NoseCone was introduced into Australia nearly 4 decades ago, by Cy Ryman and his son Chris, who together developed the product type to be number one for brand recognition throughout Australia.
While ‘copy-cat’ products have over the decades entered the market, none have matched the quality and range of sizes as supplied by the Ryman family. While other companies tend to only offer the popular sizes, only NoseCone provides overall market support.
On a trailer, or truck body, a cone type aerodynamic device is prominent and as such, NoseCone is the brand of choice for all premium Australian truck body manufacturers.
It is no surprise that over 40,000 NoseCones have been sold in Australia, as in addition to the proven benefits experienced by clients, the Ryman family supplied a product consistent in its premium quality with service to match.
In 2013, it became obvious that to incorporate NoseCone body mounted cone into the broader range of aerodynamic products offered by Aeroz-Products made good business sense.
This prompted two business decisions:
- Aerotrans Australia, also a high quality manufacturer of fiberglass products, purchased NoseCone from Ryman Composites to include within its Aeroz-Products business
- Ryman Composites established “Aeroz-Products NSW” as a key business within the growing Aeroz-Products network.
NoseCone is now a fundamental component of Aeroz-Products, and by means of this integration NoseCone now offers additional sizes and designs (Fuelcone), giving even more choice to those that need more than just a “bubble on the front wall.”
Aeroz-Products have the largest size range of high quality body/trailer mounted aerodynamic products, and with over 40,000 sold in Australia, NoseCone has a proven record and reputation for its performance.
6. If lights are to be repositioned on NoseCone, drill wiring hole and mount clearance light baseplate to NoseCone in recess provided. Extend existing wire if required and install earth wire if not available. Ensure sufficient wire to allow reach to NoseCone during installation. Excess can be cut off later.
Position the NoseCone on the front wall with flange on top of roof and side flanges square and flush with body. Centre NoseCone by checking for square and equal fit of side flanges.
7. Mark any trim areas on NoseCone where required for exact fit. It is usually best to return NoseCone to ground and using diamond saw, hacksaw, sabresaw or angle grinder remove the required sections.
8. Re-install NoseCone on body, feed clearance light wiring through to lights, checking NoseCone touches front wall uniformly all round flange. Uneven stresses are created if unit does not fit easily.
9. We no longer use rivets on top flange. With the development of better quality adhesive / sealants such as Sika 11FC and EverBuild Stixall we advise only to glue the top flange. With advances in adhesive / sealant technology it is possible and preferable to use these products to glue the NoseCone roof flange in place. This removes the possibility of leaks through roof and minimises vibrations and stresses. Either just before final positioning of NoseCone or after feeding light wires, place continuous generous bead or 5 large pads of a quality adhesive / sealant onto the roof surface. We use and recommend Sika 11FC and EverBuild Stixall. The roof surface and the inside flange of the NoseCone should be locally cleaned before installation. Once in place with the adhesive installed, tape or weight the top flange for a time appropriate to theAdhesive Use instructions according to each manufacturer.
10. If rivets are going to be used on top flange: measure under top flange to determine position of leading edge of roof and mark on NoseCone. Position rivets to fix through external flange ONLY on roof.
11. Again – only IF rivets are used on roof, and especially on roof – for best waterproofing a generous bead of sealer should be placed very accurately along the rivet line. Alternatively – and neater – is to generously pump sealer into each rivet hole prior to insertion of rivet. Fixing is generally through an external flange however, sealer should be applied to rivets or into holes where any risk of leak is possible.
12. Drill and install first rivet at centre mark. Then drill holes at equal spacings either side of mark and install rivets without pulling up until all holes are drilled. Check NoseCone is square and flat before progressively pulling rivets from centre to side.
13. Bottom flange or at least the bottom corners should be fixed next, ensuring flages are flush with body evenly all round to maintain balanced fixing. Especially for NC**.1 Series, fix bottom flange, where possible fix centre first and work out to sides.
14. Finally rivet side flanges. For curtainsiders, fixing is generally through an external flange however, sealer should be applied to rivet stem or into holes if any risk of leak is anticipated. (Early trailers and bodies with excessive flex caused stress fractures of NoseCone when side flanges were fully fixed. Later model bodies have resolved this issue. If body has excessive flex, minimise fixings in side flange.)
15. Seal heads of all rivets to further ensure water seal where required.
16. Connect wiring to lights and test.
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