Forklift plays a very important role in the logistics system of enterprises and is the main force of material handling equipment. Widely used in stations, ports, airports, factories, warehouses and other departments of the national economy, is mechanized loading and unloading, stacking and short distance transportation efficient equipment. The self-propelled forklift appeared in 1917. Forklifts were developed during World War II. China began to manufacture forklifts in the early 1950s. Especially with the rapid development of China’s economy, the material handling of most enterprises has been separated from the original manual handling, replaced by mechanized handling based on forklifts. Therefore, in the past few years, the demand of China’s forklift market has been growing at a double-digit rate every year.
At present, there are many brands to choose from in the market, and the models are complex. In addition, the products themselves are technically strong and very professional. Therefore, the choice of models and suppliers are often faced by many enterprises. This paper focuses on model selection, brand selection, performance evaluation standards and other aspects. Generally using diesel, gasoline, liquefied petroleum gas or natural gas engine as the power, load capacity of 1.2 ~ 8.0 tons, working channel width is generally 3.5 ~ 5.0 meters, considering the exhaust emissions and noise problem, usually used in outdoor, workshop or other exhaust emissions and noise no special requirements. Due to the convenience of refueling, continuous operation can be achieved for a long time, and it is capable of working in harsh conditions (such as rainy weather).
The basic operation function of forklift is divided into horizontal handling, stacking/picking, loading/unloading and picking. According to the operation function to be achieved by the enterprise can be preliminarily determined from the models introduced above. In addition, special operating functions will affect the configuration of the forklift body, such as carrying paper rolls, hot iron, etc., which requires the installation of forklift equipment to complete the special function. The operation requirements of forklift truck include pallet or cargo specifications, lifting height, operation channel width, climbing slope and other general requirements. At the same time, it is necessary to consider the operation efficiency (different models have different efficiency), operation habits (such as accustomed to sitting or standing driving) and other requirements.
If the enterprise needs to transport goods or warehouse environment on noise or exhaust emissions and other environmental requirements, in the choice of models and configuration should be considered. If it is in cold storage or in the environment with explosion-proof requirements, the configuration of forklift should also be cold storage type or explosion-proof type. Carefully inspect the locations that forklift trucks need to pass through during operation, and imagine possible problems, such as whether the door height has an impact on forklift trucks; When entering or leaving the elevator, the influence of the elevator height and bearing capacity on the forklift; When working upstairs, whether the floor load meets the corresponding requirements, and so on.
For example, low-driving three-way stacker forklift and high-driving three-way stacker forklift belong to narrow channel forklift series, which can complete stacker and pickup within a very narrow channel (1.5 ~ 2.0 meters). But the former cab can not be improved, so the operating vision is poor, the work efficiency is low. Therefore, most suppliers focus on the development of high-driving three-way stacker forklifts, while low-driving three-way stacker forklifts are only used in the working conditions of small ton level and low lifting height (generally within 6 meters). When the market sales are small, the number of after-sales engineers, engineer experience, and equal service ability of spare parts inventory will be relatively weak
Post time: Oct-07-2021