Lift Table

Definition: What is a Lift Table? This warehouse device uses a scissors mechanism to raise or lower goods and/or a person. The equipment is useful to raise heavy loads, usually large in size, for relatively small distances. Lift tables are used mostly to manage pallets, load vehicles and raise workers for particular, specialized jobs. One …

Motorized Pallet Truck

Definition: What are Motorized Pallet Trucks? Motorized pallet trucks are one of the most frequently used pieces of equipment in material handling. Called also counterbalance forklift trucks, these machines feature forks that protrude from their front. Unlike the so-called walkies that are driven by sheer human effort, motorized pallet trucks are powered by electric, gas …

Turret Trucks

A turret truck is defined as an operator-up, very-narrow-aisle truck (VNA) pallet carrying counterbalanced fork truck with an articulating carriage allowing the forks to rotate 180⁰ within the storage aisle. By rotating the forks sideways and not the entire truck, the turret truck can store and retrieve pallets in a very narrow aisles as small …