27.07.2005

UK’s largest Forklifts

SMV UK Limited, dealer for SMV Konecranes, has supplied what it claims are the two heaviest capacity forklift trucks in the United Kingdom.

The machines are rated at 60 tonnes lift capacity at a1200mm load centre and will be used by MultiServ at the Corus Steel facility in Aldwarke, Rotherham.
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The carriage on the UK's largest Forklift has seven forks to support the 13m hot steel bars

The machines are utilised for handling of steel billet up to 13 metres long and temperatures exceeding 800 degrees Celsius. At this length and temperature the billets can distort so each machine is fitted with a 10 metre wide carriage with 7 forks fixed at pre-set pitches.

SMV Konecranes design engineers worked in close consultation with MultiServ’s own engineers to design and develop the front lifting equipment.

The two 60 tonne machines form part of a contract that also supplied two 54
tonne fork lifts and an 18 tonne capacity ingot handler to Aldwarke while two 52 tonne and a 25 tonne capacity forklifts were supplied to MultiServ’s Scunthorpe operation.
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60 tonne SMV forklift at Corus steel has a GVW 106 tonnes.

The 60 tonne capacity forklifts combine 400 BHP Scania DI 54 turbo diesel
Engines with Clark transmissions and Kessler front axles . Each machine fully laden weighs 106 metric tonnes, the lift carriage assembly alone weighs 16.5 tonnes.