Controlling the direction of "walkie" type forklifts and pallet jacks on sloping ground

Assembly Automation

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 317-324

  Sanders, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Control technology; Forklift trucks; Lifting equipment; Pallets

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE PARTS AND EQUIPMENT; AUTOMOBILE STEERING EQUIPMENT; AUTOMOBILES; EQUIPMENT TESTING; PALLETS; PROBLEM SOLVING; STEERING; SWITCHES; TRUCKS; VEHICLES; WHEELS;

ASSESSMENT TOOLS; CONTROL TECHNOLOGY; CORRECTION SYSTEMS; DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; FORK-LIFTS; FORKLIFT TRUCKS; HAND TRUCKS; LIFTING EQUIPMENT; LINE BALANCES; NEW SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZING; PALLET JACKS; PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS; REAL SITUATIONS; SIMPLE SYSTEMS; SLOPING GROUNDS; SWITCH CONTROLS; TEST BEDS; TO MANY; UNITED STATES; WHEEL STEERING;

MATERIALS HANDLING EQUIPMENT;

EID: 54249101739     PISSN: 01445154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01445150810904477     Document Type: Article

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