Archive: Technology

The rise in popularity of electric forklifts in conjunction with continued environmental concerns surround greenhouse gas emissions and availability of natural resources has led to manufacturers researching and designing a new type of forklift powered by hydrogen fuel cells.

This week’s blog and discusses some of the advantages of hydrogen powered forklifts.

Two mechanical aids that can be installed to assist in the safe storage or removal of goods at heights, these being camera or laser level systems.

A brief overview of the advantages and why companies should invest in AGV’s.

Adaptalift Hyster recently collaborated with Coca-Cola Amatil (CCA) on a project to modify CCA’s battery room at their Eastern Creek site in New South Wales. Adaptalift Hyster has been supplying CCA’s materials handling solutions for over a decade.

There is a growing amount of controversy surrounding the use of automated guided vehicles, or AGV’s, within the materials handling industry.

The EPA first launched regulations on the 130-560kw diesel engine category. They then introduced the same regulations for the 56-129kw diesel engines a year later.

While manufacturers currently employ two forms of automated data collection: barcodes and RFID systems; there is much hype as to whether RFID will end up taking over the barcode.