Facing the working environment conditions, operation methods and different forklifts used or to be purchased by corporate customers in different fields, how can we choose a forklift attachment that is suitable for the working environment of our company? Usually, the customer must provide the actual working conditions and requirements of the attachment to the forklift OEM or its sales agent or attachment company. Based on these important information, the forklift OEM or its sales agent or attachment company can select the attachment.
Here are some factors to consider when choosing an accessory:
1. What kind of cargo is the customer carrying: such as paper rolls, soft bags, barrels, home appliances, tubes, pallets and other items.
2. Cargo weight: (including pallet) kg, length (along driving direction) mm, width/diameter mm, height mm.
3. Outer surface/contact surface (outer packaging).
4. Transportation method: a. Pallet transportation: the size of the cargo pallet in mm, the height of the pallet jack in mm; b. No pallet transportation: the distance between the cargo piles in mm, and the number of cargo pieces.
5. Specific handling information / actual environment: how the customer will handle these goods: push / grip / rotate (horizontal to the direction of travel) / roll (horizontal to the direction of travel) / move sideways / roll (along the direction of travel) / Car rear loading / car side loading.
6. Customer status information: How did the customer solve the handling problem so far? How do they want to improve? What do they envision?
7. What are the limitations in practical application: height, length, width, weight, others.
8. Application fields of attachments: smelters, construction sites, warehouses, special occasions, etc.
9. Environmental factors: explosive areas, dust, high temperature, low temperature, acidity, sugar, salt, food, nutrition, beverages, etc.
10. About the forklift: Forklift model, mast type, type of attachment selected, action function, determine the number of additional oil circuits of the forklift according to the type and function of the attachment:
a. A set of attachments with action functions, the forklift needs to provide a single additional oil circuit (such as the left and right lateral movement of the side shifter);
b. For attachments with two sets of action functions, the forklift needs to provide double additional oil circuits (such as the opening/clamping/rotation of the paper roll clamp);
c. For attachments with three sets of action functions, the forklift needs to provide double additional oil circuits and install a solenoid valve device (such as opening/clamping, side shifting, and rotation of the rotary side shifting soft bag clamp).
11. Do you need to purchase a new forklift for the existing forklift? (Whether there is a problem of forklift modification, such as: adding additional oil circuits, etc.)
12. Installation cost of attachments (labor cost, time-consuming hydraulic system modification (if necessary), cost of corresponding optional parts, etc.)
