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IRE GUIDE
IRNAPRIL-MAY 2014
USmanufacturer Schaefer shows several of
its portable, rental-friendly fans.
The CDET 40mobile
dehumidifier fromDantherm.
One of its competitors, Off Grid Energy, will
showcase two new models at IRE, the 3-3
phase and 3-1 phase versions of its Grid to Go
product. The Grid to Go – which was Product
of the Year at the 2013 European Rental
Awards – has found success among UK rental
companies, includingA-Plant.
Several manufacturers will be showing lighting
towers at the show, including one company that
is launching a compact tower into the mainland
European rentalmarket for the first time.
Ritelite (Systems), based in Stamford, UK, is a
manufacturer of portable, industrial work light
products, andwill use the show to launch itsK50and
K65 towers. Already successfully in use with major
UKHire companies, theK50&K65 are5.0mor 6.5m
high towers powered either by battery pack, mains
or a generator, and can be fitted with four or six
metal halide lamps or LED lights. The rechargeable
batterypack is for the LED versions.
The big benefit of the towers is that they can be
collapsed into a compact shape – closed dimensions
are 192x77x75cm –and theyarealso lightweight in
comparison to most conventional towers, weighing
between 150and 200 kgdependingon specification.
Italian-based TowerLight, meanwhile, is already a
keyplayer in the rental sectoraround theworld,with
a wide selection of conventional and LED lighting
products, including in recent years many ‘eco-
friendly’ productswith lower fuel use.
At IRE, thecompanywill highlight several of itsnew
LED towers, including the VT-LED and the Linktower-
LED. The VT-LED can be fitted with either 300 W
LED or 450 W LED lamps, with the smaller lamps
providing “a very similar light intensity to 1000 W
Metal Halide lamps, whilst the450W LED lamps have
anevenhigher illumination factor.”
The Linktower-LED is an LED version of Tower
Light’s well established link tower system, which
allows individual lights to be linked in series,
“resulting in a row of powerful lighting sets all from
onepower source –mainsorgenerator”.
Europe’spumpsectorhashadabusy
winter season, with somuch flooding
in the continent, and IRE will see
two of its major suppliers show new
pumps andaccessories.
BBA Pumps is now using a new
dashboard as a standard accessory.
The LC30 is for electronically
controlled engines and the LC20
is for mechanically controlled
engines. Both have the same
modernhousingandautomatic start/stop control by
means of floats. The dashboards can be deployed
worldwideandareprepared for thenewStage IVand
Tier 4 Final diesel engines.
The company will also highlight its new four year
warranty policy, with all BBA products sold after 1
January this year - for the PT, BA and BE ranges -
suppliedunder thewarranty policy. On its standwill
be two pumps, the BA100K D193 diesel driven, sound
attenuated dewatering and sewage pump, and the
BA150ED285, adiesel dewateringunit.
Italy’s Varisco, meanwhile, will show pumps from
its new ranges, including the high efficiency dry
primeZSeries, theThor Seriespistonpumps forwell
point applications and with low fuel consumption,
and thenewTitanA rangeof submersible, aluminium
drainagepumps.
Heating & cooling
In the site heating and cooling sector Danthermwill
show its updated CDT range ofmobile dehumidifiers
with capacities from 30 to 94 l per 24 hours and a
maximumworking temperatureof 32°C.
Recent changes to the range include the use of
digital controls, with a finger touch display allowing
accurate setting of RH-values to automatically
turn the unit on and off when the
desired relative humidity is met.
The display also specifies exact
energy consumption, a feature that
Dantherm says will be welcomed by
insurance companies “whonormally
have had to pay an estimated
energy consumption based on
running time.”
El-Björn, on the other hand, will
focuson itsnewTF36ELunits,which
joins its existing TF 9EL and TF 18EL
products. The TF 36 provides “high-
efficiencydryingandheating, witha
maximumoutput of 36 kWand three
power settings”, says the company.
The new unit has already found favour in
the Nordic rental market, with Skanska
MaskinAB, for example, using eight
to help dry out concrete at the
massive Universitetsholmen
project inMalmö.
A new-ish company in
Europe is Schaefer, which is
well known in the US for its
Americ branded fans, designed
for rental use. Its blowers are
available in ratings from 750
cfm (1275m
3
/hr) up to 10000 cfm
(17000m
3
/hr).
Designed for rental, the blowers are “rugged and
reliable while providing unrivaled performance
to ensure a safe, comfortable and controlled
environment in the most extreme areas”, says
Schaefer. The products can provide positive and
negative airflow (blows and extracts), are designed
to be lightweight for easy portability, and are
stackable to save storagework area space.
Also new at IRE is a company from Sweden that is
part-owned by former El-Bjorn CEO Lars-Owe Kron.
Mr Kron is now an investor in a Swedish company
called Flue Gas Recovery Sweden AB (FGRS) which is
“committed to reducing the carbon footprint from
construction sites andbuildings.”
The company’s products include a twin container
solution for heating/drying/cooling of construction
sites. Mr Kron says the company is “currently in
discussions in severalmajor constructionprojects.”
Both Schaefer and FGRS are exhibiting under the
umbrellaGlobalRepbrand, abody set upbyUS rental
consultant Charles Miller to help companies market
their products to the rental industry.
Site equipment
Fuel storage tank manufacturer
Fuel Proof Ltd is to launch a new
range of bunded fuel storage
units for fuelling generator sets.
The generator tank (GT) units will
be sold in mainland Europe by
distributor EuroGate International,
andwill beon showat IRE.
“In the last 12months our partnership
TowerLight will display is various lighting tower options,
including this VT-LED.
Varisco exhibits a selection of its pumps.
BBA’s BA100 K dewatering and sewage pump. The companywill be
demonstrating its new pump control panel.
Fuel Proof launches a range of bunded fuel tanks for fuelling
generator sets.
