Forklifts
A forklift truck, a lift truck, a High/Low or a forklift and
sideloader is a powered industrial truck used to lift and transport
materials, normally by means of steel forks inserted under the
load. Forklifts are most commonly used to move loads stored
on pallets.
The forklift was developed in the 1920s by various companies
including the transmission manufacturing company Clark (today
known as Clark Material Handling Company) and the hoist company
Yale & Towne Manufacturing (today known as Yale Materials Handling
Corporation)[1]. It has since become an indispensable piece
of equipment in manufacturing and warehousing operations.
Design Types
There are many national and/or continental associations related
to the industrial trucks. The three major ones are the Industrial
Truck Association (North America), the Fédération Européenne
de la Manutention (Europe), and the Japan Industrial Vehicles
Association (Japan). There are many significant contacts among
them and they have established joint statistical and engineering
programs. One program is the WITS (World Industrial Trucks Statistics)
published every month to the association memberships. The statistics
are separated by area (continent), country, and class of machine.
While the statistics are generic, and do not count production
from most of the smaller manufacturers, the information is significant
for its depth. These contacts have brought to a common definition
of the Class System, which all the major manufacturers adhere
to.
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Wikipedia article "Forklift
Truck".
Forklift Latest News:
- Pepper spray, forklift used in Ont. copper heist (Windsor Star)
BURLINGTON -- Two workers locking up a Burlington business Thursday night were pepper sprayed and bound by three suspects, who then used a forklift to swipe $115,000 worth of copper, Halton Regional Police said.
forklift 13 Oct 2008 - 13 state drivers added to UPS ?Circle of Honor? (Muskogee Phoenix)
OKLAHOMA CITY ? Thirteen elite drivers from Oklahoma are among 692 nationwide newly inducted into the Circle of Honor, an honorary organization for UPS drivers who have achieved 25 or more years of accident-free driving.
forklift 13 Oct 2008 - Manatee Rescued In Mass. Dies On Ride To Florida (WJXT Jacksonville)
BOSTON -- The wayward Manatee that was rescued from cold waters off Cape Cod Saturday morning died during a 20-hour ride to Florida, officials at Sea World said Sunday afternoon.
forklift 13 Oct 2008 - Rescued manatee dies (Boston Herald)
The wayward manatee that was rescued in Cape Cod on Saturday morning died during a 20-hour ride to Florida, officials at SeaWorld said yesterday afternoon. The cause...
forklift 13 Oct 2008 - Forklift Scale Instruments support bar code scanners. (ThomasNet)
Designed exclusively for forklift scales, FLI 425 features 7 in. TFT color LCD display and can display up to 19 data fields simultaneously. Unit includes 4 hard keys for quick operator training, Windows CE.NET Platform for compatibility with existing Information System infrastructures, and data transmission via serial ports, USB, or Ethernet. For simpler weighing needs, compact FLI 225 provides ...
forklift 13 Oct 2008 - Wayward manatee headed to Florida for rehabilitation (Detroit Free Press)
DENNIS, Mass. ? A wayward manatee is headed home to Florida after being pulled from frigid Cape Cod waters in an early morning rescue.
forklift 13 Oct 2008 - Manatee Dies While Traveling To Florida (WBZ Boston)
The manatee rescued from the cold Cape waters has died while en route to Florida.
forklift 13 Oct 2008 - Workers accidentally started fire at recycling yard (ABC via Yahoo!7 News)
Queensland firefighters say two workers accidentally sparked yesterday's fire in a Brisbane car recycling yard.
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