Manitou offers highly advanced Telehandlers in the country. And, with higher industrial growth projections in line with upcoming emissionnorms, Manitou is ready to cater to any need that may arise.
The advent of Telehandlers in thematerial handling industry with their safe technology and versatility hasstarted making rapid progress in the Indian market. The growth path of Telehandlersis determined by its versatile ability, which allows easy replacement of atleast two conventional material handling machines at any job site and withlesser manpower involvement
These machines being Rough Terrainare majorly being used in India in various sectors, namely Infrastructure,Construction, Oil and Gas, Mining, Logistics, etc. This list is endless owingto the large scope of applications opened up from their extensive range ofattachments.
Although the concept and advantagesof Telescopic Technology is still limited to a niche customer base, these aregradually catching up demand in sites where the challenges are in terms ofsafety, applications, investments in equipment and manpower, and timeline forproject execution. The renewed optimism on the Government’s aggressivedevelopment plans and its promising initiatives, concrete steps to investheavily and boost the infrastructure sector has fuelled the huge Materialhandling and Earthmoving sector.
The need for safe workingtechnology/environments, versatility, and low dependency on labour in industrialfacilities, construction sites will aid demand for material handling equipmentand, for sure, this will increase multi-folds in the oncoming years.
Telehandlers predominantly have their applications in Industries,Infrastructure, Construction, Oil and Gas, Agriculture, and Mining. In theConstruction Industry, the Telehandler could well be the first equipment thatcan be deployed at the site for material handling without any groundpreparation.
The activities in Construction majorly constitute movement of Palletisedor Loose materials across the job site or to heights, Roofing, Structures,Renovation, Cladding….The other specialized applications can be found in Airports,Oil and Gas, Tyre, Tunnelling, Container Stuffing and Destuffing, Wastemanagement, etc. In Mining, telehandlers are used for handling tyres of largedump trucks, large cylinders, and cable reels.
The distinguishing advantage over a Pick-n-Carry crane is that theTelehandler has better compactness and with its safety features, is very stableand is capable of loading higher weights at better heights. The versatility ofa Telehandler scores easily over the pick-n-carry cranes. Normal pick-n-carrywith their articulation design, have a tendency to topple in undulated siteconditions, while Telehandlers are highly stable in these testing conditions.
A Telehandler cannot entirely replace a typical Wheel Loader, but incertain specialized applications where material is required to be delivered atheights, Viz., Batching plants, or crushers, the telehandler easily scores overthe Wheel Loaders.
Normally, we are using Industrial forklifts even on rough terrainconditions due to the price advantage in Industrial forklifts. But, Made inIndia Telehandlers have narrowed this gap big time. Four wheel steer ofTelehandler provides the same kind of manoeuvrability and additional liftingheight and versatility gives big advantage to Telehandlers over Forklifts.
Overall, Telehandlers can be termed as an all-rounder with its myriad ofapplications across the job site.
Productivity and safetyfeatures of the Manitou Telehandlers being offered
Manitou Telehandlers are known fortheir reliability, productivity with utmost focus on overall Safety of bothmachine and operator. The features on the telehandlers allow the operator touse the machine with less fatigue.
Operator has a very good overallvisibility of the job site and with the high ground clearance, the operation ofmovement with loads over rough terrain is fully enabled. The handling of theloads within restricted, cramped and narrow areas has been made very simplewith the different steering modes – Crab mode, 4-Wheel steer, and 2-Wheelsteer.
Braking on all four wheels makesour telehandlers the best in industry safety norms. Machines are equipped withstrong safety systems, hydraulic cut offs, which allow effective and safemanagement of the loads and operation. Whatever the case may be, the inbuiltsystems and safety allowances ensure that the machine with load is alwayswithin its safety parameters.
Customization,attachments, monitoring and controls
Apart from being a global marketleader in Telehandlers, where each year various new models with industry bestfeatures are being rolled out, Manitou Group has also been investing heavily inR&D and manufacture of various attachments for customised applications. A dedicated research team forattachments is always on job for any sort of special requests coming in fromthe field.
The machine + attachment pairingwith strong safety controls for every application provide the perfectoperational efficiency. Telehandleris best complimented always with a range of attachments, be it Pallet fork, Riberectors, Winch, Jib and crane, Rehandling Multipurpose buckets, Tyre handlers,Glass Handlers, Slewing Access platforms, Concrete skips, or Mixer….the list ofattachments is evolving all the time.
Manitou's Easy Manager featureallows the owner to remotely monitor, manage, optimize and safeguard theoperation of his equipment. This would help the owner to have better controlson operation and also maximize the usage of machines. Any abnormal,unauthorised equipment usage can easily be viewed by the owner sitting rightfrom home/office.
Products availability,after-sales support and operators training
Aftermarket support has always beenour most important domain where we have always focussed heavily in challengingthe Status quo and in setting industry best benchmarks in deliveringprofessional and proactive response. Since long, Manitou South Asia has investedin providing direct Sales, Aftermarket, and Technical/Training support throughits own facilities (Manitou SSP), which are well equipped with Spare Parts,Training Facilities and, not to mention, a skilled team.
Our core KPIs are ‘responsiveness,low machine down time, and reduced Total Cost of Ownership for our customers’. Withmore than 130+ Outlets across India, Parts availability is one of the best inthe market.
Challenge to marketgrowth
The current challenges in themarket for telehandlers are that the market is very niche and the selling of atelehandler involves a great deal of concept selling. This machine has to bepromoted as a multi-utility machine with a variety of applications at the jobsite.
With recent statutory normspressing for a safer work environment at the job site, the market willeventually accept the Telehandler as a reliable and efficient investment overother conventional material handling machines.
Technology driven performance and reliability along with the best Totalcost of Ownership will have better value of money in the longer run of themachine. Customers will always be interested to have these kinds of customised andefficient solutions at a little higher cost. This value addition will give us abetter edge than competition considering the fact that the overall machine costand deployment over projects will be justified compared to the initialinvestment on the machine.
All NewBS 4 Series of Telehandlers
Manitou has introduced the new series of MXT Range of Telehandlers inthe market keeping the legacy of the company in terms of safety, versatility,and reliability. The MXT range has been revamped with better features than itspredecessor, and has been designed keeping the current emission norms in mindand with no compromise on safety.
The range consists of two models, namely MXT840 and MXT1740. Thesehave been manufactured keeping the best interest of customer requirements andtheir challenging site needs to give best productivity and better returns on investmentper tonne of material handled.
Be it Tunneling, RMC, Hotmix, or Ceramics, these models are capable ofeasily fitting into the applications which otherwise require a considerableamount of capital investment for different machines as per application.
The Manitou MXT 840 and MXT 1740 modelsare highly effective and respond to the user needs. They can perform a vastarray of jobs, thanks to a very wide range of attachments made forconstruction, such as forks, buckets, winches and many more.
With7.60 m/17.4 m lifting height for a maximum capacity of four tonnes, thesemodels are particularly suitable for building construction and can easilyextend to multiple stories. Equipped with 4-wheel steering, these telehandlerscan be controlled in three steering modes:
With a high ground clearance, theMXT range is especially good for crossing difficult terrains. The transmissionconsists of a torque converter gearbox. In the cab, the controls are intuitiveto allow users to learn quickly and gain efficiency on the site.
To ensure safe use, thesetelehandlers comply with the FOPS/ROPS standards. The Manitou group’s expertisecan also be seen in the quality of components. With a boom and chassis made ofvery high-resistance steel, operators can count on a highly durable, reliableloader, even in difficult climatic or environmental conditions.
The controls inside the cab areergonomic to allow the operator to learn the ropes easily and ensure greaterproductivity. Maintenance is also optimized with easy access to dailymaintenance locations, to speed up recurring inspections.
To sum it up, with its motto of providing ‘Best Services’ and ‘Value-addition’to its end customers, Manitou pledges to be with the customers all through thelife cycle of the equipments.