Eiffage Chooses Volvo Dump Trucks Equipped with Allison's Transmission Units
Large digging and engineering activities require vehicles with enhanced load carrying capacity, high off-road driving characteristics and improved operation time. Therefore, the French company Eiffage gave preference to the largest dump trucks in the world, the Volvo A60H, equipped with Allison's automatic transmissions, which are ideally suited for a wide range of construction activities.
Volvo A60H
The Eiffage Group is a civil engineering construction company that finances, designs, builds, operates and maintains buildings, sites and infrastructures in France and around the globe. Every year, the company, employing approximately sixty-five thousand specialists is actively engaged in more than one hundred thousand projects in 50 countries.
According to Eiffage, the automatic A60 truck
has already surpassed all expectations thanks to its ease of operation and
enhanced efficiency. These trucks allow the company to transport about
fifty-five tonnes of load.
Thanks to their carrying capacity and
transmission reliability, these trucks ensure exceptional performance rates.
This is accurately estimated thanks to integrated telematics and weighing. The
combination of the Volvo D16J engine and the Allison 6630ORS transmission
turned out to be a perfect match.
Allison 6630ORS transmission
Apart from productivity, these trucks take
advantage of improved energy efficiency, which is also finely estimated with
the help of onboard telematics. Under severe operating conditions, extra loads,
and heavy-going roads, Allison’s advanced gear shifting technology makes an
invaluable contribution to this energy efficiency by prevention of any power
losses during the process of gear shifting.
With Allison solution, the Volvo A60Hs are easy to drive and maneuver even on the most problematic bits of road. Thanks these extremely efficient trucks, the Eiffage company is ready to face any construction challenges not only from its local customers, but also from the clients worldwide.
