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Forklift Truck Terms
– American Society of Mechanical Engineers
(ASME) standard of safety for low-lift and high-lift trucks, approved
by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI).
– The distribution
of the load to the wheel axles in a weighed down or unloaded condition.
– Measurement between the inside of the baselegs, from
the narrowest point.
– A compilation of several orders zoned for optimum pick rate,
which are sorted at a centralized location.
– The term given
to a vehicle, which is equipped for forward and reverse travel.
– A support structure for forks or attachments, generally roller
mounted, which travels vertically within the mast of a fork truck.
– Used to hold or transport items selected to fill an order condition,
often customized to meet particular needs.
– Hydraulic operated blade attachment that is fitted to
forklift trucks and allows handling of cartons without the use of pallets.
– One or more boards comprising the top or bottom exterior of a
pallet.
– Protects the
driver of a forklift truck from weather conditions when outdoors or in
a cooler or freezer or falling elements
indoors.
– Total stop time spent at pick front.
– Horizontal projections suspended from the carriage to support
loads.
– The distance, horizontally, from the fork face
and fork heel intersection, to the center of gravity of the load.
– The distance, vertically, from the carrying surface
of the fork to the center of gravity of the load.
– Referring to reach and straddle trucks, those wheels that
are located in the baselegs.
– The velocity
in FPM of the lowering load carriage in its operating range, for loaded
and empty conditions.
– The device or container objects are deposited in or on by the
one who picks.
– Half the diameter of a circle made by the outermost
projection of the truck.
– A carrying structure to
support loads with stringers and decks with openings to allow pick up
by a fork truck. (http://www.plastic-pallets.net)
– The process of locating, counting and retrieving an item for transportation
to another area or for customer retrieval.
– Part of a larger side guidance system used for forklift
trucks. It also absorbs vehicle weights.
– A steering
option resulting in the vehicle turning to the right when steering wheel
is turned counterclockwise and the operator
is facing opposite the direction of the forks.
– A very common lift
truck attachment. The sideshift device allows the fork carriage to slide
left and right to allow more precise placement of a cargo.
– A pallet having no bottom deck.
– Continuous, longitudinal, solid or notched beam section of
the pallet used to support deck components, often recognized by location
as the outside or center stringer.
– A
list of truck models that is used by insurance companies to determine
the rates for coverage. The
Underwriter's Laboratories is an independent testing agency.
– The measurement
of the effect the truck axle loading has on the floor it operates on.
The two types of it are: Force (concentrated
reaction per tire, in pounds, exerted by wheel on the floor) and P.S.I.
(the wheel loading, in pounds, divided by the wheel contact area in square
inches).
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