Noremat creates a new vehicle category and unveils the Vialys

It is thanks to customer feedback that Noremat, the Lorraine-based manufacturer of roadside verge maintenance equipment, designed the Vialys. The Vialys is a versatile tool for road maintenance
This equipment was designed in collaboration with Dintec, a company based in Nantes.

According to Noremat, roadside verge maintenance equipment has evolved since it first appeared.

Originally intended solely to ensure the safety of road users, it now has secondary functions. Notably the harvesting of biomass from roadside verges, according to Christophe Bachmann, the company's managing director.

This area, which represents 500 000 ha according to Noremat, appears to be an excellent compromise given the regional climate plans, the energy assessments of municipalities with more than 50 000 inhabitants, carbon footprint assessments, and, for example, in times of fodder shortage. I

t is said that, according to Noremat, there is currently no vehicle capable of mowing, brush cutting, collecting verge grass, pruning, chipping branches, salting and scraping.

Noremat therefore drew up a set of specifications in an attempt to meet the needs of those who carry out these operations (municipalities, groupings of municipalities, county councils, motorway companies, private contractors). Versatile attachments

The Vialys is simultaneously equipped with snow clearing attachments (blade, salt spreader) and a mowing/brush cutting/pruning arm.

The arm, mounted within the vehicle's width behind the cab, is equipped with a pump that carries the grass into a hopper attached at the rear.

The platform added at the rear of the vehicle makes it possible to carry another tool or the biomass suction system.

As on all Noremat vehicles, the engine is placed on the left of the vehicle to act as a counterweight to the arm, and would therefore ensure good stability during work.

Technical specifications

All the hydraulic circuits are driven by a Perkins 4-cylinder turbo engine.

The arm, with a reach of 5,50m or 6,40m, comes as standard with the equipment of Noremat arms: reverse safety, double retraction pressure... Dintec designed the engine, chassis, and hydraulic and electrical systems and components for Noremat.

Cab layout The position of the cab at the front of the vehicle aims to give the driver the best possible visibility, both for mowing and snow clearing work.

The cab is fixed for safety reasons when working at the roadside, but the seat swivels by plus or minus 15°.

All the tool controls are grouped on a console on the right-hand side. The suspended cab, the suspended oscillating front axle, the oscillating rear axle and the load transfer to the rear axle are said to offer the driver comfort in the cab.

The Vialys would therefore constitute a new category of vehicles, which Noremat has named Véhicule Service Viabilité (VSV). Design of the Vialys began three years ago and it is expected to be marketed in the 2 half of 2012.