Manitou Group has partnered with Bouygues Building Matériel to function its first retrofit telehandler.
Due to this partnership, an preliminary trial is underway on Europe’s largest hospital development website in Nantes, with the lively participation of Equans France, one other subsidiary of the Bouygues group.
This marks the primary time this sort of combustion-engine tools, transformed to electrical energy, is being utilized in a real-world development website state of affairs.
Initiated in early 2023, the partnership between Manitou Group and Kiloutou is coming into its second section with a testing interval on the development website 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 numerous use instances. This significant stage will permit the entities to assemble invaluable suggestions from operators to judge the efficiency of the electrification package. The standards being analysed embody security, battery life, ergonomics and charging instances.
“This testing section, centered on person wants and expectations, is essential to validate this electrification package. Preliminary suggestions from the development website may be very encouraging, with efficiency largely akin to a combustion engine, mixed with a big discount in noise and nil carbon emissions. We nonetheless have a couple of months of testing to solidify our confidence, however the venture 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 website are very constructive. Used each day by Equans France groups, the retrofit telehandler ensures the unloading of deliveries and the provision of supplies on website.
Due to its 100% electrical motorization, it avoids the necessity for diesel refuelling, thus limiting truck actions, simplifying website entry logistics, and considerably lowering air pollution dangers.
Suggestions gathered from operators expresses satisfaction with the charging methodology, driving consolation, ample battery life for this sort of utility, and efficiency much like the combustion engine model.
For instance, the tools 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 median discount of 40% in greenhouse fuel emissions in comparison with the manufacturing and use of combustion engine tools, 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 venture,carried out with our companion Manitou Group, absolutely aligns with our roadmap to scale back our CO2 emissions, significantly oblique emissions, by roughly 25% by 2030. The complete-scale check on the Nantes College Hospital Centre website will assist advance the venture, with a view to probably contemplating a wider-scale deployment, if the check outcomes proceed to show conclusive,” says Olivier Colleau, president of the Kiloutou Group.
