Recently, Zowell Intelligent Forklift delivered a 5-ton multi-directional forklift (Side-loader) to an excavator manufacturing company and put it into operation immediately.

01 Customer Background

The client is a full hydraulic excavator manufacturer, and its products are known for their excellent performance and reliable quality. As the production scale expands, the company has a higher pursuit of lean production, and hopes to take the lead in making changes to the problems of insufficient storage utilization and low transportation efficiency that occur during the storage and transportation of heavy and long materials.

02 Project Difficulties

1）Low warehouse utilization rate
Traditional forklifts require a large turning radius, which results in wide distances between warehouse aisles. The inherent warehouse model is difficult to meet the growing storage needs of enterprises;
2）Difficulty in handling long materials
When ordinary forklifts carry heavy and long materials, they need to adjust the direction many times, which is cumbersome and difficult to operate and poses safety risks;
3）Inefficient logistics
During the production and shipment process, there are frequent indoor and outdoor transfers, and inefficient and frequent transportation greatly affects order delivery.
03 Solution Advantages

Zowell narrow aisle series aims to expand storage capacity in limited space and make space more valuable. Taking into account the characteristics of the materials that customers need to upgrade in the warehouse and the needs for storage expansion and heavy material handling speed, Zowell Intelligent Forklift recommended the "Crab Hercules" wide-body multi-directional reach forklift to the company, helping the company upgrade its storage and logistics capabilities in the field of heavy and long materials.

1）The "Crab Hercules" multi-directional forklift breaks through the steering limitations of traditional forklifts. It can travel straight, sideways, and turn on the spot, easily achieving multi-directional travel. At the same time, it also has excellent straight-line driving capabilities in narrow aisles and can complete high-level storage and retrieval operations of long materials in an operating channel of only 2750mm.

With the help of the "Crab Hercules" multi-directional forklift, customers can narrow the aisles between racks and increase the utilization rate of storage space by 50%.

2）The "Crab Hercules" multi-directional forklift is specially designed for heavy and long materials. It has a maximum load capacity of 5 tons and can fork extra-long materials within 20m in length. With its strong maneuverability, it can easily transport materials in narrow spaces/channels without multiple adjustments in direction.

The full-view glass cab provides the operator with an excellent field of vision, allowing him to have a full view of the external environment. It can minimize collisions between the vehicle body and cargo and the outside world, significantly improving the safety of transporting heavy and long materials.

3）With a load capacity of up to 5 tons, it breaks through the weight limitations of materials handled by traditional forklifts, and enables indoor and outdoor transfer of stacks of heavy goods in a single operation, shortening the overall logistics cycle, improving order delivery efficiency, and helping to increase business volume.

It comes standard with wear-resistant, puncture-resistant, and anti-skid solid rubber tires, and can handle complex working conditions such as indoor and outdoor transportation and sloped roads with ease.