Manifolds, cartridge valves, and filters contribute to reliable operation of Translift's side-loading collection vehicles.
OMB International, Brescia, Italy, has specialized in container transportation systems and disposal logistics for years. "In 1984, we introduced a system that has since gone into use all over the world, enabling containers to be loaded directly from trucks onto a train's flat car," says Pieter Doorenweerd, sales director of OMB's Translift products division.
Constant pressure to reduce operating costs in the early 1990s prompted disposal companies to find more cost-effective and efficient ways of disposing of waste from households and small businesses. In the mid-1990s Translift set new standards by applying its technology to disposal logistics. In close cooperation with disposal firms and suppliers, Translift developed a side-loading truck.
These vehicles have a hydraulically-powered gripper arm that empties residential trash containers and a hydraulic side lift for dumpsters at hotels, restaurants, and other commercial sites. The specialized vehicles are only used to collect the refuse and pack it into a standardized container. The containers can be transported to a landfill or incineration plant by ordinary flatbed trucks. This improves productivity because collection trucks forego the otherwise time-consuming task of hauling waste to a landfill, then traveling back to a collection site.
"The first delivery, back in 1995, consisted of 50 vehicles for Italy," adds Doorenweerd. "Our company has grown enormously since the days of the first automated collecting vehicle with a gripper arm," he adds. "Nowadays, the sideloader truck accounts for more than half of our sales." Doorenweerd explains that much of the company's success can be attributed to the vehicles' hydraulic system — more specially, the electrohydraulic control system.
Electrifying the situation
