The IFOY Winners' Path

The IFOY winners’ path
Hard Facts
The IFOY test team assess the hard performance facts for every truck
on an individual and application-oriented course.
Counter Balanced Truck
Special of the Year AGV / Shuttle Special Vehicle Warehouse Trucks
Intralogistics Solution
The award goes to the best
counter balanced truck in the
categories
lifting weights up to 3,5 t
lifting weights from 3,51 t
The award goes to the best materials
handling equipment in the categories
lowlifter up to approx. 6 meters
highlifter from approx. 6 meters
i.e. pedestrian-controlled lowlift trucks,
lift trucks, tow tractors,
tugger trains, order-picking
trucks, etc.
The award goes to
forklifts and vehicles
for special tasks:
Container stackers,
transportable forklifts,
heavy-load forklift from
8 tons, special special
vehicle manufacturing.
The award goes to shuttle systems, driverless
transport systems (automated guided
vehicle), automated/partially automated materials
handling equipment in the context of
the application options.
The award goes to a component/technical
detail that significantly improves
economics, usability or environmental
impact, i.e. ergonomic
innovations, safety assistant
solutions, automation
solutions, drive technology,
etc.
The award goes to the best warehouse solution
concept at the customer’s location or an intralogistics
system or software solution
in the context of the
application options like
warehouse management
systems, logistics software,
fleet management etc.
Entry and Nomination
The Best of the Best
Winning an IFOY is not easy (International Forklift
Truck of the Year Award).
In a multi-level procedure, the entrants must take
several hurdles before they are admitted to the testing
week. The jury assesses technology, design,
ergonomics, handling, safety, cost effectiveness
and sustainability and most importantly, the innovativeness
of each entrant. Every juror then nominates
the most convincing newly developed trucks
for the testing phase. These nominations are made
public. A maximum of five trucks and/or solutions
from each category can continue to further evaluation.
Entry: www.ifoy.org
The Innovation
Check
Scientific Expertise
One of the key assessment criteria
for the IFOY Award is the Innovation Check,
which is conducted by the Fraunhofer Institute for
Material Flow and Logistics (IML) in Dortmund
and the Professorship of Machine Elements and
Technical Logistics at the Helmut-Schmidt-University,
in Hamburg. During the testing week, the
scientists examine each nominee, weighing the
value of its innovations against the market standards.
Dialogue and Discussion
Presentation of the Manufacturers
In the Intralogistics Solution category, the nominated
manufacturers present their project to the
jury.
In the three categories AGV/Shuttle, Special Vehicle
and Special of the Year, IFOY testers and
jurors alike scrutinize the nominees in a (live-)
presentation and/or
a driving test on
the test parcours.
1000 kg
1
Forklift Course
Assessment by the IFOY Tester
1. Start at point B and go to point A,
pick up 1/3 load.
2. Bring load to point B through the curve
(vehicles over 2 t use the turning point).
3. Lift load 3 times up to 2 m.
4. Put 1/3 load on the ground at point B.
5. Go reverse through obstacle course
without load to point A.
6. Drive the same course forwards to point B
(vehicles over 2 t use the turning point).
7. Pick up load and lift 3 times to 2 m.
8. Bring load to point A.
9. Return to point B without load.
10. Repeat the cycle with 2/3 load.
35 meters
start + stopp
Analysis and Decision
Judgement by the Jury
3
Soft Facts
Assessment by the
tester and the jurors
1500 kg
5,5
meters
normal capacity
2/3
1/3
Jury members drive nominated trucks personally. in the following
jury meetings, the data and impressions collected in
the drivers test report, the IFOY Test, the Innovation Check
and from the manufacturers (live-) presentations on test day
are discussed. In the course of this debate the winning concept
emerges.
These assessments weigh in on the innovative quality,
technology, design, ergonomics, handling, safety, cost effectiveness
and sustainability. In the category intralogistics
solutions“, the primary criteria is the innovation proven by
the integrated intralogistics solution in a specific application. The solution is assessed
especially in terms of novelty/innovative quality, customer benefit, sustainability
and marketability.
2
4
A
5
meters
– First impression
– Entrance
– Working position
– Activate Truck
25 meters
obstacles
Warehouse Course
Assessment by the IFOY Tester,
Example Reach Trucks
(no rackings is used in the test)
– Hydraulics
– Steering
– Sight
– Safety elements
– Parking truck
– Driving and
turning
– Sustainability
B
turning point
for vehicles
over 2t
start + stop
1. Start at start/stop, go to point 1. Pick up a 1000 kg
load and lift it to 5 m.
2. Bring load to point 2, lift it to 5 m and put it on the
ground. Leave load.
3. Go to point 3 and pick up a 1500 kg load.
4. Bring load to point 4 and put it on the ground.
5. Go to point 2, pick up a 1000 kg load and lift it to 5 m.
6. Bring load to point 1, lift it to 5 m and put it on the
ground level where it originally was. Leave load.
7. Go to point 4, pick up a 1500 kg load.
8. Bring the load to point 3, put it on the ground.
9. Go to start/stop and stop there.
– daily maintanance