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Step up to the next tier
Last year, Hyster’s Nijmegen
big trucks plant recorded its
highest output since being
established in 1953, with 1927
mast trucks and reach stackers of
Cooper SH has supplied Poole
Harbour Commissioners in England
with two 10t Konecranes
FLTs that have the same wheelbase
as a traditional 8-tonner, thus
increasing lift capacity, but not at
the expense of turning radii. The
machines have a 2800mm wheelbase
- 200mm shorter than a conventional
10 tonner. Stability is not
compromised as additional ballast
is used to compensate for length.
While a previous shortwheelbased
version utilised the
standard chassis for smaller machines,
the new version, says
Cooper SH, has a unique chassis
length and also sits comfortably
within the 8t-10t range. Chris
Barnes, general manager, South for
Cooper SH said: “The 8-tonne
mark is generally a watershed
where many suppliers complete
their range, while others, such as
SMV [Konecranes], start their
range at 10 tonnes. Until now, it
was believed that the two-tonne
jump in capacity was also a determining
factor in physical size.
“Whilst this remains true in respect
of height and wheel size, we
can reduce the length yet retain capacity
to 10 tonnes at 600mm load
centre or even, if required, 12
tonnes at 600mm centre.”
Konecranes last year supplied
The two short wheelbase Konecranes 10-tonners at the Port of Poole
The greening of oil filters
US-based Filtration Technology
Group (FTG) is supplying container
terminals in Los Angeles and
Long Beach with reusable oil filters
for diesel engines fitted to
container handling equipment.
FTG’s “full-flow” filters are designed
to last as long as or longer
than a diesel engine, using a cleanable
stainless steel wire cloth filter
system that was initially developed,
tested and manufactured by Parker
Hannifin’s Racor Division. The
technology is now independently
manufactured by FTG.
FTG originally found a market
for replaceable filters in marine
applications, where reusable
filters eliminate all the logistics of
getting new filters to vessels and
then removing and correctly disposing
of used filters. It is now
targeting port applications and has
had some success in LA/LB where
a local service dealer, HD Industries
(a division of Harbor Diesel
between 6t and 54t manufactured
- beating the previous record set
in 2008 prior to the global economic
financial crisis. Such is
Hyster’s confidence, it is taking on
Bespoke from Cooper SH
18 short-wheelbase machines to
Sapa Aluminium in Sweden rated
at 10t-1200mm LC, but compromises
need to be made. Typically,
continues Barnes, SMV machines
of this size have a Volvo 6-cylinder,
7 litre engine developing 185
kW with a corresponding transmission.
This is too long for a short
wheelbase configuration, so it is
replaced with a Volvo 561-VE, a 5
litre, 4-cylinder engine delivering
155 kW. Stage IIIb compliance is
through a Volvo SCR system.
Paul Gillingham, engineering
manager of the Port of Poole,
commented: “The short wheelbase
machines have provided us
with a new storage dimension that
was not there previously. Other
than the size, the machines share
all the other characteristics of the
rest of our fleet.” The two latest
machines are part of a three-truck
supply that brings the Konecranes
FLT fleet at Poole to five, including
33t and 16t machines. ❏
● The Linde-HTD plant in Wales
will close in October. Konecranes
in Sweden will take over production
of container handlers for
Kion Group, while other products
(sideloaders, clamp trucks, etc) will
be built under contract in the
Czech Republic. Kion Group is
planning an IPO. ❏
and Equipment, Inc) has begun
fitting the filters in container handling
equipment.
FTG was able to manufacture
reusable filters that matched all the
specifications and passed all tests
for use in mobile equipment, said
Pat Vuoso, VP, parts and logistics at
HD Industries. The filters are in
use on equipment (including
RTG gensets) at the ITS and Evergreen
terminals. “My port contacts
are quite happy with the result,”
said Vuoso. “As word has
gotten out that there’s a cost-effective
alternative to disposable air
filters, other port terminals are asking
about cleanable, reusable filters,
and the technology is spreading
to other terminals.”
Reusable filters do not affect
oil replacement intervals and can
be used for any liquid filtration
application. The filters are cleaned
with a brush and solvent, or with
an ultrasonic cleaning system. ❏
FTG reusable oil filter shown here in a marine engine application
50 production line workers, who
will undertake a 2-week pre-training
course, off the main assembly
areas and using technical Lego to
illustrate the work process.
New mid-range
The company has introduced a
new 8-16t range, which serves as
something of a launch pad for
various technologies, while also
incorporating several applications
already found in its larger trucks.
Hyster has focused on overall cost
of ownership, with particular regard
to fuel consumption. The company
claim savings of up to 17% can be
achieved on the 8t-12t machines,
mainly due to “rightsizing” the
engine and the ECO-eLo control
systems, already available on
all Stage IIIb configurations.
Fuel savings of 10% have been
recorded with the H13-16XM-6
and H10-12XM-12EC series. The
H8-12XM-6 and H13-16XM-6
diesel FLTs all feature load sensing
hydraulics, which combined
with the Cummins diesel engines,
can achieve a 20% higher laden
lifting speed. Even higher lifting
speeds can be achieved with lower
rpm. The main advantage is an
additional 5% fuel saving.
Further fuel saving options
include a travel speed limiter covering
top speed and variable set
speed, and an empty seat shutdown
feature with variable time
delay. These are incorporated in
the ECO-eLo package.
A new light heavy
A new 16t range will be launched
in the autumn. While Hyster in
Nijmegen is reluctant to discuss
this design until then, the US variant
was shown in early May at the
AISTech 2013 Exposition in Pittsburgh
(Pa). The machine displayed
was a H360-36/48HD. This has a
36,000lb (16.33t) lift capacity at
36in (914mm) load centre. In the
H360-48HD variant, the rating is
at a 48in load centre.
The machines feature load
sensing hydraulics, which has allowed
the Tier 4i Cummins
QSB6.7 litre 6-cylinder engine to
be downrated to 164hp (122kW),
although advertised output for this
engine is 300hp (220kW).
The 13t-16t machines have
the 6.7 litre engine and the European
version of the new truck will
also use it. This “rightsizing” fits
Hyster’s philosophy of reducing
fuel consumption and with it CO 2
emissions, which are not part of
the EPA/EU off-highway emission
regulations.
Getting a boost
Part of Hyster’s remarkable output
last year could be due to the
phasing in of Stage IIIB/Tier 4i
regulations for smaller machines.
The regulations were applied to
off-road engines in the 130kW-
560kW range in January 2011, but
for engines in the 56kW-129kW
range the regulations did not
come into force until January
2012. Even so, emissions requirements
are less severe for this power
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