Five trends in the future development of electric forklifts

The forklift market has become increasingly competitive. Foreign-funded enterprises have occupied the high-end market and started to attack the low-end market. In the face of development opportunities and fierce competition, the future development trend of forklift products should cause the industry's attention.

One of the trends: Serialization and large-scale serialization are important trends in the development of forklifts. Major foreign companies have gradually realized the serialization of their products and formed products with different specifications ranging from miniature to extra large. At the same time, the cycle of product replacement is significantly reduced. The characteristics of large forklift trucks are high technological content, long development and production cycle. Large investment, limited market capacity, and market competition are mainly concentrated in a few companies. Therefore, China must increase its R&D efforts so as not to be restricted by others.

The second trend: the establishment of specialized, multi-category automatic warehousing systems and large-scale supermarkets has stimulated the growth in the demand for indoor handling machinery. Various types of storage forklifts such as high-performance electric forklifts, reach-on forklifts, and narrow roadway forklifts are rapidly developing. In order to replace human labor as much as possible with machine operations, improve production efficiency, adapt to the narrow construction sites in cities, and use requirements in warehouses, wharfs, warehouses, cabins, farm buildings, building floors, and underground engineering environments, small and miniature forklifts have The use of land, and has been faster development. There is also an articulated forklift, which is mainly used for the transportation of materials in narrow roadways.

On the other hand, the versatility of forklifts is also increasing, which allows users to fully use the equipment's own performance without increasing investment, and can accomplish more work.

The third trend is that electronic and intelligent products with high reliability and superior performance, as well as mechatronic forklifts equipped with advanced electronic technologies, have a promising market outlook.

Relying on the development of warehousing, we will develop new varieties, especially forklift trucks and stacker trucks. Computer technology has gradually been applied to electric forklifts and incorporated into information control. Unmanned forklift trucks will be suitable for toxic or special environment needs, with great room for development.

Trend 4: Safety and Comfort With the acceleration of the internationalization process, the safety of products has become a crucible for Chinese companies to enter the international market. The forklift's square and sharp appearance are being replaced by the streamlined arc-shaped appearance, which improves the driver's field of vision and improves the operational safety.

The new forklift will pay more attention to human ergonomics and improve handling comfort. Studies have shown that the delicate layout of the driver's interior wall helps improve productivity. If all the controls are ergonomically arranged, the driver is more comfortable and can concentrate on work. Hefei Removable Technology Development Co., Ltd. and others are exploring to further improve the forklift's comfort.

Trend 5: Energy Saving and Environmental Protection In general, forklifts are divided into internal-combustion forklifts and electric forklifts. The internal combustion forklift is powered by an internal combustion engine, which has a strong power and a wide range of applications. The disadvantage is that the emission and noise pollution are relatively large, and it is harmful to human health. In order to improve the energy-saving effect of products and meet increasingly stringent environmental protection requirements, the main considerations are to reduce engine emissions, improve the efficiency of hydraulic systems, and reduce vibration and noise reduction. To be sure, the low-emission, low-noise forklift will certainly be welcomed. Forklifts such as battery forklifts, natural gas, and liquefied petroleum gas will certainly be further developed.

At present, the output of international electric forklifts has a rising trend. The adoption of AC motors and variable frequency speed regulation has made a qualitative leap in battery forklifts. The voltage of the AC motor has an increasingly high development trend, which makes the forklift generate less heat and higher efficiency in the work, completely overcoming the disadvantages of high heat generation, low efficiency, and frequent maintenance of the DC motor. In addition, the development of fast charging technology is maturing, and the charging current can reach more than 4 times the traditional charging current, and the charging time is shorter and the efficiency is higher.