Manitou Group has partnered with Bouygues Development Matériel to function its first retrofit telehandler.
Due to this partnership, an preliminary trial is underway on Europe’s largest hospital building web site in Nantes, with the lively participation of Equans France, one other subsidiary of the Bouygues group.
This marks the primary time the sort of combustion-engine gear, transformed to electrical energy, is being utilized in a real-world building web site situation.
Initiated in early 2023, the partnership between Manitou Group and Kiloutou is getting into its second section with a testing interval on the development web site of the brand new hospital of the Nantes College Hospital (CHU).
This section will proceed till early Could, adopted by 4 extra months of testing at two different websites to evaluate varied use circumstances. This important stage will enable the entities to collect precious suggestions from operators to judge the efficiency of the electrification package. The standards being analysed embody security, battery life, ergonomics and charging occasions.
“This testing section, targeted on person wants and expectations, is essential to validate this electrification package. Preliminary suggestions from the development web site may be very encouraging, with efficiency largely corresponding to a combustion engine, mixed with a major discount in noise and nil carbon emissions. We nonetheless have a couple of months of testing to solidify our confidence, however the challenge is really promising! We share the identical conviction with the Kiloutou Group, and we confidently envision the potential of retrofitting, according to 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 assessments performed on the Nantes College Hospital Centre building web site are very constructive. Used every day by Equans France groups, the retrofit telehandler ensures the unloading of deliveries and the availability of supplies on web site.
Due to 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 methodology, driving consolation, adequate battery life for the sort of software, and efficiency much like the combustion engine model.
For instance, the gear can function for greater than three hours with out interruption. Charging time can also be restricted, with 25% of the battery recharged in only one hour (22kVA).
Retrofitting represents a sustainable and round transition resolution, reaching 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 challenge,performed with our accomplice Manitou Group, totally aligns with our roadmap to cut back our CO2 emissions, notably oblique emissions, by roughly 25% by 2030. The complete-scale take a look at on the Nantes College Hospital Centre web site will assist advance the challenge, 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.
