Coping with the cold

Full cold store cab, the Arctic Bendi is one of a number of innovations unveiled by Translift Bendi at IMHX

Translift Bendi will use IMHX to unveil its first full cold store cab, which will also deliver 1.6m aisle performance.

Often seen as the most expensive form of storage, the management of cold stores has, up until now, been limited to using only reach trucks or VNA solutions, says Bendi.

"We do have an impressive foothold in the retail and FMCG markets," explains Bendi managing director, Simon Brown."However, this latest addition to the Bendi portfolio will enable us to make greater inroads into an area that is forced to struggle with compromise.

"The impracticalities of these trucks in a cold storage environment are relatively obvious; reach trucks require much larger aisles so true storage efficiencies aren't achievable while traditional VNA solutions can cause other issues such as wire guidance problems." The Arctic Bendi (pictured) has been specifically adapted for the cold store environment and will help to reduce the cost of cold storage, adds Brown.

Also debuting at the show, the Bendi European Truck is a hybrid of the original Bendi and the traditional support arm stacker truck which is already widely used in Europe and around the world. Bendi's European Truck is set to provide all that a support arm stacker truck can but reinforced with a Bendi twist.

This model has a patented articulated steering system which improves the lateral, forward and backward stability of the traditional support stacker format, allowing mast heights of 7m+.

This new design also dramatically improves its ability to travel across uneven floors leading it to be capable of some external as well as internal duties. The Euro stacker model is far lighter, allowing Bendi to deliver the new range at extremely competitive prices and will be available as a pedestrian, stand-on and eventually as a ride-on model - offering complete flexibility to the European market, says the firm.

Visitors to Bendi's stand (19K100) will see a total of five new products, bringing the total Translift Bendi product range to 17.

These also inlcude the Mini Bendi pedestrian articulated forklift and the Bendi B420AC & B420HL (highlift).