Municipal vehicles - garbage trucks MK-3548-14 on the base chassis MAZ-6516C9-560-001, are designed for mechanized collection, pressing and removal of waste accumulated in containers 7,8 - 8,0 m3. They consist of specialized equipment installed on the truck chassis with a frame body, unloading plate and tailgate with a pressing mechanism, a device for waste transfer from containers (portal device), hydraulic system, automatic control of the pressing mechanism. The drive of all mechanisms of the garbage truck is hydraulic.

The materials were selected, mass-dimensional and energy characteristics were optimized in order to ensure load capacity, minimum loading time, limitation of noise impact, reliability and service life.

The equipment meets the requirements of the Technical Regulation of the Customs Union ʻOn the Safety of Wheeled Vehiclesʼ TP CU 018/2011 and we confirm compliance with the requirements of current standards, including Directives UNI-EN 1 501 -1 -2007, EN 1 501 -2-2008 for vehicles for public utilities. The most important innovation in municipal vehicles - garbage trucks MK-3548-14 is the increased productivity of the pressing mechanism, which provides a twofold excess of the requirements and makes one full cycle in 26 - 28 seconds. The body is a  welded frame metal structure consisting of steel sheets with thickness of 4 mm steel 09G2S, channels and steel square tubes in the base and closed front and rear contours. The unloading plate consists of a steel plate reinforced with profiles and a frame with guide elements.

In the lower part of the plate there is a central pivot for attaching a double-acting telescopic hydraulic cylinder. To avoid misalignment, the unloading plate moves along the body on the side guides located on the side panels of the body. The plate is a moving front wall of the body. During loading, it serves as a resistance element to the pressure of the waste to be compacted. The hydraulic control system, by regulating the step-by-step movement of the unloading plate during the loading process, ensures that the waste is pressed evenly over the entire body volume. In addition, the unloading plate unloads waste from the body when the tailgate is open.

The tailgate is a welded metal structure and serves for fixing the compacting mechanism in it. The tailgate is pivotally hinged to the body at its upper part and is held in the lower part by clips. The side panels of the tailgate are equipped with two guides with 3 mm thick wear plates made of Hardox 450 steel. The feed plate of the pressing mechanism runs along the guides of the tailgate. At the bottom of the tailgate, between the side walls, the hopper is welded in with the capacity of 2.5 m3. For draining liquid fractions from the loading hopper there are two openings closed by screw plugs or cocks. The gantry mechanism: the main elements of the gantry mechanism are booms mounted on the tailgate and outriggers mounted on the body.

The drive of the moving elements of the gantry mechanism is hydraulic. The gantry mechanism boom is a welded metal structure consisting of left and right beams fastened together by a cross bar and two catchers limiting the movement of the container relative to the tailgate in the process of reloading. The boom is pivotally hinged to the tailgate supports. The boom is risen and lowered by two hydraulic cylinders.

A metal container with the volume of 7.8 - 8.0 m3 is attached to the boom by means of a suspension consisting of four chains with hooks. The pressing mechanism consists of a feed plate (carriage) and a press plate (knife) articulated with it, moving along two guides. The pressing mechanism is mounted on the tailgate. The feed plate (carriage) is a rigid steel structure reinforced with profiles.

The feeder plate moves along the two guides of the tailgate, ensuring loading and pressing at a speed of 1 cycle in 30 sec. or about 5.0 m3 per 1 min. The feed plate (carriage) to which the press plate (knife) is attached is made of Hardox 450 steel, is driven by two hydraulic cylinders and moves in the side guides of the tailgate. Modern polymeric materials with long service life in dirty conditions (antifriction material (caprolon) are used in friction units. The pressing plate (knife) is pivotally hinged to the lower part of the feed plate.

The knife is a rigid steel structure reinforced with ribs. With the help of hydraulic cylinders, the knife can be rotated to clean the hopper from the  loaded waste and when the carriage is lifted, it presses the waste into the body. The hydraulic system - type HDC (Heavy Duty Components) consists of top quality components (fittings according to DIN 2353 and tubes according to DIN 2391). All components are made by leading European manufacturers - SALAMI, GALTECH, OMFB, CAST S.p.A. The automatic control system MKZ-A04-05 version 01 (hereinafter referred to as ACS) is designed to control the hydraulic system of the machine in manual and automatic modes. The automatic control system consists of automatic unit БА-01, push-button panels ПУ-01, ПУ-02 and sensors. The automatic control system is powered from the on-board network of the vehicle.

Additional equipment of the garbage truck. Mandatory - to illuminate the working area in the dark, the garbage truck is equipped with a working area illumination headlight located on the rear side, side reflective devices not a triangular in shape, combined with side parking lights, license plate illumination lights, side repeaters, rear contour lights.