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Forklift

A forklift (also called industrial truck, lift truck, jitney, hi-lo, fork truck, fork hoist, and forklift truck) is a powered industrial truck used to lift and move materials over short distances. The forklift was developed in the early 20th century by various companies, including Clark, which made transmissions, and Yale & Towne Manufacturing, which…

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Industry
Various
Axles
2–3
Classification
Powered Industrial Truck (PIT)
Components
Power source · Mast · Frame · Counterweight · Cab
Fuel source
Gasoline · Propane · CNG · Diesel · Lead acid battery
Powered
Yes

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Design

Operation

Common types

Specialized trucks

Automated forklift trucks

Safety

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Forklift

Nodes87
Edges86
Triples225
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.022989
Components1

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Forklift

Top relations

related to Attachments · 27
Forklift → Also, Another, Carton, Common, Dimensioning, Drum, Fork, It, Man, NTEP-certified, Pole, Products, Roll, Rotator, Scales, Sideshifter, Similar, Single-double, Skips, Slip
related to Legislation · 26
Forklift → Employers, Foundation, Health Administration, In, In Australia, In New Zealand, Industrial Truck Standards Development, International Organization, ISO, ITSDF, National Fire Protection Association, NFPA, Occupational Safety, Operators, OSHA, Provision, Qualified, Standardization, The, These
related to Components · 23
Forklift → Attachments, Cab, Carriage, CNG, Counterweight, Electric, For, In, It, Like, Load, LP, Mast, On, Overhead, Power, Some, The, This, Tilt
related to history · 18
Forklift → Altoona, Clark, Continuing, In, Ipswich, Jefferies, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Railroad, Ransomes, Sims, The, This, Towmotor Company, Towne Manufacturing, United Kingdom, United States, World War, Yale
Components · 13
Forklift → Axles, Cab, Counterweight, Frame, Hydraulic controls, Hydraulic cylinders and attachments, Hydraulic lines, Hydraulic pump, Load backrest, Mast, Overhead guard, Power source, Wheels
related to External links · 13
Forklift → Deaths, Health, Health Administration, Health Topic, National Institute, NIOSH, Occupational Safety, OSHA, Powered Industrial Trucks, Preventing Injuries, Safety, Work Near Forklifts, Workers Who Operate
related to Articulated counterbalance trucks · 12
Forklift → Articulating, Association, Brown, Forklift Industry, Freddy's, Frederick, He, Innovation, Queen's Award, Services, The, UK's Fork Lift Truck
related to Propulsion · 12
Forklift → Batteries, Battery-electric, Electric, Forklifts, Internal, Iran, Liquefied, LPG, North American Engines, Russia, The, This
related to Reach truck · 9
Forklift → Europe, It, Moving, North America, Rider Stacker, There, They, This, Variant
related to Truck-mounted forklift · 9
Forklift → Also, Comes, Engines, Forklifts, Iran, North American, Russia, Some, Usually

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Important terminology

truck forklifts load forks operator trucks may also lift used mast pallet safety hydraulic powered use attachments attachment fork industrial

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
ForkliftAxles2–31.00infobox
ForkliftClassificationPowered Industrial Truck (PIT)1.00infobox
ForkliftComponentsPower source1.00infobox
ForkliftComponentsMast1.00infobox
ForkliftComponentsFrame1.00infobox
ForkliftComponentsCounterweight1.00infobox
ForkliftComponentsCab1.00infobox
ForkliftComponentsAxles1.00infobox
ForkliftComponentsWheels1.00infobox
ForkliftComponentsOverhead guard1.00infobox
ForkliftComponentsLoad backrest1.00infobox
ForkliftComponentsHydraulic pump1.00infobox
ForkliftComponentsHydraulic lines1.00infobox
ForkliftComponentsHydraulic controls1.00infobox
ForkliftComponentsHydraulic cylinders and attachments1.00infobox
ForkliftFuel sourceGasoline1.00infobox
ForkliftFuel sourcePropane1.00infobox
ForkliftFuel sourceCNG1.00infobox
ForkliftFuel sourceDiesel1.00infobox
ForkliftFuel sourceLead acid battery1.00infobox
ForkliftFuel sourceFuel cell1.00infobox
ForkliftFuel sourceLi-ion battery1.00infobox
ForkliftIndustryVarious1.00infobox
ForkliftPoweredYes1.00infobox
ForkliftWheelsVarious wheel configurations1.00infobox

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