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MAKING BULK HANDLING
MORE PROFITABLE
PRO DUCT B ROCHURE
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A tailored Tilter
system to benefit
your bottom line
Every business that handles bulk materials is unique.
For loading and unloading therefore, ‘one size‘
does not fit all. That’s why A-Ward has developed
the versatile
system - a customised tilting
solution to lift your performance and profitability by:
Cost-efficiently matching the tilting options
to your individual operational needs.
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Considerably reducing the loading time
for each container. Time is money.
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Saving on the operational staff
required without compromising safety.
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Increasing product throughput
and turnaround, thereby maximising
cashflow and being able to take
advantage of favourable
international pricing.
SELECTION STEPS
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TILTING ANGLE
SELECTION
0° - 70°
Which tilting angle best
suits the material you
are loading?
0° - 90°
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FRAME
SELECTION
UNIVERSAL
LONG FRONT
What frame is
right for your
logistics system?
FLAT DECK
SHORT REAR
UNLOADER
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ACCESSORIES
SELECTION
Which accessories will
increase your efficiency and
reduce the payback period?
digital
scale
system
radio
remote
control
forklift
pockets
hydraulic
container
door arms
rear
container
support brace
drum
wheels
transport
kit
access
ladder
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POWER PACK
SELECTION
Basic
Electric
Tekno
Electric
Which power pack
is best suited to
your throughput?
Tekno
diesel
Peak Performing Business
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TILTING ANGLE
SELECTION
70Ëš
90Ëš
[ 0°-70°]
A-Ward tilters now come standard with
a 70° maximum tilt angle. This provides
significantly greater affordability while
enabling companies to achieve maximum
load weights for the majority of bulk materials.
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[ 0°-90°]
The 90° tilt angle is an upgrade option,
which increases the tilting range to 90°.
Various benefits exist from loading at 90°,
depending on the type of materials and
loading devices being used on site.
FRAME
SELECTION
[ universal ]
The Universal Frame is the most flexible
frame design, enabling the widest range
of trailer styles to be used.
The open-ended style of this frame, along with overhead
brace, also provides the ability for truck and trailer units to
completely drive through the tilter. Mechanically operated
swing-down arms connect to the shipping container
holes using A-Ward’s innovative and easy to use twist lock
system, reducing the number of hydraulic components.
The forklift pocket accessory is only available for the
Universal Frame with the 0°-70° tilt angle.
“We have loaded more
than 9,000 containers
in the past four years
with our two A-Ward
container tiltersâ€
Ray Sailah, Norstar Steel Recyclers (Australia)
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FRAME
SELECTION
[ FLAT DECK ]
The Flat Deck Frame enables extremely fast insertion
and removal of containers, and suits companies
wanting to insert and remove shipping containers
using forklifts, cranes and swing lift trailers.
The containers are guided into the tilter using curved
corner guides and, once sitting on top of the tilter,
hydraulic twist locks are engaged to lock the container
into place. Container insertion and removal using a trailer
is not possible with the Flat Deck Frame.
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FRAME
SELECTION
[ LONG FRONT ]
The Long Front frame is a very popular frame choice,
suiting the majority of trailer styles and sizes, where
the container doors face the front of the trailer.
The Forklift Pocket option is commonly added to this frame
option to facilitate empty container inserting using a forklift.
The compatibility with 40 foot trailers supports maximum
weight handling.
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FRAME
SELECTION
[ SHORT REAR ]
The Short Rear frame suits companies using
20 foot trailers, where the container doors
always face the rear of the trailer.
This frame option is particularly popular in North
America. Top and lower frame rear support beams
ensure a high level of frame rigidity and rear
hydraulic container locking pins enable container
attachment with the push of a button.
“When I started, I needed a crane,
a material handler, a forklift and
four men to load my containers
to 80% capacity. Now I have an
A-Ward Tilter, I can achieve 100%
capacity with just a material
handler and one man.â€
Daniel Davis, G.S.D (Texas, USA)
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FRAME
SELECTION
[ UNLOADER ]
The Unloader Frame enables companies to reduce
logistics costs and time delays, by removing the
need for expensive tilting trailers.
Tilting trailers are not only more expensive to use than
conventional trailers, they are also less common. The
Unloader Frame tilts to a maximum unloading angle of 70°
and is a very similar design to the Universal Frame. Whether
the material is being unloaded through a grate, over an edge,
or directly onto the ground, the Container Unloader enables
extremely fast, easy and cost effective unloading.
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CASE STUDY
> Dwarfed by mountains of grey-brown
metal, Martin Ripley proudly claims that
scrap is the original ‘green’ industry.
“For nearly nine thousand yearsâ€, he says,â€
man has figured out that it’s much more
efficient to re-use existing metal than to
wrestle it out of the ground, and its
infinitely recyclableâ€.
He’s also a great believer in innovation. “At Sims we are
Martin Ripley’s insights come from extensive experience
ability to be moved very easily between stockpiles, to
in engineering and the metals recycling business. He is
be particularly robust and have considerable weighing
very much ideas-oriented; always looking at clever ways
we can make improvements to our business. I think that’s
something we share with A-Ward. They never stand still
either. What I especially like is being able to brainstorm
ideas with A-Ward and come up with tailored solutions to
suit our operation.â€
Sims Pacific Metals has just taken delivery of two new
customised A-Ward Container Tilters. “What we needed
these new tilters to doâ€, says Martin, “was to have the
National Operations Manager for Sims Pacific Metals,
a joint venture involving Sims Metal Management, the
world’s largest metals and electronics recycler.
Through Martin, Sims Pacific Metals were early adopters
of A-Ward’s pioneering Container Tilters. “In the scrap
industry, fluctuations in metal prices and currencies are
a fact of lifeâ€, says Martin, “so we wanted to be able to
rapidly turn around high volumes of scrap when the time
was right and not have mountains of scrap clogging up our
yards and putting additional pressure on our cash flow.
Over the last four years, A-Ward’s tilters have enabled us
to do just that. With a single tilter, we can dispatch around
500 tons of scrap in a normal working day.â€
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accuracy. It’s very costly in time and money to go back and
add more scrap or take it out. I’m pleased to say that the
new tilters are living up to our high expectations.â€
Tilt Range: 0-90°
Frame: Long Front
Options: Digital Scale System, Radio Remote
Control, Forklift Pockets, Hydraulic Container Door
Arms, Rear Container Support Brace, Drum Wheels
Power Pack: Tekno Diesel 30kw
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ACCESSORIES
SELECTION
A-WARD’S WIDE
RANGING ACCESSORIES
PROVIDE ADDED
VERSATILITY AND
VALUE TO CUSTOMERS.
DIGITAL
S CAL E SYS TEM
T RA N S P O RT K I T
Enables the maximum loading
weight to be achieved every
time. The +/-1% weight
accuracy of the Digital Scale
System also removes the
costly risks of containers
having to be re-opened and
loads adjusted following initial
loading. The load cells are
attached to the tilter using our
recently developed self-leveling
mounting system; enabling
extremely accurate weighing.
When the Radio Remote Control
option is selected, the real
time weight is displayed on the
digital handheld remote screen.
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RADIO
R EM OTE CO N T RO L
Reduces labour costs by
enabling the tilter to be
operated by a single operator.
The faster tilter operation
speed is also generated by
significantly faster connection
and disconnection with the
shipping container. When the
Digital Scale System option is
selected, the real time weight
is displayed on the handheld
remote screen during loading.
The heavy-duty handheld
remote has a 300 metre range.
The Transport Kit is a new
option which supports
maximum utilisation of the tilter
- enabling companies to easily
transport their tilter between
different sites. Preparing the
tilter for transport with the
Transport Kit is easy. It simply
involves condensing the tilter
and lifting it onto the transport
trailer, where the trailer’s
standard twist locks engage
with the tilter to hold it in place
for the journey.
HYD RA U LI C C O N TA IN ER
D O O R A RM S
This option will generally
remove the need for operators
to ascend to the top of the tilted
container, ensuring safer and
easier operation of the tilter.
Hydraulic Container Door Arms
enable the container doors to be
opened and closed at any stage
of the tilting process using the
tilter controls.
FO RK LI FT
POCKETS
For companies wanting to lower
transport cost by eliminating all
waiting time associated with the
container transport, the Forklift
Pocket option enables containers
to be inserted or removed from
the tilter using a forklift. This is
a popular choice for companies
wanting the ability to maintain a
number of empty containers on
site and insert these containers
onto the tilter at their preferred
time, without the requirement
for a truck to be present.
access ladder
Adding an Access Ladder to
the tilter enables operators to
safely ascend to the top of the
open container when it is tilted
to the maximum 90° level. This
option will generally only be
necessary when there is a need
to view or adjust the full load
prior to the container doors
being closed. Where there is
a requirement to take photos
of the full load, ask about our
mounted camera option which
removes the need for operators
to ascend the container.
drum wheel s
This option enables the tilter
to be easily moved around
companies’ sites to the various
locations of the bulk material;
eliminating the costs associated
with ‘double handling’ the
material by moving it to the
tilter. Where the Drum Wheels
are attached to a tilter, the
other end of the tilter can be
lifted with a forklift, or other
lifting machine, and the tilter
can be quickly and easily
‘wheeled’ around the site.
RE A R C O N TA I N E R
SUPPORT BRACE - FIXED
RE A R C O N TA I N ER
SUPPORT BRACE - GATE
Where correct container tilter loading procedures are followed,
the Rear Container Support Brace option is generally not required.
Where this accessory is preferred there are two styles available:
> The ‘Fixed’ version of the
Rear Container Support Brace
is compatable with the Flat
Deck and Long Front frames.
> The ‘Gate’ version of
the Rear Container Support
Brace is compatable with
for the Universal and
Short Rear frames.
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POWER PACK
SELECTION
OFFERS A RANGE
OF POWER PACKS TO SUIT
EACH CUSTOMER’S TILTER
SET-UP AND THROUGHPUT.
POWER PACK
BASIC ELECTRIC
POWER PACK
TEKNO ELECTRIC
POWER PACK
TEKNO DIESEL
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The Tekno Diesel Power Pack
offers the benefit of portability for
companies intending to move their
tilter around the site or to different
sites. The innovative new Diesel
Power Pack is extremely quiet when
running, and incorporates an EcoFuel Emission Control system. This
enables companies to leave the power
pack running for extended periods
of time with a very low level of diesel
consumption.
Tilt time (15kw): horizontal to 90°
approx.. 60 secs
Tilt time (30kw): horizontal to 90°
approx.. 40 secs
Tilt time: horizontal to 90°
approx.. 90 secs
The Tekno Electric Power Pack has no
emissions and is almost maintenance
free. The requirement for this Power
Pack to be attached to an electrical
source at all times means that this is
the preferred option for tilters being
located at a single location. With
the Smart Saving Energy Control,
the Tekno Electric Power Pack is not
only extremely quiet, it is also highly
efficient from an electricity usage
perspective.
Tilt time (15kw): horizontal to 90°
approx.. 60 secs
The Basic Electric Power Pack
is a significantly more affordable
Power Pack option, designed to suit
companies loading a lower volume
of containers and wanting a faster
payback period. This Basic Power
Pack is available in a 15kw version
only, and is significantly smaller than
the Tekno Electric Power Pack.
Tilt time (30kw): horizontal to 90°
approx.. 40 secs
ANOTHER
Every astute business
understands that great ideas
are quickly replicated. So
staying in front demands
continual innovation.
But the true value of generating
ideas first is the leverage it
offers to our customers to
compete more effectively and
profitably in their own markets.
Since inventing the world’s
first tilters in 2006, A-Ward
has been consistently pushing
the boundaries for loading and
unloading bulk materials.
The
system is only the
latest of A-Ward’s ‘firsts’.
Ideas don’t occur in a vacuum.
We first listen carefully to
our clients and respond with
innovative answers. That’s why
A-Ward’s products are always
fit-for-purpose, time-efficient,
user-friendly, safe and robust.
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A-Ward’s products
are backed by the
following ‘peaceof-mind’ attributes:
Safety Assurance All A-Ward’s
products have been designed and certified
for optimum safety during their operation.
Product Quality and Durability
Our many products are made from robust,
high quality materials to ensure they
stand up to the rigorous demands of our
discerning customers. Their performance
has been proven over many years.
Complementary Materials
Processing Equipment In addition to
A-Ward’s Container Tilters, we have over
100 specialised excavator attachments
to efficiently process and handle bulk
materials. More information on these
attachments can be found on our website
www.a-ward.com
HEAD Office (New ZEALAND)
e sales@a-ward.com
p +64 9 634 4086 f +64 9 634 5128
free phone NZ: 0800 215 911
AUS: 800 225 664 USA: 866 886 2999
www.a-ward.com
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Global Reach A-Ward products can be
purchased and serviced in many countries
around the world. Please see below for
relevant contact details.
Training and Knowledge Transfer
A-Ward can easily arrange skilled people
to advise on installation and offer valuable
training to both operators and supervisors
and product certification.
“A-Ward is the
only company
with global
patent protected
Container Tiltersâ€
Simon Ward, Managing Director
Technically Advanced A-Ward has
a continual R&D programme to refine
existing products and develop new
products to simplify bulk materials
handling and reduce costs for customers.
Problem Solvers Most customers
regularly face new operational challenges.
A-Ward can be relied on to come up
with the right solutions for customer’s
evolving needs.
We welcome all enquiries.
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Servicing To avoid costly downtime,
it pays to service your products regularly.
We offer general overhaul and service
contracts on all our products and have
teams available worldwide that can be
on-site promptly.
Fit for Purpose A-Ward’s products are
carefully and innovatively constructed to
meet the specific and varying needs of
our customers.
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Parts and Warranty A-Ward
stocks comprehensive parts inventories
in local markets for quick delivery
and minimum downtime. All products
are covered by an industry-leading
manufacturer’s warranty.
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