Press release Alvan Blach.indd

SHD AWARDS 2015
Alvan Blanch’s project with Combilift is a finalist for the 2015 SHD Awards in the Return on Investment Category
Moving Alvan Blanch’s grain driers onto low loaders for
transportation used to take over three hours, involve five personnel
and four forklifts.
Since the company took delivery of a Combi-SC the procedure now
requires just the one piece of lifting equipment, one driver and it
is done and dusted in 10 minutes. With annual sales of driers now
exceeding 120 units this significant investment is already paying its
way.
The Combi-SC was originally designed to carry containers and
although the design of the grain driers is not dissimilar to these
in that they are long box shapes, a crucial difference is that they
are tapered, the height can vary at the front and the back and the
weight is not evenly distributed as the working components are
mainly situated at one end. Combilift design engineers created a
bespoke version of the SC for Alvan Blanch to ensure stable lifting
of various sized units, the largest of which weighs around 22t, is
almost 20m long and nearly 4m wide.
Evie Rudman, Despatch Manager says: “The Combi-SC has
definitely given us major benefits in terms of convenience, safety
and speed. We can now move these huge pieces of equipment
around the yard so easily.”
Alvan Blanch was established over 60 years ago and designs and
manufactures machines and integrated systems for the primary
and secondary processing of agricultural produce and waste
materials. The company is a world leader in its field, exporting to
over 100 countries from its base in rural Wiltshire.
COMBiLiFT
For more information, please visit: www.alvanblanchgroup.com
Monaghan | Ireland | t: +353 47 80500 | e: [email protected]
www.Combilift.com