Toyota Developed its BT Reflex M-Series Trucks to Maximize Operator Comfort and Productivity

Toyota has upgraded its BT Reflex M-Series reach trucks to enhance operator comfort and productivity. The improvements include the following.

* A new drive unit, motor, gearbox and drive-wheel.
* A new cabin interior. * PIN code access.
* Easy mounting for electronic equipment in the form of the E-bar.
* Extended options list.

The improved drive unit requires less maintenance, providing a more reliable truck, and the new cabin interior is more comfortable, said Toyota, with highly adjustable features to suit each operator.

All controls are designed to be as intuitive as possible so that the operator can concentrate on the job throughout a shift.

* PIN access - PIN code access eliminates the need for keys, allowing only authorised people to start and operate the truck.

Not only that, particular performance settings can be allocated to each PIN, meaning that the truck optimises itself for each operator when his or her access code is entered.

Programmable settings include steering sensitivity, top speed, acceleration rate and auto-braking.

The E-bar is now a standard feature on the Reflex M-Series.

A mounting rail for third-party equipment such as PCs, radio-data terminals and barcode scanners, the E-bar ensures that the M-Series is also ready for integration into larger operations.

Applications and Product manager for Reach Trucks, Toyota Material Handling UK, Mark Ogden, said: 'Our research has shown that greater operator comfort delivers greater productivity.

With this in mind we have upgraded the BT Reflex to ensure that our clients can achieve optimum performance from the trucks and their operators'.

Other options now available include a height indicator and height pre-selection system, both of which make high-level work easier and safer, said Toyota.

The Reflex M-Series is comprised of three models: RRE120M, RRE140M, and RRE160M, with respective lift capacities of 1200, 1400, and 1600kg.

All Reflex M-Series trucks have a narrow chassis, allowing them to work in narrower aisles that are not accessible to larger trucks.

The trucks can lift up to 8.5m, making the Reflex M-Series a natural choice for pallet handling in small to medium-size operations.

About Toyota Motor Corporation
Toyota Motor Corporation is a multinational corporation headquartered in Japan, and the world's largest automaker. Toyota is the only car manufacturer to appear in the top 10 of the BrandZ name recognition ranking.

In 1934, while still a department of Toyota Industries, it created its first product Type A engine and its first passenger car (the Toyota AA) in 1936. The company was founded in 1937 by Kiichiro Toyoda as a spinoff from his father's company Toyota Industries to create automobiles. Toyota owns and operates Toyota, Lexus, Scion brands and has a majority shareholding in Daihatsu Motors, and has minority shareholdings in Fuji Heavy Industries, Isuzu Motors, and the engine, motorcycle and marine craft manufacturer Yamaha Motors. The company includes 522 subsidiaries.

Toyota is headquartered in Toyota and Nagoya in Aichi Prefecture and in Tokyo. It also provides financial services through its division Toyota Financial Services and also creates robots besides automobiles. The company along with the original Toyota Industries form bulk of the Toyota Group, one of the largest conglomerates in the world.

In 1933, Toyoda Automatic Loom Works created a new division devoted to the production of automobiles under the direction of the founder's son, Kiichiro Toyoda. Kiichiro Toyoda had traveled to Europe and the United States in 1929 to investigate automobile production and had begun researching gasoline-powered engines in 1930. Toyoda Automatic Loom Works was encouraged to develop automobile production by the Japanese government, which needed domestic vehicle production partly due to the worldwide money shortage and partly due to the war with China. In 1934, the division produced its first Type A Engine, which was used in the first Model A1 passenger car in May 1935 and the G1 truck in August 1935. Production of the Model AA passenger car started in 1936. Early vehicles bear a striking resemblance to the Dodge Power Wagon and Chevrolet, with some parts actually interchanging with their American originals.

Although the Toyota Group is best known today for its cars, it is still in the textile business and still makes automatic looms, which are now computerized, and electric sewing machines which are available worldwide.

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