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, 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.
- 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 direction of 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.