Currently on the market forklift type is mainly electric forklift and fuel forklift two, many people think that these two kinds of equipment in addition to different power sources are the same, in fact, electric forklift and fuel forklift or have a big difference. The following is a brief introduction to the difference between the two types of equipment, to facilitate your choice.
Fuel forklift features and working environment
(1) Counterbalanced diesel forklift: larger, but its stability is good, suitable for heavy loads, the use of unlimited time, the use of space is generally outdoors. Compared with the petrol engine, the diesel engine has better power (low speed is not easy to stall, overload capacity, long time operation ability), low fuel cost. But vibration, noise, exhaust, self-importance, high price, load weight from 0.5 tonnes to 45 tonnes.
(2) Counterbalanced petrol fork: larger, but its stability is good, suitable for heavy loads, the use of unlimited time, the use of the site is generally outdoors. Petrol engine shape is small, light weight, high output power, low noise and vibration and low price, but the overload capacity of petrol engine, the ability to work for a long time is poor, the fuel cost is quite high. Load weight can be from 0.5 tonnes to 4.5 tonnes.
(3) Counterbalanced LPG forklift truck is a counterbalanced gasoline forklift truck equipped with LPG conversion device, that is, it becomes an LPG forklift truck, through the conversion switch can be used to switch between gasoline and LPG. The advantages of forklift are good exhaust emission, carbon monoxide (CO) emission is obviously less than gasoline engine, low fuel cost (15KG of LPG is equivalent to 20 litres of gasoline), and suitable for indoor work with high environmental requirements.
Characteristics and working environment of electric forklift
(1) Electric pallet forklift: the main function of electric pallet forklift is to realise the point-to-point movement of the pallet goods on the plane, so there is no gantry lifting system, which is suitable for the places focusing on the handling without the need of stacking, and there are three types of self-propelled, station-driven, and sitting-driven, with different costs.
(2) Electric pallet stacking forklift: Electric pallet stacking forklift is a kind of light indoor lifting and stacking equipment, focusing on stacking function, due to the light body. It is suitable for the handling of small and light materials in floor-type warehouses or other narrow places.
(3) Forward moving forklift: the lifting mechanism of forward moving forklift can move back and forth in the longitudinal direction of the forklift. When picking up the goods, the centre of gravity of the goods falls on the wheels. The centre of gravity of the goods falls within the four pivot points formed by the wheels. Therefore, the forklift truck has better flexibility, high lifting safety and stability. Its load range is usually 1-2.5 tonnes, lifting height up to 12 metres. But because the wheels are small. Passage is limited, and because of the complex structure, high cost, so it is suitable for narrow space, lifting height requirements of high places, mostly used in high-level warehousing warehouse.
(4) universal electric forklift: universal electric forklift can travel in all directions, in addition to having the main features of counterbalanced forklift, three wheels can be any angle consistently travelling in one direction, so the type of steering is flexible, after the forklift goods, according to the site limitations of the in-situ steering to move the forklift in any direction. This model solves the steering problem of long materials in narrow space, which greatly saves space and can realise diagonal palletising and dismantling in train and car compartments.
In general, electric forklift compared to fuel forklift is more easy to operate, and energy efficient, and has the characteristics of non-pollution, more in line with the current energy saving, environmental protection and pollution-free features; while fuel forklift equipment is more stable, the use of time will not be limited. You can choose the right type of equipment according to your own use of the environment and the use of demand.
