Now factories, logistics, large supermarkets, etc. Forklift is used when carrying or stacking goods, so what is a forklift? Forklift is an industrial vehicle used for loading and unloading, stacking, short-distance handling and heavy cargo handling. Forklift is a kind of loading and unloading machinery which can effectively combine horizontal transportation and vertical lifting. It has the comprehensive functions of loading and unloading, hoisting and transportation, and has the advantages of high working efficiency, convenient operation and flexibility. Forklift not only has great function, but also has a wide range of uses. In addition, forklifts can also bring many economic benefits to enterprises!

First, the purpose of the forklift

Forklift trucks are highly standardized and versatile, and are widely used in factories, mines, stations, ports, airports, freight yards, distribution centers and other places. They can enter cabins, carriages and containers for loading and unloading, stacking, unpacking and short-distance handling of finished products, containers and other containers, and are necessary equipment for pallet transportation and container transportation.

The main working accessory of forklift is fork. After replacing other working accessories, it can also be used for loading and unloading scattered goods, unpacked goods, long goods and short-distance handling. Forklift trucks are widely used, not only in highway transportation, railway transportation and waterway transportation departments, but also in material storage and transportation, postal services and military departments.

Forklift plays a very important role in the logistics system of enterprises and is the main force in material handling equipment. Widely used in stations, ports, airports, factories, warehouses and other national economic departments. Forklift trucks were developed during World War II. China began to manufacture forklifts in the early 1950s. Especially with the rapid development of China's economy, the material handling of most enterprises has been separated from the original manual handling, and replaced by forklift-based mechanized handling. Therefore, for a long time in the past, the demand of forklift truck market in China increased at a double-digit rate every year.

Second, the benefits that forklift trucks can bring to enterprises

1, improve the efficiency of material operation, reduce the labor intensity of personnel and improve working conditions; Save labor and improve labor productivity. According to the economic benefit analysis of using forklift abroad, a forklift can replace the manual labor of 8~ 15 stevedores. During forklift operation, the loading, unloading, stacking and handling of goods can be mechanized only by the driver's operation, without the auxiliary labor of loading and unloading workers, which not only ensures the safe production of enterprises, but also greatly reduces the occupied labor force and labor intensity, thus greatly improving the operation efficiency and achieving remarkable economic benefits.

2. Shorten the operation time and speed up the material turnover, so as to speed up the utilization rate of vehicles and boats and improve the production efficiency.

3. Make full use of space and save warehouse area. Using forklift trucks, the goods pile up higher and higher, which can reach more than 10m at present, and the warehouse floor area ratio can be increased several times.

4. Pallets and containers are used to load goods, which simplifies the packaging of goods, saves the use of packaging, reduces the loading and unloading cost, and improves the work efficiency and the safety of goods.

5. Forklift operation can reduce heavy physical labor, reduce cargo damage and industrial accidents, and improve the safety of operation.

6. Forklift operation can reduce the damage of goods, improve the safety of operation and realize safe loading and unloading.

7. Compared with large-scale loading and unloading machinery, forklift operation has the advantages of low cost and less investment.

Therefore, forklift should be the first choice in logistics loading and unloading operations. Forklift truck plays a very important role in industrial logistics system. It can be said that without forklifts, express delivery, logistics, warehousing and factories will even be paralyzed. With the rising of labor cost, it has become a historical necessity to replace labor with machinery.