New Combilift Container Tilter Straddle Carrier at CeMAT

Multiple benefits for bulk loading and offloading, Stand: FG F02

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Combilift’s Straddle Carrier range (Combi-SC) offers companies handling containers and out of gauge loads an alternative and much more cost effective and efficient option compared to reach stackers and mobile cranes. Even with relatively low throughput, the Combi-SC offers a very quick return on investment, and its operational benefits have won over an increasing number of distribution, shipping and haulage companies around the world.

Since the first Combi-SC was launched, Combilift designers have been busy developing variants to cover more applications and the latest of these is a model designed specifically for the needs of the recycling industry and scrap yards. The Combi-SC Tilter, on show at CeMAT for the first time, is a one machine solution for two specific and differing applications: offloading and tipping bulk materials where a container needs to be tipped to 75° and loading bulk where containers need to be upended to 90°.

The Combi-SC Tilter is the only machine of its kind in the world that can carry out both of these functions. Space saving yard utilisation, cost savings, faster operations and improved health and safety procedures are just some of the advantages of this unique model.

The conventional system for offloading and tipping bulk materials typically uses tipping trailers which can be unstable in high winds especially if the load is wet and/or top heavy. The design of the Combi-SC Tilter makes it significantly wider than its load and the centre of gravity therefore remains well inside its footprint for more stable and safer operation.

When tilting or upending a container to 90° for loading bulk, there has conventionally been a requirement for two pieces of equipment: a reach stacker to remove the container, which then sets it on a static tipping device. Some drawbacks of this method are the time consuming double handling of the container and the requirement to set aside large amounts of space for storage.

The Combi-SC Tilter can move easily and independently around the yard to take the container to the scrap storage area. This is therefore of great benefit to busy yards: two pieces of equipment can be replaced by one, resulting in lower running and maintenance costs. The three wheel configuration also offers a high level of manoeuvrability: the turning radius is less than 7.5 meters.

As with all models of the Combi-SC range, the machine’s light footprint allows operation on non- reinforced ground and saves expensive outlay on surface treatment compared with the use of heavier lifting equipment. The ability to operate on uneven ground and gradients also make the Combi-SC Tilter a perfect fit for the rigours of recycling yards, and the solid tyres fitted as standard avoid the risk of punctures in an environment where debris is commonplace.