The unnamed pipe manufacturing and storage plant, in Dalmine, close to Milan, handles hot steel bars nearly 4m long, which leave its steel mill at about 400°C.
Roberto Provenzi, from La Cisa, explains that the bars are lifted with a 22kW electromagnet attachment, powered by a generator strategically positioned on the counterweight of the new Hyster.
The truck then transports the bars from the mill to the storage yards, which can be up to 1km away.
"The Hyster trucks operate for an intense 16 hours per day, allowing eight hours for the magnets to cool each day," says Provenzi.
"Even after considering the weight of the attachment and load centre, we can lift 24 tonnes of product in this application with hot, heavy loads and long distances," he continues.
And referring to the fuel-saving benefits of the truck's Tier 4 Final engine, he adds: "We get a powerful, reliable performance and save approximately 2.5 to 3 litres of fuel per hour, which really adds up."
The magnetic attachment used on the new 32 tonne Hyster truck was built by LC Project, a business unit of La Cisa that designs and manufactures specialist attachments for the metal industry.