Types of Specialty Forklift Forks
Depending on your operational needs, forklifts can be more versatile if equipped with specialty forks. There is a wide range of forks and attachments to increase productivity. Here are some of the more common types for specialty forks. Fork Extensions – extensions or extenders are probably the most common type of specialty fork. They simply slide…
Materials Handling & Storage Glossary: Rail Vs Wire Guidance
Available new warehouse space continues to be limited and expensive. One solution has been for warehouses to shrink their aisle widths and replace traditional forklifts with narrow aisle reach forklifts. Other warehouses, with high ceilings, reduce their aisles even more and introduce very narrow aisle (VNA) forklifts, such as order pickers and turret trucks. Some…
Three Considerations for Gaining Efficiency in AMR Deployments
If you are investigating automating pallet moves in your facility, there are three main things you need to consider.
Top 3 Applications for AMRs
There are many operations that can benefit from utilizing Autonomous Mobile Robots (or AMRs).
Materials Handling & Storage Glossary: Reverse Steering
Traditional forklifts are set up with forward steering, based on the operator primarily travelling forks first, with the load out front.
Eastern Lift Truck Co. is Now a JCB Industrial Equipment Dealer
We are excited to announce, Eastern Lift Truck Co. recently signed a dealer agreement, to represent the JCB Industrial line of equipment in Delaware, New Jersey, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Washington D.C.
Slip Sheet and Push Pull Attachments
A slip sheet is the name given to the thin, flat corrugated cardboard, plastic, or other type of laminated paper, used to store and move product, in place of traditional pallets.
How Automation Pays for Itself
In today’s marketplace, robotics and automation are gaining traction in places that never considered them before.
Materials Handling & Storage Glossary: Mast
What’s the first thing you think of when you read the word mast? Most people (outside our industry) think of a sailboat.
Materials Handling & Storage Glossary: Sideloader
A sideloader in the material handling world is a specialized forklift designed to move sideways through tight spaces, moving long, sometimes awkwardly shaped, loads, that cannot be safely moved with a traditional forklift.
Top Five Data Points for Designing an AMR Project
No matter what type of Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMR) project you have in mind for your facility, you will need five key points of data to start the process.
Top Forklift Attachments for Increased Productivity
Productivity and throughput are more important than ever to keep our supply chain moving.
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