Types Of Material Handling And Lifting Equipment You May Need For Your Business In Dubai

By Joshua Phillips, a professional construction consultant, with resource info from http://www.toyotaforklift.ae/lang/En/#.
 

There are various warehouses and storage facilities in Dubai. These premises are mainly used for stocking or keeping equipment, supplies and products of and for different local businesses. These facilities see the storage, entry and exit of countless raw materials, goods and finished products in various processing and delivery stages. They are also often built in large scale to accommodate a large bulk of various types of materials and equipment.

One activity or task that is quite common in warehouses and storage facilities is lifting and moving of the products or supplies. To streamline operations, the lifting and transferring of such items are usually done in bulk quantities. Of course, no employee can carry and transfer really heavy and bulky items frequently without hurting him or herself. For such tasks, it is important to use certain material handling and lifting equipment.

Different Kinds Of Material Handling And Lifting Equipment

Material handling equipment is any type of machinery that are used for lifting and moving materials within a facility or site. On the other hand, lifting equipment, Dubai locals should know, is any type of work equipment used for lifting and lowering loads, and includes any accessories used in doing so such as attachments to support, fix or anchor the equipment.
 

The following  are some of the examples of common forklift truck types that prove valuable to any industrial warehousing and storage facility. They can used both as a material handling or lifting equipment.

Electric forklifts. These machines are powered by lead acid batteries and are ideal for use in healthcare or food processing facilities since they emit no fumes. Reach trucks, pallet jacks, stackers and order pickers are some examples of electric forklift variations. 

 

Internal combustion engine powered forklifts. These types of forklifts are counterbalanced and they can run on diesel, butane, natural gas, kerosene, gasoline or propane.

Reach trucks. Reach trucks are designed to reach forward when moving loads and are ideal for use in narrow aisles inside warehouses.

Hand pallet trucks. These types of trucks can effectively move and jack up loads.

Guided very narrow aisle (VNA) trucks. They are counterbalanced machines that are designed with a special mast assembly which can rotate 90 degrees. Its forks then work like reach mechanisms which can move forward or advance to lift full pallets.

Rider order picking trucks. Lastly, rider order picking trucks are superb for huge distribution centers. This machine is operated by a person riding in a cage that is welded to the machine's fork carriage. The operator works to transfer loads onto a pallet one article at a time.