Case studies

Our electric tugs at work

Real jobs from hospitals, car plants, dairies, joinery works and tram depots. See what each customer needed to move, the machine we supplied and what changed.

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  • Operator steering a TP3000 electric tug coupled to Sheffield Supertram tram 108 on the rails over the wheel lathe in the depot
    Rail

    Positioning Supertram trams over a wheel lathe with a TP3000

    A TP3000 with a custom coupling lines trams up over Supertram's wheel lathe to the millimetre, with the tram powered down. Estimated saving: around £80,000 a year.

  • Operator in food-safe whites using a TP500 electric tug to push a line of loaded dairy roll cages through a chilled production area
    Dairy & food

    Arla Foods: remote-controlled dairy cage pushers

    Arla's new Bellshill depot runs a remote-controlled TP500 Dairy Cage Pusher. It's the sixth Tractive Power tug in Arla's network.

  • A row of yellow TP250 Compact electric tugs parked along a walkway beside a car assembly line
    Automotive

    Nine TP250 Compacts moving cars along a prestige assembly line

    We designed the TP250 Compact for a prestige car maker's tight final-build area. Nine units now move cars between stations, each with one operator.

  • TP500 electric tug coupled to a large yellow press die trolley outside a factory
    Automotive

    Cutting a mould changeover from two hours to 15 minutes

    A global car maker put its moulding dies on trolleys and a TP250 Compact. A changeover that took more than two hours now takes 15 minutes, with one operator.

  • Operator in hi-vis moving a rack of white window profiles with a TP250 electric tug past warehouse racking
    Joinery

    A bespoke TP250 for JELD-WEN’s door lines in Sheffield

    We built a TP250 with hydraulic fifth-wheel steering and powered rollers, so JELD-WEN's conveyor dolly now drives itself into line and loads its own doors.

  • Operator in hi-vis moving a long custom trailer with a TP250 electric tug outside a factory
    Engineering & manufacturing

    Moving trailer frames between production stages with a TP250

    A trailer maker took the forklift out of its tight production bays. One operator and a TP250 now move each frame from welding to finishing.

  • TT50 electric tug coupled to a loaded roll cage in a hospital goods area
    Healthcare & NHS

    Moving NHS roll cages with a TT50 electric tug

    An NHS Trust hospital replaced hand-pushed roll cages of medical stock with a TT50 electric tug. One person now moves up to three cages a trip.

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