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Move trailers single-handedly
Electric tug specialist MasterMover has launched its articulated trailer moving system, a pedestrian operated motorised electric tug that can move loads of up to 11,000kg. The product, named the TMS1650+, is ideal for use by maintenance staff in the automotive, logistics, rail and transport sectors.
The TMS1650+...
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Improving efficiency in retail and logistics
Despite tight health and safety regulations to limit the number of accidents in the workplace, over half a million people were reported to have sustained a non-fatal injury at work in 2016. Here, Andy Owen managing director of electric tug specialist MasterMover, explains how retail and logistics companies can avoid...
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The bread and butter of the food industry
Recent years have seen a significant increase in farm-to-fork initiatives. Many food manufacturers are now investing heavily in traceability to follow the journey of products, yet this largely focuses on tracking technology rather than physical movement. Here, Andy Owen, managing director of electric tug specialist...
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Lean, mean, tugging machines
Electric tug specialist MasterMover has extended its MasterTug series, a range of motorised industrial tugs for the construction, manufacturing and heavy goods handling sectors. The revamped range, which now includes the MT30/2000+ PAS tow tug, allows businesses to boost productivity and efficiency by allowing...
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Improving efficiency for porters
For many, porters are the oil in the machine of many NHS hospitals, moving goods, equipment and patients around hospitals and proving a critical component in running clinical services smoothly. With the NHS expected to find £22 billion in efficiency savings by 2021, every part of the hospital machinery needs to be...
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Coatings firm pushes safety in Poland with Pyroban protected MasterMover tugs
A company that manufactures protective woodcare coatings in Poland has selected two MasterMover® electric tugs converted by Pyroban® to ensure complete safety when moving vessels within its potentially explosive operation.
“The flammable vapour from varnishes and woodstains containing highly flammable solvents...
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Moving east to South Korea
Electric tug specialist MasterMover will be exhibiting at DAMEX 2016, the seventeenth Daegu International Machinery Industry expo, which will take place from November 23 to 26 in Daegu City, South Korea. The company will be exhibiting its MasterTug 400+ and 1200+ electric power tugs.
DAMEX will feature 190...
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Electric Tugs Eliminate Need for Fork Lifts
Hayward Tyler is a global market leader in the manufacture of performance critical electric motors and pumps. Variations of applications and environments determine their shape, size and weight. The specialist motors and pumps can vary in size up to 6 metres in length, 1.5 metres in width and weigh up to 40 tonnes....
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Denso Marston Eliminate Fork Lift Truck Use With Trolley Handling Tug
Thermal cooling systems manufacturer Denso Marston has invested in an electric trolley handling tug as part of a drive to improve health and safety measures on the factory floor at its UK facility in Shipley.
The move, part of a global programme initiated by parent company Denso Corporation, has completely...
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MasterMover To Exhibit At LogiMAT 2015
MasterMover GmbH is all set to exhibit at their third consecutive LogiMAT show in Stuttgart this February.
From Tuesday 10th until Thursday 12th MasterMover GmbH will be offering existing customers and other visitors to the intralogistics show the chance to meet the team and to get to grips with a selection of...
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