Propane cylinders take up little space and they can be kept either outside of a facility or inside of a storage area. It does take some time to switch out a propane cylinder, though, it still does need knowledge of safety standards like the Occupational Health and Safety Administration or OSHA and also requires operator training in order to be conducted safely.
Compared to the electric forklift, internal combustion forklifts are faster and easier to refuel. Nonetheless, the IC engine does create polluting emissions and are really noisy.
NARROW-AISLE FORKLIFTS
The ITA's Class 2 trucks include a huge variety of electric forklifts and these are specifically designed to be used in narrow aisles. The typical storage aisles are 12 feet wide, and this easily allows a counterbalanced forklift to turn in the aisle and put a load away. Normally, narrow aisles are 8 feet wide, whereas the very narrow aisles are approximately 5.5 to 6 feet wide. These narrow aisles require specialized forklifts which could put away loads without any turning at all or that are small enough to turn on a tight radius.
Turret trucks, order pickers and reach trucks are 3 of the most common narrow-aisle forklifts. The differences among these lift trucks are discussed below.
Narrow-Aisle Reach Forklifts
The original narrow-aisle forklift is considered to be the traditional reach truck. These equipment do not need a big counterweight and are thus, small enough to turn in narrow aisles. Instead, stability is provided by the outrigger arms which extend in front of the forklifts. Nevertheless, these outrigger arms could prevent the lift trucks from getting close enough to the storage rack to deposit and retrieve loads, depending on the storage configuration. To be able to overcome this situation, a pantograph was designed. The pantograph is a reach truck which is made with a telescoping device. This enables forks to reach into storage areas concisely and easily.
The best environment for narrow aisle forklifts is a place which has good lighting, clean floors and well maintained floor, good traffic flow, in addition to sufficient turning space.
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