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75% reduction in the emissions produced by charging. The service includes professional maintenance of the battery to ensure it provides optimum performance throughout its contract life.
Forklift fleet management Barloworld’s fleet management system integrates with its service management system, which records running hours, service completions, costs and performance data alongside the service history and site specific information for every piece of equipment in a fleet.
Access to this up-to-the-minute information enables Barloworld to optimise servicing according to customer application needs, helping to reduce fleet downtime, optimise performance and reduce unnecessary road miles.
Six Sigma continuous improvement techniques are also firmly part of the company culture.
Total Battery Management As the demand for battery powered fork lift trucks grows, companies can increase truck availability and reduce utility costs even more with effective battery management and correctly specified batteries. Barloworld’s Total Battery Management solution delivers optimised battery performance for the contract life, delivering superlative rates of energy consumption when combined with Hyster products. The bespoke package utilises energy efficient high frequency (HF) chargers and low maintenance batteries, which feature a unique air circulation system for quicker charging, providing up to
Barloworld can analyse the
performance and costs associated with the fleet and make proposals that lead to cost reduction. Examples include a different mix of trucks, fuel type, choice of tyres and attachments. Tyres in particular can make a significant difference to fuel efficiency.
Service support fleet Vehicle tracking using global positioning (GPS) technology is now used to manage Barloworld’s 450 service vehicles throughout the UK with live tracking over the web. Service despatchers can see the exact location of service vans across the country and assign the best engineer according to location, availability, parts stocked on the van and skills required. Routes and
schedules are optimised helping to reduce mileage and response time. The company has also invested in new technology to help reduce its carbon footprint, with changes made to its fleet of service vehicles equivalent to reducing fuel consumption by 18%.
Waste
Barloworld’s environmental performance culture is reflected in the extensive training it provides to its engineers. The company ensures strict adherence to ‘duty of care’ processes for proper waste management on customer sites including the appropriate disposal of used tyres, batteries and other hazardous materials from fork lift trucks.
Driver Training
Similar to driving a car, fork lift truck energy consumption is also related to the way that drivers operate the truck. As part of the Barloworld driver training programme that trains more than 12,000 forklift drivers each year, trainees are encouraged to be more energy conscious in the way they operate the truck.
Changes to site speed limits and rules can also make a difference.
Intelligent future designs Hyster has consistently engineered its fork lift trucks to be compatible with the latest in alternative power technologies and was among the first to introduce working hydrogen fuel cells in actual applications, dating back to 2005.
Hyster supports the adoptions of greener technologies through engineering collaboration, analysis and extensive internal and field validation testing.
Hyster will benefit from a recently opened concept centre in Hampshire, where a highly experienced team of design engineers will develop 3D models, build prototype forklifts and components, test and validate equipment prior to introduction into the manufacturing process.
The centre is investigating advanced technologies to further reduce energy consumption and carbon impact, increase productivity and reduce toxic material content.
Together, Hyster and Barloworld are committed to help customers to reduce the environmental impact of their materials handling and logistics operations. ●
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