How is the cost performance of aluminum alloy side curtain trailer?

With the prevalence of the trend of lightweight trailers, the voice of aluminum trailer is also getting higher and higher, and some industry insiders even call aluminum trailer "the future star of the transportation industry."

With the introduction and implementation of GB7258-2017, the warehouse grid trailer ushered in more stringent technical requirements, which promoted the rise of the side curtain trailer to a certain extent. You know, the market share of the side curtain trailer in Europe is very high, almost the main logistics means of transport in European countries.

If the aluminum trailer axles meets the side curtain, will it set off a new trend of car buying in the industry?

In theory, the aluminum alloy side curtain trailer combines the advantages of two types of vehicles: lightweight, pull more, save fuel, do not pick goods, high loading and unloading efficiency, etc., the key can also be free from the restrictions of "forced installation of disc brakes and empty suspension". In addition, the owner can also be more convenient, do not often climb up and down to cover the rain cloth.

This is not, a car owner in Henan province in the new hanging, he chose an aluminum alloy side curtain hanging, because it is an inventory car, the price is 100,000 yuan. According to the owner's description, the aluminum alloy side curtain is 13.75m long, 2.55m wide, 4m high, and weighs about 6.6t. According to the total mass limit of the vehicle, the maximum total mass of the three-axis semi-trailer is 40t, which means that the aluminum alloy side curtain can probably load about 33t of goods.

The reason why the replacement of such a trailer, the owner also has his own considerations, he believes that the future of the transportation industry palletized transportation will be more and more, after all, now fewer and fewer porters, young people are not willing to engage in this industry, the cost of porters is also rising. In addition, many shippers and recipients will also require owners to use cargo pallets, so that they can be loaded and unloaded directly with forklifts, and can also achieve stack height.

The problem considered by the owner is actually one of the characteristics of the side curtain trailer, that is, the dependence on the pallet is relatively large, which is closely related to the curtain around the side curtain car can be opened. The curtain can be opened, and the loading and unloading of goods is indeed convenient, but this also leads to the fact that this movable curtain can not help the internal goods to achieve stability, especially those partial loads, general merchandise, and green pass, which are far less fixed than the van or warehouse grid. Moreover, at present, not every logistics park can be matched with pallets, and transportation is relatively limited. However, if according to the above idea of the owner, the future palletized transportation is prevalent, this can not be called a disadvantage.

In addition to relying on pallets, the side curtain car also has a more obvious problem: the goods are not fixed, and the support is poor. Although the side curtain car is not much to pick goods, what goods can be loaded, but if the shaking or tilting occurs during the transportation process, the quality of the particularly good curtain can also support the goods, the quality of the general curtain may be dangerous, especially on the curved and steep road sections, the speed must not be too fast, so as to avoid the goods thrown out of the carriage.

In addition, at this stage, the domestic transportation market is more chaotic, and the situation of stealing oil and stealing goods in the service area occurs from time to time, which is afraid that the side curtain car is not much dominant. Especially valuable goods, dare not use the side curtain car for transport.

From the perspective of aluminum alloy material, although the theoretical loading capacity of trailer axles is about 33t, we need to see that the building resistance of aluminum alloy is not as good as that of steel structure, which is beyond doubt. Although many manufacturers publicize the addition of rigid materials in aluminum alloy and excellent building resistance, many car owners are still not assured. In addition, the domestic transport road conditions are still more complex, especially some mountain road transport, aluminum trailer can not adapt to, I am afraid that relying on publicity is not good.

As the owner finally said, the actual use of the aluminum alloy side curtain trailer effect, still need a period of time to observe and summarize. Especially aluminum alloy hanging and side curtain hanging, the application time in the foreign market has been relatively long, but in the country has been "acclimation", there are certain reasons, if through practical application, for its theoretical drawbacks can indeed find effective solutions, the increase in market share is just around the corner.