down on the drainer pegs and excess oil drains into a drum. The drainer can hold up to 18 bottles. Hooks stabilize larger bottles for easy drainage, and adjustable feet help secure the container onto a drum.

(The drum is not included.) The drainer is made of heavy-duty steel, and two side supports keep the lid open at 45 degrees.

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Sleeves protect wheels on Milwaukee Tool sockets

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Milwaukee Tool has added half-inch drive lug nut wheel sockets to its line of Shockwave Impact Duty sockets. The sockets feature a strong, non-marring sleeve to protect wheels during tire changes. The Shockwave Impact Duty wheel sockets are protected by an Armor-Guard sleeve made of durable plastic. The sleeve protects against crackling or shredding. The sleeves are color coded to distinguish between metric and SAE sizing, and all are stamped with inkfilled markings on the socket to clearly identify the size. The sockets also have a plastic insert, which keeps the lug nut from marring while it is used. The sockets meet ASME standards to ensure proper fit to the fastener.

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Continental offers a new line of VDO Instrument and Accessories’ Cockpit International GEN II gauges, with 26 gauges covering eight different functions. Designed for both on- and off-highway vehicles as well as stationary equipment, the new line includes three 3/8-inch (85mm) speedometers and tachometers as well as two 1/16-inch (52mm) voltmeters, oil pressure, gear pressure, water temperature, oil temperature and fuel gauges. The gauges are available for both 12V and 24V applications and use a universal M4 stud connector. The gauges feature rust-resistant steel housings and are available in dual-scale (US/ Metric) and single-scale metric variants. The tachometers feature LCDs along with traditional pointers and are available for generator or magnetic sender feeds. The speedometers are available in 120mph/200kph and 85mph/130kph versions.

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