This domestic Rotyx device is indeed interesting. I’d immediately want to put on my Finland-tinted glasses, play Den glider in, and declare Finland’s victory in the excavator international match in the town square. However, the matter is not quite so straightforward.
An old-new invention. Germans launched such a tiltrotator already about ten years ago. The manufacturer was Kinshoffer and the product name NOX. The exact same idea as Rotyx, implemented with different technical solutions. The same tilt angles compared to the domestic competitor. The idea is very good, and some units have been sold in Finland over the years. However, greater success did not come, as the product did not withstand Nordic conditions, and repairing the device proved to be very expensive. A simplified example: If the tilt hydraulic cylinder of an Engcon tiltrotator breaks, it can be replaced quickly as a single part, and replacement is easy. If something broke in a NOX, the fault was usually inside the device, requiring the device to be disassembled, and repairs were more expensive, both in terms of parts and labor. Added to this was the machine’s downtime.
In the long run, this leads to a used machine with a NOX being difficult to sell, and the tiltrotator no longer adds value. Often quite the opposite. The same suspicion applies to Rotyx, although I have no personal experience with its durability. This also applies to tilts from other smaller manufacturers when changing machines. In contrast, a used machine equipped with a major brand tiltrotator sells well, the price is better, and it’s a safer option for the buyer.
As major brands, Engcon, Rototilt, and Steelwrist set the guidelines. In Finland, also Marttiini, whose product is proven good. However, on a large scale, a really small competitor.
My own analysis: The market will likely be divided among the three biggest players. Tiltrotators have also come to other parts of the world to stay, as the Nordics have shown. The question is only how quickly this happens, as the industry is quite conservative. Good successes have already been seen, for example, in France and the United States. The French deal mentioned in previous messages was rare in that it went directly to the end-user. Usually, tiltrotators are sold through machine dealers with a new machine. I could imagine the margin also being different when going directly to the end-user.
I truly hope that domestic Rotyx or Marttiini can reach the podium in this race. While waiting, ABBA plays on the radio.
