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Mecalac’s Revotruck wins Red Dot Design award

Mecalac has won the prestigious Red Dot Design Awards: ‘Best of the Best’ for the innovative and safety-oriented design of its all-new Revotruck. The Red Dot Design Awards is one of the most renowned product design competitions internationally and the ‘Best of the Best’ accolade is the highest honour in the competition. The judges praised the concept highly, commenting, “The Revotruck is impressively multifunctional and shows quasi-transformational characteristics for safer material transport.”

While site dumpers undeniably offer an efficient method for transporting significant quantities of material, they also represent nearly one-third of all transport-related accidents on construction sites. This issue primarily arises due to the obstructed visibility caused by their front loads while moving forward. To minimise this risk, Mecalac's design team conducted an extensive on-site analysis, identifying visibility, stability, and maneuverability as critical areas of concern.

These insights led to the development of the Revotruck, an innovative concept designed from scratch to address these challenges. Features include a rotating cab, which opens up visibility in all directions while ensuring drivers can maintain focus on the job and surroundings in comfort. The Revotruck also has four wide access points at each corner of the operator’s station to ensure safe access to the machine, regardless of the cab position.

Meanwhile, the Revotruck’s central chassis oscillation of up to 20 degrees ensures permanent stability and traction in all conditions, says Mecalac. This unique chassis is coupled with four equally sized wheels with a switchable steering mode that opens up possibilities for working with superior agility in the tightest spaces.

As well as being named as a finalist in the bauma Innovation Awards, this new accolade adds to a growing number of awards Mecalac has already received for this product: ‘Grand Prix matériel’ DLR (France), Plantworx Innovation Award (UK) and ‘Premio Potencia’ (Spain).

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