Bradshaw Electric Vehicles 'In Action in Manufacturing'
Turbine Movement @
Eggborough Power Station
Eggborough Power Station is a large coal-fired power station in North Yorkshire The T10 Tow tractor is used to move turbines housed on custom built trailers from operations to maintenance. The movement of heavy loads is made much simpler with 'inching buttons' which allow the tractor to be 'inched' towards or away from the load.
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Stores Deliveries @
Kodak
On this site the PCF6 is the perfect vehicle for moving a large number of small items or one large load around the large site. Simple controls mounted on the operator tiller mean any stores person can operate the vehicle. The cage sides can be removed to give a flat bed vehicle to allow loading.
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Inter Site Goods Transfers @
NiffyLift
The T6 tow tractor is helping Niftylift to transport parts the quarter of a mile from its stores to its production area on public roads.
Derrick Osborne, of Niftylift, explains: "We opened our new stores and were faced with the problem of transporting the materials in kit form from there to the assembly area. We looked at various options to do this, including a van and even a milk float, but found an electric tow tractor and trailer to be the most economical option." The tow tractor, which is customised in Nifty green is used all day and then charged overnight ready for use the next morning. Niftylift opted for the T6 model which is capable of towing up to seven tonnes.
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Waste Movement @
James Dawson
The T1 electric tow tractor helps Lincoln-based hose manufacturer, James Dawson, solve a health and safety issue.
The tow truck allows large quantities of bulky, heavy waste to be moved with minimal risk. The waste used to be collected by manually emptying bins into a hand barrow and then emptying this into a skip.
Adrian Wood, health and safety officer, explains "We purchased a customised tow tractor that included a fifth wheel style coupling and purpose-built, low load wheelie bin trailer. This gives excellent manoeuvrability on the narrow gangways within the plant."
Each workstation now has a 360L wheelie bin. The operator simply replaces the full bin with an empty one and takes the waste to a central site where it is sorted and loaded into the compactor fitted with a bin lift, taking away the manual handling issues. The tractor has a 5mph speed limiter, audible warning when in reverse, and flashing beacon.
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Stores Distribution @
Babcock International/ Bovis / MOD
Babcock International Group PLC, the support services company, launched Debut Services Ltd, a joint venture company with Bovis Lend Lease,to support a contract by the UK Ministry of Defence for the Bristol Bath Total Facilities Management project (BB TFM), covering the MoD sites at Abbeywood, Ensleigh, Foxhill, Warminster Road, Corsham Computer Centre and Westbury-on-Trym. The FB3 with custom trailer and livery is used to move stores around the Bristol site.
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Document Distribution @
GCHQ
GCHQ is one of the three UK Intelligence Agencies and a part of the UK's National Intelligence Machinery.
GCHQ's headquarters has around 5500 staff work at the impressive state of the art building at Benhall in Cheltenham. The building, often referred to locally as the Doughnut, had a need for a document distribution vehicle. Bradshaw designed and built a custom T20 tow tractor and document trailer to move passengers and documents around the extensive site.
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Mobile Cleaning Vehicle @
Freddy Products - Industrial Cleaning Equipment
Freddy Products, one of Europe’s leaders in the design and manufacture of innovative products for the cleaning and manufacturing sectors requested an electric vehicle to house a mobile cleaning unit. Our solution was a T6 Tow tractor and custom trailer to house the equipment in a neat package.
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