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News Release from: Nu-Star Material Handling | Subject: Nu-Star Hi-Torque Power Pusher tug units
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 16 May 2003
Power Pushers replace more expensive
tractor units
A leading UK manufacturer of buildings has recently taken delivery of four 'Power Pusher' units to move pre-fabricated modular buildings during the manufacturing process.
Rollalong (a leading UK manufacturer of portable, temporary, semi-permanent and permanent buildings) has recently taken delivery of four Nu-Star Hi-Torque Power Pusher units in order to move their pre-fabricated modular buildings during the manufacturing process at their site in Dorset The Power Pusher is a pedestrian operated, battery powered, tug unit designed to push rolling loads up to 40,000kg in weight
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 3 Feb 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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The unit enables a single operator to safely push large/heavy rolling loads that would traditionally require the use of larger, more expensive tractor-type units to move them.
Safety and productivity are the key benefits for customers to use the Power Pusher in such circumstances.
The Power Pusher, and it's associated range of pedestrian operated electric tugs, has been available in the EU marketplace since October 2001 and are now being used in industries ranging from paper, glass and concrete to railways, plastics, food and automobiles.
Nick Shorten, senior manufacturing engineer at Rollalong commented; "The Power Pushers enable us to move our buildings through the production process.
Traditionally fork lift trucks have carried out this operation as our buildings can weight up to 13.5 tonnes.
The Power Pushers are easy to use and small enough to manoeuvre between the work in progress, releasing valuable floor space.
The pedestrian operation also reduced the health and safety risks associated with fork lift operations." Steve Mather, Technical Director of Nu-Star Material Handling explained; "The Rollalong application was challenging from a technical perspective, as we had to design a bespoke connection method to their products that enabled the operators to quickly and easily adjust the Power Pusher to deal with the wide variety of modular buildings that they manufacture.".
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