e+h Roadshow Amazes Participants With Amazing Tech

Zero emissions equipment is now part of the worldwide landscape in the construction industry, material handling and other related markets. The trend is expected to accelerate within the next decade, and Poclain Hydraulics will lead this evolution by continuing to create innovative, differentiating electric solutions.

WHAT IS e+h

POCLAIN e+h is the flexible and efficient electrification solution built for OEMs to develop and advance their electric off-highway machines and equipment. We combine our advanced engineering services with a versatile system platform tailored to each of their needs.

POCLAIN e+h fits compact machines of all types, such as:

Wheel-loaders
Multi-tool carriers
Site dumpers
Truck-mounted forklifts
Tandem rollers
Mini compact track loaders
Autonomous agricultural machines
And many others

Electro hydraulics is a strategy that includes our complete engineering services package for OEMs to outsource the work needed for their electric transmission and power supply needs in an efficient and cost-effective manner. Rather than developing costly and time-consuming ideas in-house, OEMs benefit from our experience from prototype development to final product to future innovations.

OUR SERVICE PACKAGE IS COMPRISED OF:

Connected engineering for duty cycle consolidation on diesel machines
Components selection and sizing
System simulation
Embedded software specification and development
Electric prototype commissioning including connected commissioning
System functional safety assessment and support
Continued product support and customer training

THE USUAL PROCESS FOR THE CUSTOMER INVOLVES:

The customer needs to provide a dutycycle analysis of the current machine if already available
We provide components that are already qualified
We take care of integration with the customer’s machine
We test the machine and improve as necessary

THE e+h ROADSHOW

With such an amazing offering, we at POCLAIN had to take the show on the road. During the summer of 2022 we took a 7,000 kilometer journey to visit 30 customers with approximately 300 visitors overall. We used the «Mini Zev» (the nick name for our small battery driven articulated wheel loader) in our demonstrations to show the benefits of POCLAIN technology, which included but weren’t limited to:

Zero emissions
Improved fuel efficiency
Lower noise
Equal performance to diesel machines
Lower investments and lower maintenance
Advanced user comfort
Connected services for advanced data collection
Better safety features

The feedback was amazing!

KEY TAKEAWAY FROM THE e+h ROADSHOW

Unfortunately, we weren’t able to get to everyone we wanted to. So we wanted to share more on what we and our customers learned. Many were amazed at our strategy in regards to electrification and our ability to provide detailed data. They were also surprised to see that our typical lead time was from eight to ten months to run a full project to completion. But we found that nothing compared to a live showcase of our real machines in real working conditions - especially how our electric machines stood up to traditional diesel machines.

FUTURE ROADSHOWS

We enjoyed our roadshow so much in Germany and Austria, that our subsidiaries in other locations are looking to do the same. Our team in the Czech Republic is currently conducting a similar roadshow. We are also planning a tour for the United States in 2023.