E-quipment highlight: Husqvarna electric plate compactor

Husqvarna’s new LF 60i LAT battery-powered compactor delivers severe soil compaction and the comfort of cordless energy.

A major step up from the 18 and 20V energy instruments most of us have in our garages, the Husqvarna BLi-X 36V battery is a professional-grade cordless energy pack that the corporate has engineered into collection of job site-level energy instruments – and the this new plate compactor is the most recent addition to the lineup.

“With two BLi300 batteries, you’ll be able to run the ahead plate compactor constantly for as much as 45 minutes. If one battery is drained, it switches mechanically to the following,” stated Magnus Lindeberg, World Product Supervisor for Mild Compaction. “… many Forest and Backyard machines characteristic the identical batteries and chargers as properly.”

The LF 60i LAT compactor shares many options with Husqvarna’s normal gas-powered compactors, however being powered by batteries means there’s no oil combine, no choke, no rope, and no throttle management wanted. On the similar time, the convex backside plate and sprinkler system are designed to stop asphalt from sticking to the gear or from marking the floor.

What’s extra, the LF 60i LAT ought to provide extra uptime than the its ICE-powered siblings. A lot extra, if the corporate’s PR is to be believed:

Each the environment friendly battery-operated drive unit and the eccentric unit are fully maintenance-free. Along with the brushless motor, this implies decrease operating prices and a greater complete value of possession whereas maintaining downtime to a minimal.

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Husqvarna confirmed off its new compactor at World of Concrete earlier this yr, and opened the US order books for the LF 60i LAT in Could, and the primary manufacturing models ought to be reaching prospects’ arms as you learn this.

Electrek’s Take

Cordless energy instruments have come a great distance, and next-level instruments from Husqvarna and others are proving the price of batteries in excessive responsibility circumstances. The extra that occurs, the extra probably crews are to welcome electrical energy in ever-larger functions … like excavators and wheel loaders.

And, whether or not they prefer it or not, ever tightening noise and emissions laws are making battery energy essential in additional markets by the day.

SOURCE | IMAGES: Husqvarna, by way of Equipment Journal.