Fuel cell reach truck tested April 1st 2010 The first reach truck in Germany
with a fuel cell drive, a Still FM-X
20, is being tested at BASF Coatings
AG in Münster. Other partners in the
project are Hoppecke (fuel cell
system developer and integrator),
Linde Gas (hydrogen fuelling
station) and the federal state of
North Rhine-Westphalia, as part of
the 'progres.nrw' funding program.
This means that two different
trucks with the future oriented drive
will be operating at BASF Coatings
in an industrial application: the Still
FM-X 20 reach truck and an R60-25
electric truck. The FM-X 20 reach
truck delivers finished goods for
despatch at the BASF Coatings
distribution centre and the R60
moves manufacturing raw materials
from the logistics warehouse to the
production. The two trucks are
refuelled at the hydrogen fuelling
station built on the site. More articles from Still Materials Handling Ltd: |