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Hyster aims to create solutions that efficiently overcome specific challenges and optimise handling tasks, with an offering is highly customised for specific heavy industries.

Steel coils

A recent Hyster customer needed to use one ReachStacker to handle many types of loads, such as standard 20ft and 40ft containers, high top/curtain containers, cargo trailers and steel coils.

Hyster developed a solution where a tool changer is fitted to the Hyster RS46 ReachStacker to allow easy exchange of attachments. When a different tool is needed, the boom can be lowered to pick up the required attachment.

Inspections

Another example is a method to simplify the inspection of containers – in cooperation with depot operator Hamburg Container Service. Containers can be firmly locked in place at just over 6.2 feet (1.9 metres) allowing the checker to inspect them thoroughly for damage from all sides. As the container no longer needs to be set down for inspection, this saves time and significantly increases operational efficiency.

Paper reels

At ports handling paper reels, the crane needs to unload the ship as fast as possible. This typically involves handling multiple paper reels (up to 8 at a time) as they are offloaded from the ship to the warehouse. Hyster has customised big trucks featuring double-tower clamps from Bolzoni Auramo that can handle 4-8 paper rolls. They are specially designed to speed up the cycle time when loading/unloading the reels.

Ship’s hold

A stevedoring customer needed a 40 tonne lift capacity forklift truck to operate inside the ships as they come in to be unloaded. The challenge was that the truck itself has a service weight of over 58 tonnes which is too heavy for their crane to lift from the quayside. 

Hyster developed a solution where 10 tonne of the counterweight can be easily removed in one lift and transferred on to a ship, followed by the lift of the truck and subsequent replacement of the counterweight. 

The system enables the customer to make use of their existing cranes and helps to ensure weighty cargo can be lifted and moved with efficiency and ease. 

Container tippers

For applications where containers filled with loose materials need to be emptied quickly, Hyster has developed a custom container pivot attachment for a ReachStacker. A recent customer needed an efficient way to empty 20ft containers of wood chips into the yard at their recycling terminal, and transfer the bulk goods from one container into another. The attachment is capable of pivoting containers up to 60-degrees and can empty the wood chip in one movement.

Weighing

In the wake of SOLAS, more customers are turning to Hyster to provide a simple method of weighing containers to obtain a VGM (verified gross mass). The Hyster Static and Static Plus systems are quick and easy to use, cost effective and have limited impact on container throughput. At the touch of a button the operator sets into action a pre-programmed lift cycle to obtain the VGM. Using a screen display in the cab, the ReachStacker or Laden Container Handler operator can quickly input container identification and have a time stamped VGM attached to it.