Fork lift truck manufacturers have invested heavily in finding alternatives to internal combustion and battery power, and a lot of them are already available. Bob Hine, technical consultant to BITA, says the European Commission is now homing in on two key
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Forklift truck drivers have the highest exposure to diesel engine exhaust emissions in the surface industry, equivalent to that of workers in coal mines, according to a survey by the Health & Safety Executive.
Toyota’s newest engine-powered forklift – the Tonero – has been designed to cut out harmful substances such as asbestos, cadmium and mercury, and is also lead and hexavalent chromium-free.
More than a quarter of fork lifts used in Europe and almost half in the US are powered by internal combustion engines. In the future, such significant engine use will create problems
Both short and long term exposure to particulate matter can cause respiratory and cardiovascular illness and even death. Pyroban Envirosafe has developed a diesel particulate filter system, designed to reduce particulate matter in exhaust emissions by up
l Biomass fuels – sourced from agricultural by-products such as straw, forestry by-products, residues from agro-processing of crops and energy crops that have been specifically grown as energy carriers.
Delphi Automotive Systems has designed an innovative picking process to meet the challenge of supplying, in assembly line sequence, the correct suspension module for each corner of more than 5,200 vehicles per week.
Express operator TNT has introduced a system using DLoG vehicle mounted terminals on its tugs to manage the movement trailers at its parcel hubs.
Elettric 80 has completed phase two of an end-of-line automation solution for J Garcia Carrión, the producer of the Don Simon range of products which includes fruit juices, wines, soft drinks and soups.
Visitors to the Commercial Vehicle Show at the NEC last month will have seen Skills for Logistics campaigning hard to persuade companies to take up public funds for training.
