TPT March 2020

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Combilift nominated in two 2020 IFOY Award categories

The Combi-CBE4 is a finalist in the Special Vehicle Category. This 4,000kg capacity electric powered, all-wheel drive forklift incorporates compact counterbalance design with multidirectional capability for the versatile handling of mixed sized loads. It features the company’s inter- nationally patented independent electric traction, which provides all front and rear drive wheels with 100 per cent traction control, therefore negating the need for differential lock on slippery surfaces. By inputting the wheel-base parameters, the traction commands are calculated by the control system. As the truck drives and steers, the speed and rotational direction of the wheels are controlled independently, allowing the truck to negotiate tight turns with no tyre wear. The Combi-CS has been nominated in the Warehouse Truck Lowlifter Category. It is the only pedestrian counterbalance stacker that will operate in a conventional reach truck aisle for space saving and productive storage and handling. It features Combilift’s internationally patented and

FOR the second year in a row, manufacturer Combilift is a finalist in the International Intralogistics and Forklift Truck of the Year Awards. The company is the only manufacturer to have two of its products nominated for a 2020 IFOY Award, which honours the best products and solutions of the year. “Following the nomination of the Combi-PPT powered pallet truck last year, we are delighted that the IFOY committee has recognised two of our innovative products as being worthy of finalist status in 2020,” said Combilift CEO and co-founder Martin McVicar.

award-winning multi-position tiller arm which can be turned to the left or right of the unit to position the rear drive wheel, allowing the operator to remain at the side of the machine rather than at the rear as is the case with other pedestrian stackers. This ensures optimum visibility of the load and surroundings as well as guaranteeing maximum safety in areas where other personnel or members of the public may be present. Finalists now have to undergo the IFOY audit and innovation check by industry experts in Hanover, Germany. 27 journalists from leading logistics media from 19 countries will also personally test and evaluate the nominated equipment for qualities such as technology, design, ergonomics, safety, marketability, customer benefit and sustainability. “Starting from the design to the careful implementation of the project, including delivery, installation, countless tests and, of course, training of the employees,” the company said. The entire coupling production is done exclusively by the three robotised Reika coupling blank production cells, the RingSaw machines. Reika is currently negotiating with a third company, The Chelpipe Group, from the Russian metal- lurgical market and is a domestic manufacturer of tube products. In January 2020 Reika shipped two RingSaw ® machines that left the Reika plant on heavy load trucks to be installed at the TMK Artrom plant in Romania for the machining of heat-treated seamless tubes.

Combilift www.combilift.com Reika celebrates success of the RingSaw Two Combilift machines are finalists

“We develop machines and tech- niques for processing tubes for even faster, more precise and more efficient production.” Reika has recently supplied three coupling lines to Vyksa Steel Works, one of the companies hosted by OMK: “This is a huge success, thanks to the tremendous work done on all fronts and all levels.

REIKA, a manufacturer of turnkey lines for tube processing, is celebrating the success of its recent projects in Russia. United Metallurgical Company (OMK Group), the Russian manufacturer of products for energy, transport and industrial companies and the TMK Group, which is a tube product manufacturer for the oil and gas industry, both selected Reika machines for coupling lines production with the company’s RingSaw ® machine. According to Reika, the company is proud that its machines and lines continue to play a significant role in tube processing and production worldwide: “The Reika RingSaw ® is designed to take manufacturing to a new level in coupling production and our equipment for tube straightening will also encourage production in the companies’ halls in the near future.

Reika www.reika.de

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