50 | Sector Focus: Handling & Storage
SUMMARY
■ Hubtex has been producing electric sideloaders since the 1990s
■ The DQ-X features an improved cabin with more space and greater visibility
■ The MaxX Series features the patented HX Steering
■ Kronospan Switzerland has been successfully using Hubtex order picking solutions
■ Hubtex has written a white paper for the timber industry particularly focused on order picking
MERCHANTS KEEP MATERIALS FLOWING
HUBTEX HELPS
Hubtex materials handling solutions have been a leading force in the building products sector, including timber, for many years. Hubtex (UK) Ltd’s MD Paul McNally’s shared updates from the company’s products at the recent Beyond Covid conference run by TTJ sister title Wood Based Panels International
Germany-based Hubtex was founded back in 1981 and has gone on to become one of the biggest names in materials handling, forging a reputation for the manufacture of custom-built trucks.
Hubtex’s industrial trucks, sideloaders and special-purpose equipment for long, heavy and bulky goods have been designed to ensure efficient material flow and goods handling in the tightest of spaces at production and retail companies. Its watchwords have been constant dialogue with customers to adapt vehicles to their requirements, as well as flexibility and multifunctionality.
Based in Fulda, central Germany, 450 employees work at the main production site at the Fulda-West industrial estate. Innovation in order picking allows clients to increase their efficiencies, reduce their space, improve their use of time, reduce handling of product and reduce damage to goods while also enabling operators to using more automated systems in handling of heavy or bulky timber.
Hubtex is well known for its multi- directional sideloaders, particularly for
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electric ones, less so for diesel and LPG units. In electrics we are an innovator - we have been using electric sideloaders since the early 1990s in the timber industry.
They can have capacity up to 25 tonnes and can be adapted to suit nearly every client’s individual application. We focus on the load, the clients’ requirements and we then configure the best vehicle to suit the actual system and the operation, whether this be a manual system, a semi-automatic or even a fully Automated Guided Vehicle (AGV) - Hubtex already has those technologies developed.
THE DQ-X AND MAXX SERIES TRUCKS Hubtex’s DQ-X Series is a multi-directional four-way sideloader that features an improved cabin, with the ergonomics allowing the operator more space, larger windows and doors giving greater visibility and safety for handling long loads.
Other improvements are the controls within the cabin area and an improved engine which has reduced the emissions from diesel or gas units.
This series has a 4.5 tonne capacity and a
lift height of up to 7.5m. The gas-powered units are traditionally seen in many builders merchants or timber yards.
The MaxX series of sideloaders are electric units which are designed as a perfect solution for indoor and outdoor use. It won the Fork Lift Truck Association’s Award for Excellence in 2019 for its ergonomics in offering the operators a spacious cabin and generous leg room. They have the HIT 2 (Hubtex Information Terminal) multi-functional display which allows the operator to understand the position of the wheels, the tilt operation and a number of other truck functions.
In addition, the cabin has been designed in conjunction with the mast to give the maximum visibility to the operator. Finally the MaxX series can also come with the patented HX Steering for true multi- directional transitions in all directions for this unit.
PHOENIX SERIES
The Phoenix series is customisable to the operations and loads the client has to work with. This series has been adapted where you
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