Manitou Group has partnered with Bouygues Building Matériel to function its first retrofit telehandler.
Because of this partnership, an preliminary trial is underway on Europe’s largest hospital building web site in Nantes, with the energetic participation of Equans France, one other subsidiary of the Bouygues group.
This marks the primary time such a combustion-engine gear, transformed to electrical energy, is being utilized in a real-world building web site state of affairs.
Initiated in early 2023, the partnership between Manitou Group and Kiloutou is getting into its second part with a testing interval on the development web site of the brand new hospital of the Nantes College Hospital (CHU).
This part will proceed till early Could, adopted by 4 extra months of testing at two different websites to evaluate numerous use circumstances. This significant stage will enable the entities to collect useful suggestions from operators to judge the efficiency of the electrification equipment. The factors being analysed embrace security, battery life, ergonomics and charging occasions.
“This testing part, targeted on consumer wants and expectations, is essential to validate this electrification equipment. Preliminary suggestions from the development web site may be very encouraging, with efficiency largely corresponding to a combustion engine, mixed with a big discount in noise and nil carbon emissions. We nonetheless have a number of months of testing to solidify our confidence, however the mission is actually promising! We share the identical conviction with the Kiloutou Group, and we confidently envision the potential of retrofitting, consistent with our dedication to creating the round financial system a cornerstone of our CSR technique,” says Michel Denis, president & CEO of Manitou Group.
The preliminary outcomes from the checks carried out on the Nantes College Hospital Centre building web site are very constructive. Used day by day by Equans France groups, the retrofit telehandler ensures the unloading of deliveries and the provision of supplies on web site.
Because of its 100% electrical motorization, it avoids the necessity for diesel refuelling, thus limiting truck actions, simplifying web site entry logistics, and considerably decreasing air pollution dangers.
Suggestions gathered from operators expresses satisfaction with the charging technique, driving consolation, adequate battery life for such a utility, and efficiency just like the combustion engine model.
For instance, the gear can function for greater than three hours with out interruption. Charging time can be restricted, with 25% of the battery recharged in only one hour (22kVA).
Retrofitting represents a sustainable and round transition resolution, attaining a mean discount of 40% in greenhouse fuel emissions in comparison with the manufacturing and use of combustion engine gear, and a 25% discount within the complete environmental rating.
“For a number of years, the Kiloutou Group has been dedicated to contributing to the acceleration of the environmental transition. This retrofitting mission,carried out with our companion Manitou Group, absolutely aligns with our roadmap to cut back our CO2 emissions, notably oblique emissions, by roughly 25% by 2030. The total-scale take a look at on the Nantes College Hospital Centre web site will assist advance the mission, with a view to probably contemplating a wider-scale deployment, if the take a look at outcomes proceed to show conclusive,” says Olivier Colleau, president of the Kiloutou Group.
