Forklift plays a very important role in the enterprise's logistics system, is the main force in the material handling equipment. Widely used in railway stations, ports, airports, factories, warehouses and other sectors of the national economy, is a highly efficient mechanized equipment handling, stacking and short-distance transport. Self-propelled truck appeared in 1917. During World War II, the truck developed. China from the early 1950s began manufacturing forklifts. Especially with the rapid development of China's economy, most enterprises have been away from the original material handling manual handling,
is replaced mainly mechanized handling. Thus, in the past few years, the demand for Chinese forklift market are double-digit annual growth rate.
Currently on the market to choose from truck brands, models of complex, coupled with strong technology and product itself is very professional, so the choice of models, vendor selection is a lot of optional enterprises often face. This paper introduces the model selection, brand selection, performance criteria and other aspects.
the model selection
Industry needs models and configurations.
1. Vehicle Classification
Forklift generally can be divided into three categories: internal combustion forklifts, electric
Lpg Forklift Trucks and warehouse trucks.
(1) internal combustion forklifts
Internal combustion forklifts is divided into ordinary internal combustion forklifts, heavy trucks, container trucks and sides of the truck.
① ordinary internal combustion
lpg forklifts
Generally use diesel, gasoline, liquefied petroleum gas or natural gas engines as power, load capacity of 1.2 to 8.0 tons, the operating channel width is generally 3.5 to 5.0 m, taking into account the emissions and noise problems, usually outdoors, workshop or other for exhaust emissions and noise do not require special place. Due to convenient refueling, it can achieve long-time continuous operation, but also capable of performing (such as rain) to work in harsh environments.
② Forklift Trucks
A diesel engine as power, load capacity from 10.0 to 52.0 tons, generally used for heavier cargo terminals, steel and other industries outdoor jobs.
③ Container Handler
A diesel engine as power, load capacity of 8.0 to 45.0 tons, is generally divided into the empty box stacker, heavy container forklift and reachstacker. Applied to container handling, such as container yard or port terminal operations.
④ Sideloader
A diesel engine as power, load capacity of 3.0 to 6.0 tons. Without turning, the fork has the ability to take the goods directly from the side, so the main fork to take a long bar used goods, such as wood, steel and so on.
(2) Electric Forklift
With motor-driven, battery energy. Carrying capacity of 1.0 to 4.8 tons, the operating channel width is generally 3.5 to 5.0 m. Since there is no pollution, low noise, it is widely used on the environment require a higher conditions, such as medicine, food and other industries. Since each cell is generally about eight hours at work needs to be charged, so for multi-shift working condition with battery backup.
(3) warehouse forklift
Warehouse forklift mainly for cargo handling and warehouse forklift design. Apart from a few warehouse forklift (such as hand pallet truck) is the use of human-driven, others are driven by an electric motor, because the body is compact, mobile and flexible, light weight and good environmental performance and have been widely used in the warehousing industry. When multi-shift operations, warehouse forklift motor-driven need battery backup.
① Electric Pallet Truck
Carrying capacity of 1.6 to 3.0 tons, the operating channel width is generally 2.3 to 2.8 m, fork lift height is generally about 210mm, mainly used for horizontal transport and cargo handling within the warehouse. Generally stand-walk-and two operating modes, you can choose according to efficiency requirements.
② electric pallet stacker forklifts
Carrying capacity of 1.0 to 1.6 tons, the operating channel width is generally 2.3 to 2.8 meters, the structure more than the door frame electric pallet trucks, fork lift height is generally within 4.8 meters, mainly for cargo warehouse stacking and loading and unloading.
③ reach truck
Carrying capacity of 1.0 to 2.5 tons, the whole door frame can move forward or retracted retracted operating channel width is generally 2.7 to 3.2 meters, lifting height up to about 11 meters, commonly used in the warehouse of medium height stacking, taking cargo operations.
④ electric order pickers
In certain conditions (such as supermarket distribution centers), does not require a whole pallet shipments, but in accordance with a variety of order picking up a variety of cargo pallets, this link is called picking. According to the height of the picking of goods, electric order pickers can be divided into low-pickers (within 2.5 meters) and the high order pickers (up to 10 m). Carrying capacity of 2.0 to 2.5 tons (low), 1.0 to 1.2 tons (in high, with cab upgrade).
⑤ low drive three stacking forklift
Usually equipped with a three-stacking head, forklifts do not need to turn, rotate the fork can be achieved and pick up the goods stacked on both sides of the channel width of 1.5 to 2.0 meters, lifting height up to 12 meters. Truck cab can not always upgrade in the ground, taking into account the limitations operative field, mainly for lifting height of less than six meters in working condition.
⑥ driving three high stacking forklift
Driving with low stacking three similar truck driving three high stacking forklift is also equipped with a width of 1.5 to 2.0 m three stacking head, channel, lifting height of up to 14.5 meters. Can enhance their cab, the driver can clearly observe any height of the cargo, the job can also be chosen. Three high stacking forklift driving efficiency and performance are superior to a variety of low-stacking forklift driver three, so the models have been gradually replacing the low three-stacking forklift driver.
⑦ electric tractor
Tractor using a motor-driven, with its towing capacity (3.0 to 25 tons), followed by pulling a few loading cargo car. Often used for transportation between the workshop or workshop large number of goods, such as automobile manufacturing warehouse to the assembly line of transportation, airport luggage transport.
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