| Rollalong Ltd. (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.
The Power Pusher is a pedestrian operated, battery powered, tug unit designed for
pushing, pulling and manoeuvring
rolling loads up to 40,000Kg in weight. |
The unit enables a single operator to safely manoeuvre large heavy rolling loads that would traditionally require the use of larger, more expensive tractor-type units to move them.
Health & 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 Ltd. commented; "The Power Pushers enable us to move our buildings through the production process. Traditionally Fork lift trucks have completed this operation as the building can weight up to 13.5 tonnes. The Power Pushers are easy to use and small enough to manoeuvre between the buildings, releasing valuable floor space. The pedestrian operation also reduced the Health & Safety risks associated with fork lift operations."
Steve Mather, Technical Director of Nu-Star Material Handling Ltd. explained; "This was challenging, from a Technical perspective, as we had to design a bespoke connection method that enabled the operators to quickly and easily adjust the Power Pusher to deal with the wide variety of modular buildings that Rollalong manufacture."
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