Forklifts in high storage halls

More and more companies on the Polish market use high-bay warehouses. Their operation requires specialized equipment, including warehouse forklifts. We will look at how they perform in such conditions.

High-bay warehouse - GIZO forklifts

Photo IN high storage halls both traditional ones are used forklift electric pallet trucksAnd reach trucks with extendable mast.

What is a high-bay warehouse?

High bay warehouse there is no official definition in Polish health and safety standards or regulations. Storage facilities are classified simply based on the storage height or the height of the building itself high storage hall.
Warehouses are divided into the following categories according to their storage height:

  • low storage (up to 4,2 m),
  • medium storage (4,2-7,0 m),
  • high storage (over 7 m).

If we take into account the height of the facility, we have warehouses:

  • low (up to 12 m),
  • medium high (up to 25 m),
  • high (up to 55 m),
  • high altitude (over 55 m).

According to experts, if a warehouse facility over 12 m high is located high storage warehouse racks, which fill its space to the maximum height, then the object is just like that high-bay warehouse.
This is an increasingly popular solution construction of warehouse facilities in which high storage racks perform the same function at the same time the role of the supporting structure for roof and walls. The whole thing is then inextricably linked to the technological system used in the warehouse.
Pose high storage racks there are also suitable ones in such a warehouse warehouse equipment and structures, stacker cranes and rack cranes as well as transporters and conveyors. They are also often used to operate high-bay warehouses forklift trucks, including electric and combustion forklifts.

Servicing warehouses and high-storage halls

In case of high-bay warehouses what matters is not only the height of the warehouse (storage height), but also their technical equipment and technological solutions used.
In modern ones high-bay warehouses all processes related to stock analysis and deliveries are handled by a computer system. He is also responsible for the smoothness of warehouse processes, while ensuring high technical efficiency and safety of the stored goods. 
High storage halls, due to the high degree of mechanization and automation of logistics and warehousing processes, need well inqualified employees after on-the-job and operator courses. IN high-bay warehouses People with various qualifications work here - from crane and stacker crane operators forklift operators

Forklifts in high storage halls

Electric forklifts high storage are a perfect solution in warehouses with large amounts of goods, where efficiency is closely related to the speed of work and its safety.
High-bay forklift - GIZO

Fig. Lifting forklift for work in warehouse halls, it is equipped with durable and non-marking wheels.

Battery forklifts are characterized by high energy efficiency, durability and long service life. Electric forks high storage systems are equipped with, among others: devices that control the driving speed in relation to the steering wheel turn, which increase safety and comfort of work. They may also have additional equipment, such as a height selector or a video camera with a color monitor.
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In the offer GIZO both new and .are available used forklifts (electric and combustion), which - thanks to their compact shape, small size and very good operational parameters - perfectly fulfill their tasks in various types of warehouses, including high storage halls.