Material Handling Equipment - Industrial and Systems Engineering
Material Handling Equipment - Industrial and Systems Engineering
Material Handling Equipment - Industrial and Systems Engineering
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7. INDUSTRIAL TRUCKS3. Forks: attachment can be either an enhancement or replacement for the forksEnhancements:(a) Blades (platens)—used together with Push/Pull for slipsheet h<strong>and</strong>ling(b) Length—shorten, lengthen, or extendableReplacements:(a) Blades for slipsheets—can replace forks for slipsheet h<strong>and</strong>ling(b) Clamps—carton, bale, roll, or barrel(c) Ram—used for coils(d) Shovel(e) Block Forks—more than two forks for h<strong>and</strong>ling nonpalletized loads (e.g., bricks)6. Trailer Hitch7. Radio/RF Data Modem—for communication with the truck operator8. Extra Counter Balance—to increase the load capacity of the truck9. TV—mounted between the forksNarrow-Aisle Lift TrucksNarrow-aisle lift trucks are designed to have a small turning radius when loading/unloading in anaisle or, in the case of turret trucks <strong>and</strong> sideloaders, not to have to turn at all. The major types ofnarrow-aisle trucks listed in Table 9 are the following:6(a). St<strong>and</strong>-up counterbalanced (CB) lift truck7. Narrow-aisle (NA) straddle truck8. Narrow-aisle (NA) reach truck9. Turret truck10. Order picker (less-than-unit load)11. SideloaderExcept for order pickers, all the trucks h<strong>and</strong>le unit loads. Three closely related narrow-aisletrucks are compared in Figure 7.53
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