The company’s approach of anticipating market needs and fulfilling these requirements with innovative and tailormade products is reflected in the range of vehicles it offers for the construction segment
As a growing economy, India is undergoing a rapid transformation. Infrastructure, construction, mining and irrigation sectors have been the bedrock for economic growth. Efficient excavation and transportation of material is the key to the businesses employed in these sectors. Customers seek specialised vehicles like tippers, RMC transit mixers and boom pump vehicles to ensure high productivity, lower operating costs and higher profitability. Tata Motors’ Construck range has always been the preferred workhorse for material movement in these industries. These versatile tippers are engaged in movement of construction aggregate, soil, coal, ore, mining overburden, stones, boulders, concrete and bitumin while being used in a plethora of other applications. Tata Motors has always been at the forefront in anticipating market needs and fulfilling these requirements with innovative products.
Tata Construck
The BS-VI-compliant Construck vehicles are technologically advanced to fulfil not just the performance requirements of such applications but also to satisfy the growth potential of businesses. Customers can choose the best tipper from a wide range of product configurations to fulfil their application and business requirements. These products are powered by the world-renowned Cummins ISBe 6.7L and ISBe 5.6L BS-VI 6-cylinder engines, delivering 300 | 250 hp and 220 hp power respectively. The fuel-efficient Tata Turbotronn 5L is also offered based on specific application requirements.
Their high torque rating at low rpm coupled with a wide flat torque curve ensures lesser downshifts, superior driveability and enhances fuel economy of the vehicles. These vehicles also feature three unique technologically advanced drive modes – light, medium and heavy – which allow the driver the freedom to choose the best power-torque combination based on the load-terrain-speed requirements. These inherent features maximise vehicle productivity and minimise fuel consumption, thereby ensuring higher revenue and lower operating costs.
A wide variety of clutch, gear box and rear axle configurations – suited as per application requirements – ensure the right balance between pulling power, driveability and fuel efficiency. Heavy-duty chassis aggregates like fully reinforced frame, long life iCGT | NGT brakes and 37-tonne | 48-tonne bogie suspension ensure enhanced performance with lower maintenance cost. Features like tipper hub bearing (tailor-made unitised hub bearing) with 4,500 hours’ warranty, Ultimaax – advanced severe-duty rubber suspension with 4,000 hours’ warranty offered in select models – require no greasing and thereby ensure higher uptime and lower maintenance costs.
Advanced technology features like hill start assist and engine brake provide superior vehicle control and also ensure longer clutch, brake and tyre life. Comfortable Prima and Signa cabin options provide a fatigue-free driving experience for its user, allowing for sustained operations in tough and unfriendly environmental conditions. These tippers are available as fully-built vehicles with multiple wheel base options configured to a wide range of heavy-duty box body and scoop body configurations. Customers prefer these fully-built options to further maximise their earning potential. These vehicles are also suited for a variety of special equipment like RMC transit mixer, boom pump and municipal applications.
With an endeavour to ensure high uptime for fleet owners, a Platinum Plus comprehensive onsite AMC with uptime guarantee is offered. The uptime guarantee policy offers up to 87.5% uptime commitment at fleet level for two years with varying hours’ coverage based on the nature of application. These cover varied scheduled, unscheduled and breakdown services. The Construck vehicles have standard fitment of Fleet Edge – Tata Motors’ next-gen digital solution for optimal fleet management – to further increase uptime and reduce the total cost of ownership. Owners and operators can remotely track their vehicle, performance of the vehicle, driver’s performance, fuel economy and also get instant notification in case of fuel theft. Fleet Edge is offered with a free subscription of six years.
The Construck vehicles offer best-in-the-industry warranty of six years | 6,000 hours. Tata Motors also offers Sampoorna Seva 2.0 and Tata Samarth – the company’s commitment to commercial vehicle driver welfare, uptime guarantee, on-site service and customised annual maintenance and fleet management solutions. These services can be suited to the customer’s unique business requirements. Construck 28-tonne and 35-tonne 300 hp mining tippers are extensively used in heavy-duty mining operations in coal, iron ore, minerals, stone and limestone extraction as well as a wide range of operations in irrigation and infrastructure applications like tunnelling, canal building and soil movement.
These technologically advanced tippers are built grounds-up to ensure continuous, round-the-clock operations – critical to meet production targets and project deadlines. Surface transport of coal, iron ore, minerals, construction aggregate sand and other raw materials is critical to ensure growth of economy-driving sectors like infrastructure, power generation, steel and industrial goods. A wide range of Construck HiMiler products – suited to specific raw materials and lead distances – are available as fully-built solutions in varied type and size. These products configured with the right power-to-weight ratio, load body sizes and suited driveline ensure high productivity. The Signa 4825.TK, the country’s largest tipper, features the large 29 m³ load body.
The Signa 4225.TK with 24 m³ load body, Signa 3525.TK | Prima 3525.TK with 23 m³ load body, Signa 2825.TK with 18 m³ load body and the Signa 193.K with 12 m³ load body ensure the highest load capacity in their respective segments. Construck vehicles, as the name suggests, caters to a wide range of sub-applications within the largest revenue generation industry – infrastructure and construction. A versatile range of tippers in 19-tonne, 28-tonne and 35-tonne configurations cater to varied applications like road works, earthwork, quarry, canal work, rubble removal, aggregate movement and sand transport, among others. These tippers ensure high productivity and greater operational versatility along with lower operating costs, high profitability and more importantly ensure faster completion of projects.
(Tata Motors also offers a dedicated range of vehicles for concrete transportation about which you will get to read in our next edition.)
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“Tata Motors’ vehicles are built to help customers boost their fleet’s productivity while reducing the total cost of ownership. Our products offer along innovative safety features such as traction control and engine brake that go a long way in preventing vehicle accidents and boosting profitability. Our manufacturing expertise is established through our ability to design and develop special application trucks across various segments and sectors. In the medium and heavy commercial vehicle segment, Tata Motors offers a wide range of tipper trucks, including the Signa 4825.TK, India’s largest tipper truck. We also offer trucks for specific applications such as RMC (ready-mix concrete) and other tailormade solutions. Through our consumer-focused approach, we continuously engage with the stakeholders including the customers and truck drivers to assess their needs and further develop new products and services.”
– Rajesh Kaul, Vice President, (Sales and Marketing, CVBU), Tata Motors