Designing Forklifts

[AdrianRo]

Hello everybody,

I want to start to improve a new model by forklift. Can veryone tell me where can I find some documentation about forklifts design (base concepts, components, etc.) ?

Tahnk's

 

[Barry1961]

http://www.ptintl.com/winkle.htm

They use a bunch of the Winkle stuff in foundry machines though I think that it's main use is in forklift masts.

From my very small experience with forklifts I got the impression that the brake and clutch were the first expensive items to fail. All the starts and stops.

Barry1961

 

[arto]

Look in ASME B56.1 "Safety Standard for Low Lift and High Lift Trucks"