Rotary lifts, Ford Rotunda special service tools, Robinair A/C machines, and a Hunter Road Force balancer lead the service department auction at Broadway Ford in St. Louis, Missouri. The lifts run from five two-post units at 12,000 to 16,000 pounds up to two SM30 four-post drive-ons rated at 30,000, plus 18 MCH mobile columns in pairs and sets of four. The Rotunda essential tools fill 36 lots, more than 500 kits in their cases for engine, transmission, drivetrain, steering, and EV work.

The A/C bay has two Robinair R-134a machines and two R-1234yf machines, an AirSept A/C flush machine, and a Robinair CoolXChange coolant exchanger. The shop floor also has a Dake 150-ton press, a Van Norman FG-5000 flywheel grinder, Midtronics and Rotunda battery stations with a Ford hybrid rescue charger, Associated fleet chargers, and Norco underhoist transmission jacks. A Caterpillar special service tool lot and Detroit Diesel and Mercedes-Benz test tools are in the catalog too.

Two Caterpillar GP25 LP forklifts and a Tennant T7 ride-on scrubber sell with Lincoln MIG and Eastwood TIG welders, a Waterloo rolling tool chest, and Highway Products topsider truck boxes. The parts room has Ford and Motorcraft OEM parts, Fleetguard filters, truck and light truck tires, batteries, and fluids. Dell monitors and Samsung commercial displays come out of the offices.

The auction begins closing Thursday, October 8 at 10:00 a.m. Central. Pickup is in St. Louis.

A polymer and materials research lab, from a precision rheometer and impact tester to high-intensity mixers and powder-processing equipment, headlines the liquidation of Evolve Additive Solutions in Rochester, New York. Everything sells online only, with bidding scheduled to begin closing on Thursday, October 15.

Key Marquee Equipment Highlights:

• Materials Testing & Metrology: An Anton Paar MCR modular compact rheometer, an Instron CEAST 9050 motorized pendulum impact tester, a Shore rebound resilience tester, a Magtrol dynamometer motor tester, Mettler Toledo analytical and precision balances, Starrett and General digital calipers and gauges, and a Quincy Lab gravity convection oven.

• Powder Processing & Lab Equipment: A 2023 Zepplin high-intensity Henschel-style mixer with Siemens controls, Kawata Supermixer Piccolo units, a high-speed grinder mill, electric vibrating powder sifters and sieve shakers with dozens of USA Standard and Vorti-Siv test sieves, an Air Science ductless fume hood, and an Elmo Rietschle regenerative blower and vacuum pump.

• Process, Electronics & Lab Support: Evolve and M.E.C.C.A. toner charge-measurement devices, Kodak NexPress imaging cylinders and toner supplies, a Trek high-voltage power supply and AMETEK Pittman roller-motor assemblies, and Stratasys WaveWash cleaning systems; Tektronix DC power supplies, Weller soldering stations, and Fluke and Klein multimeters; plus hydraulic scissor-lift carts, stainless multi-tier racks, and laminate standing desks and office and IT furnishings.

Materials-science and polymer R&D labs, additive manufacturing and toner and imaging companies, universities and technical schools, QC and testing labs, and used lab-equipment dealers can source specialized instrumentation from a single sale. Condition varies across this R&D catalog, so review each lot's notes. Review high-resolution photographs, build a custom watchlist, and place your bids before the catalog begins closing on Thursday, October 15.