Palletless handling
In the eighties, companies realized that costs could be saved by replacing pallets into slip sheets for loading and unloading containers. They started to develop a forklift which they could use to load goods on a slip sheet. One of the companies that has put a lot of effort in the transfer of pallet load into slipsheets was Cascade. Cascade is a main manufacturer of forklift attachments and the Cascade attachment is still very popular and commonly used as container loader equipment. Besides Cascade, many others attachment manufacturers developed a push-pull system during the years. But owing to the high investment costs that have to be done, many companies who consider using a push-pull keep putting off the decision to replace their pallets by slip-sheets and still have not started palletless handling. Companies who wants to change to pallet less handling, needs also to realize that the receiver of his goods is being forced to make big investments as well.
- Lower investment costs for sender and receiver.
- Improves operating speed.
- RollerForks weigh little more than ordinary forks allowing a smaller lift truck to be used.
- No hydraulic connection needed.
- Applicable to light weight electric stackers.
- No loss of visibility.
- Little maintenance is needed because no hydraulics and lubrication points are applied.
- Takes less energy because the handling movement are reduced compared to push-pull.
- RollerForks can also be used for lifting standard pallets.