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internal combustion engines and offer users the best of both worlds." The main components of the Linde hydrostatic drive are the hydrostatic pump, driven by the engine, and the two wheel motors. In contrast to hydrodynamic transmissions (torque converters), the connection between the pump and the wheel motors is via flexible hoses enabling the optimum installation of engine and transmission in the truck.
This allows Linde truck designers to make much more space available for the operator than is possible with torque converter models. This increased space leads to greater
comfort and a slower build-up in fatigue over the working shift. Less fatigue means better concentration leading to higher productivity, less product damage and greater workplace safety.
Moreover, a hydrostatic transmission does not need the clutches, differential, or gearbox of conventional trucks, which is reflected in higher efficiency in the power train resulting in lower fuel consumption as well as lower maintenance costs.
But it is the operating characteristics of Linde hydrostatic transmissions that make them perfectly suited to fork lift truck applications. The ability to
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Linde hydrostatic drive uses less engine speed to complete its tasks, resulting in lower fuel consumption and emissions.
withstand rapid and frequent change from forward to reverse at speed without damage is crucial to the long- term durability of the majority of forklifts. Linde trucks feature automatic, wear-free hydrostatic braking within the transmission which rapidly slows the truck to a halt before accelerating it in the opposite direction. Not only can Linde trucks with hydrostatic drive cope with this day in and day out, but this ability helps deliver higher levels of productivity than competitor trucks. Highly efficient in its use of engine power, the Linde hydrostatic drive uses less engine speed to complete its tasks resulting in lower fuel consumption and emissions. All these threads of design
philosophy and technical development can only tell part of the story. It is the truck itself, delivered to an end user and working in his or her application that provides proof of the benefit of these ideas.
Albert Bartlett is Britain’s leading grower and packer of root vegetables. Colin Campbell, production and HR director says, that Linde trucks are “robust and well-built machines. They easily handle the dayshift and backshift demands associated with our full seven-day operations.”
Explaining why Albert Bartlett changed to Linde trucks, Colin Campbell commented, “Fuel efficiency was our number one reason for purchasing Linde trucks. The build design was just right , which did directly contribute to our reasons for going with these trucks over the other products we tested.” ●
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