A-Ward Attachments Introduces Container Tilting Unit

Unit assists in loading export containers.

A-Ward Attachments Ltd. of New Zealand has developed the ACT series of self-contained container-tilting units with back-in, drive-out capability.

A-Ward Attachments Director and Chief Engineer Simon Ward designed the unit after listening to several customers complain about their cfurrent container loading systems’ lack of safety and efficiency, according to a press release from the company.

 

To use the ACT self-contained container tilting units, the container and trailer chassis are backed into the unit. The container then is locked onto the tilter’s lifting arms at eight points of engagement. The doors are opened, and the tilter hydraulically raises the container from zero to 90 degrees for loading with a material handler, conveyor or wheel loader. Once the container is loaded, the doors are closed and held in place by specially designed hydraulic door closers.  The container is then lowered to a safe height so the doors can be latched before being lowered onto the trailer chassis, where the locks are disengaged, and the container is taken to port.

 

“This unit has made our export business far more safe and efficient,” David Davis of GSD in Houston says. “It is simple, rugged and priced so that our breakeven on the unit is in a matter of weeks.”

 

More information is available by visiting www.a-ward.co.nz or by calling Sales Director Richard Currie at (201) 697-7301.

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