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Forkliftaction News takes an in-depth look at current trends, challenges and opportunities impacting the materials handling market. Packed with insights from industry experts, you'll learn about the latest emerging technologies and new solutions on the market.
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SPECIAL FEATURE - Pt 1: Battery power - brave new world ahead
Feature Article - 2 Sep 2004 (#173)
Electrical energy generation for forklifts is moving into radically new and evolutionary territory, with hydrogen fuel-cell technologies challenging the status quo, writes BERNARD LEVY in the first of this two-part report.
Industrial Batteries & Chargers: related info
Feature Article - 2 Sep 2004 (#173)
Forkliftaction.com News this week includes more interesting facts and information from the world of industrial batteries and chargers.
Click here to read these items:
* Zinc-air battery challenges conventional rivals
* Europeans unite to ride fuel-cell juggernaut
* Electric and IC forklifts now on 'level playing field'
* Forklift batteries 'lower costs'
* Checklist for charging
Forklift safety products checklist
Feature Article - 19 Aug 2004 (#171)
How many of these products does your company use to improve forklift safety?
(This list was compiled for Forkliftaction.com News by Universal Fleet Services (UFS). UFS specialises in forklift and rolling stock procurement and management for Fortune 1000 companies with multiple locations.)
* Load back-rests
* Operator restraint systems
* Driving lights - forward and reverse
* Turn signals, reversing lights and brake lights
* Operator mirrors
* Fire extinguishers
* Motion alarm systems - reverse, forward or both
* Strobe lights
* Operator access improvements - steps and entry handles
* Semi-suspended and fully-suspended seats - with lumbar support
* Seats with side swivel
* LPG tank filling options - swing out/down brackets
* Throttle control devices
* LPS/GS/EE safety package including electrical emergency disconnect device
* Auto-levelling devices
* Impact monitoring systems
* Operator identification systems
* Remote monitoring equipment
* Catalytic exhaust systems and other environmental exhaust improvements
* Special exhaust and cooling system options
* Electric forklifts with AC control systems
* Operator tether and belt for order-picking equipment
* Mast guards for reach trucks and order-picking equipment
* Emergency lowering system for order-picking equipment
* Non-skid platform for order-picking equipment
* Engine shutdown devices
UFS also recommends the following steps to improve forklift safety:
* Ensure capacity ratings plates are updated should an attachment be added or modified
* Use electronic scales if there are doubts about whether a forklift is within the capacity ratings
* Ensure refuelling stations are designed and maintained to meet OSHA standards, at a minimum
* Note the shelf-life of LP tanks and ensure they are routinely cycled
* Use reversing alarms in areas of high pedestrian traffic
* Choose the best possible lighting option because lighting helps identify obstacles before they become problems.
FORKLIFT SAFETY PRODUCTS FEATURE - PART 1
Feature Article - 5 Aug 2004 (#169)
Safety product spending - a balancing act between the benefits and the bottom line
Innovative forklift safety products are continually being created and refined and are available worldwide at relatively reasonable cost. On the face of it, the benefits of these products would seem self-evident - especially the element of insurance against lost production or the expenses associated with accidents. But among end-users, this is not always the case, writes BERNARD LEVY in the first part of this special report.
FOCUS ON SAFETY (Part 2): Border busters - Forklift safety regulators go global
Feature Article - 22 Jul 2004 (#167)
For decades, workplace safety regulators and industry bodies around the world have been initiating improvements in their own regional and national jurisdictions. Now, they're expanding their horizons and spreading the message through closer international alliances, writes BERNARD LEVY in the final part of this special report.
Raising the safety benchmark - a question of cost, commitment and common sense
Feature Article - 8 Jul 2004 (#165)
Safety can be compared to almost any other intangible commodity - there may be plenty of it available, but the effectiveness of the solution often depends on how much time and money companies are prepared to spend, writes BERNARD LEVY in the first part of this special report.
The spare parts industry - part two
Feature Article - 17 Jun 2004 (#162)
The impact of the internet on local, national and global business in the past decade has been enormous.
The fact that you are reading this article is evidence of that. Not only has the internet positively affected communications and multimedia, but the advent of secure, online payments means companies with an internet presence can trade 24 hours a day at no cost.
Of course the impact the information superhighway has had on materials handling, already a global business, has been phenomenal, but not more so than in the spare parts industry.
An overview of the spare parts industry
Feature Article - 4 Jun 2004 (#160)
The world market for forklift and materials handling spare parts has grown exponentially in recent years.
Giants have emerged, small players have broken in, and the growth of the internet as a business tool has broken down international borders and created a truly global business.
Forkliftaction.com News chief reporter Damien Tomlinson spoke to TVH Group, the Belgian family company that is the world leader in the forklift parts industry with an annual turnover of USD200 million. A second feature on June 17 will include market developments and interviews with the other truly global company, IMC Holdings, or Intrupa, another family business based in the USA.
SAFETY FIRST: WAYNE CHORNOHUS
Feature Article - 27 May 2004 (#159)
After every training session there are always students who say they can't possibly operate properly or they would be unproductive. They say they would be reprimanded if they didn't go fast and take shortcuts. I ask my students to remember the old saying about machinery, "fast is slow, slow is fast". When management and operators realise there is a time to speed up and a time to slow down, accidents will be reduced and productivity will increase.
MATERIALS HANDLING IN JAPAN
Feature Article - 13 May 2004 (#157)
Welcome to Forkliftaction.com News's coverage of the materials handling industry in Japan. The land of the rising sun is a mystery to most, but its reputation for economic efficiency and success is no secret.