Harlan Helps US Airways Express Go Green At PHL

Harlan Global Manufacturing, Kansas City, Kan., launched 20 of its new all-electric belt loaders with US Airways Express at the Philadelphia International Airport. The company also rolled out 15 all-electric baggage tractors as part of the airline’s major going green initiative at its Philadelphia facilities. Both the company’s Express HBLE belt loader and Charger baggage tractors use the same state-of-the-art components. The systems are 80 volt AC. Harlan manufactures everything on the machines except for the battery and controller. This includes the recently acquired integrated drive axle system from Speth of Germany.