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 development web site in Nantes, with the lively participation of Equans France, one other subsidiary of the Bouygues group.
This marks the primary time this kind of combustion-engine gear, transformed to electrical energy, is being utilized in a real-world development web site state of affairs.
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 Might, adopted by 4 extra months of testing at two different websites to evaluate numerous use instances. This significant stage will permit the entities to collect precious suggestions from operators to guage the efficiency of the electrification package. The standards being analysed embody security, battery life, ergonomics and charging instances.
“This testing section, centered on consumer wants and expectations, is essential to validate this electrification package. Preliminary suggestions from the development web site could be very encouraging, with efficiency largely similar to a combustion engine, mixed with a major discount in noise and nil carbon emissions. We nonetheless have just a few months of testing to solidify our confidence, however the undertaking is really 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 development web site are very constructive. Used each 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 lowering air pollution dangers.
Suggestions gathered from operators expresses satisfaction with the charging methodology, driving consolation, adequate battery life for this kind of 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 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 gasoline emissions in comparison with the manufacturing and use of combustion engine gear, and a 25% discount within the whole environmental rating.
“For a number of years, the Kiloutou Group has been dedicated to contributing to the acceleration of the environmental transition. This retrofitting undertaking,carried out with our accomplice Manitou Group, absolutely aligns with our roadmap to cut back our CO2 emissions, significantly 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 undertaking, with a view to doubtlessly contemplating a wider-scale deployment, if the take a look at outcomes proceed to show conclusive,” says Olivier Colleau, president of the Kiloutou Group.
