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Increasing payloads with reduced-weight tipping cylinders

Increasing payloads with reduced-weight  tipping cylinders

 According to UK-based Edbro, directives that have been implemented in recent years with the aim of reducing vehicle emissions have left body builders and truck operators struggling with the problem of reducing the weight of truck-mounted equipment in order to maximize payloads, without compromising quality or performance.

Edbro’s newly designed CX14 tipping cylinder is designed as a solution to offset added weight, and is a response to recent Euro 5 legislation in Europe. The company says the fully-integrated ram and tank design of the CX14 offers ease of integration for body builders, and weight savings of up to 230 kg against competitive products for the same application. This allows the end user a potential increase in payload of 1.15 tonnes per day on a typical five loads per day schedule, or 5.75 tonnes for a 5-day week. 

Edbro achieved their weight reductions by using the latest 3-D modelling and Finite Element Analysis techniques, combined with the company’s unique one- piece laser welded tube construction. The new CX14 design uses a cylinder of 22-25 tonnes nominal lift capacity, 32-tonne nominal truck GVW. The cylinder is able to tip nominal legal loads in typical working conditions which included inclines of up to 10 degrees, with no reduction in performance or durability.  

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