Forklift plays a very important role in the logistics system of the enterprise, it is a very important component in logistics, it is the main force in the material handling equipment. Widely used in the national economy, such as station, port, airport, factory, warehouse, etc., it is an efficient equipment for mechanized loading and unloading, stacking and short distance transportation. Self-propelled forklifts appeared in 1917. During world war ii, forklifts were developed. China started making forklifts in the early 1950s. Especially with the rapid development of China's economy, the majority of enterprise material handling has been out of the original manual handling, instead of forklift truck is given priority to the mechanization of handling. As a result, demand in China's forklift market has grown at double-digit rates every year for the past few years.
One, model choice 1, category 1 Forklift can be divided into three categories: internal combustion forklift, electric forklift and storage forklift. (1) internal combustion forklift The internal combustion forklift is divided into regular internal combustion forklift, heavy lift truck, container forklift truck and side forklift truck. Normal internal combustion forklift Generally use diesel, gasoline, liquefied petroleum gas or natural gas engine as power, load capacity of 1.2 ~ 8.0 tons, homework channel width is generally 3.5 ~ 3.5 meters, emissions and noise into consideration, usually used in outdoor, workshops or other places with special requirements for emissions and noise did not. Due to the convenience of fuel replenishment, long time continuous work can be achieved, and can be suitable for work in bad environment (such as rain).
Selection of forklift brands on the market at present is numerous, complex models, together with the product itself technology is strong and very professional, so the choice of models, such as the supplier of choice is a lot of choose and buy the companies often are faced with the problem. This paper mainly introduces the selection of car, brand selection, performance evaluation criteria and the contribution rate of Chinese forklift truck overseas.