Propane cylinders are designed to take up really little space and can be kept in an outdoor facility or inside the storage area. It does take some time to switch out a propane cylinder, though, it still does requires operator training in order to be conducted safely and also need knowledge of safety standards like the Occupational Health and Safety Administration or OSHA.
Internal combustion lift trucks are faster and easier to refuel, than electric trucks, but the internal combustion or IC engines produce major air-polluting emissions and are very noisy.
NARROW-AISLE LIFT TRUCKS
The Class 2 lift trucks consists of many types of forklift which are specifically designed to be used in narrow aisles. The standard 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 around 5.5 to 6 feet wide. These narrow aisles need specialized forklifts which can put away loads without any turning at all or which are small enough to turn on a tight radius.
Turret trucks, order pickers and reach trucks are 3 of the most common narrow-aisle trucks. The differences among these trucks are discussed below.
Narrow-Aisle Reach Forklifts
The conventional reach truck is the original narrow-aisle lift truck and these machines do not require a counterweight. They are also small enough to turn around in narrow aisles. Instead, stability is provided by the outrigger arms that extend in front of the forklifts. However, these outrigger arms can prevent the trucks from getting near enough to the storage rack to retrieve and deposit cargo, depending on the storage configuration. In order to overcome this specific situation, a pantograph was designed. The pantograph is really a reach truck that is designed with a telescoping mechanism. This allows forks to concisely and easily reach into storage locations.
The ideal environment for a narrow-aisle lift truck is a place which is clean, has good lighting, and has good traffic flow, well-maintained floors, as well as an ample turning aisle.
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