In today’s global active response to climate change, advocating green and sustainable development of the background, the industrial sector as a major energy consumption and carbon emissions, is experiencing a profound change. Electric forklift, as a pioneer force in this wave of change, is leading the industry change with its unique advantages, opening a new era of low-carbon handling, and injecting strong power for the green development of logistics, warehousing, manufacturing and many other industries.
Limitations and Environmental Challenges of Traditional Forklifts
For a long time, traditional fuel forklifts have dominated the industrial handling scene. They are powered by fossil fuels such as diesel and gasoline, and although they have strong power and adaptability, they also bring a series of problems that cannot be ignored.
From an environmental perspective, fuel forklift exhaust emissions contain a large amount of harmful gases. These pollutants not only cause serious damage to the atmospheric environment and exacerbate the greenhouse effect, but also have a great impact on air quality in closed indoor workplaces, such as warehouses and workshops, endangering the health of operators.
In addition, traditional fuel forklift trucks also have noise pollution problems during operation. The high decibel noise generated when the engine is running not only interferes with the working environment, but also causes damage to the operator’s hearing when exposed to such noise for a long period of time, further affecting work efficiency and work quality.
Technical breakthroughs and advantages of electric forklift trucks
In the face of the limitations of traditional forklifts, electric forklifts have gradually become an ideal alternative solution in the field of industrial handling by virtue of the continuous technological breakthroughs in recent years, showing a number of compelling advantages.
(A) Zero-emission and low-noise environmental characteristics
Electric forklift trucks use electricity as the driving energy to achieve zero tailpipe emission during operation, which fundamentally solves the problem of air pollution caused by traditional fuel forklift trucks. Whether working indoors or outdoors, it can provide a clean and healthy working environment for the staff and effectively reduce the occupational health risks such as respiratory diseases caused by exhaust gas inhalation. Meanwhile, the operating noise of electric forklift trucks is greatly reduced compared with that of fuel forklift trucks, and can usually be controlled at a lower decibel level, creating a quieter and more comfortable operating atmosphere, which helps to improve the operating comfort and concentration of the operators, and reduces the operating errors caused by noise interference.
(ii) Energy efficiency and cost advantage
Electric forklift trucks have excellent performance in energy efficiency. Its electric drive system can convert electric energy into mechanical energy more efficiently, compared with the fuel engine, the loss in the energy conversion process is less. Moreover, electricity, as a clean energy source, is increasingly widely available. In addition to the traditional utility supply, it can also be recharged by renewable energy sources such as solar energy and wind energy, which further reduces the dependence on non-renewable energy sources and is in line with the strategic direction of sustainable development.
(C) Performance improvement and intelligent development trend
With the continuous progress of battery technology, the range of electric forklift has been greatly improved. In the past, short range is a major bottleneck restricting the wide application of electric forklift, but today, the application of new high-performance batteries makes the electric forklift able to meet the needs of most conventional operation scenarios after a charge, and some high-end models can even achieve continuous multi-shift operation without frequent charging. For example, the electric forklift with lithium-ion battery not only has high energy density and fast charging speed, but also has longer service life, and can maintain stable performance in cold, high temperature and other harsh environments, which broadens the application scope of electric forklift.
At the same time, electric forklift is developing rapidly in the direction of intelligence. With advanced sensor technology, Internet of Things communication technology and automation control algorithms, electric forklift has intelligent navigation, automatic obstacle avoidance, remote monitoring and other functions. In some large logistics warehouses and intelligent manufacturing factories, electric forklifts can autonomously complete the cargo handling tasks through preset path planning, and seamlessly connect with other logistics equipment to form an efficient intelligent logistics handling system. The operator only needs to control and manage the forklift in real time through the remote monitoring terminal, which greatly improves the operation efficiency and safety, and reduces the manpower cost and the risk of human error.
