CiTi Truck provides clever pallet truck solution

Linde Material Handling’s new Citi Truck spans the market between hand and electric pallet trucks.

The CiTi Truck was primarily designed for deliveries direct to city centres where kerbs, paving and lack of manoeuvring room make it hard for supplies to reach retailers and offices.

Hand pallet trucks make significant physical demands on operator in confined areas, particularly when heavy loads have to be pulled and pushed using muscle power alone.

Linde’s lightweight, robust CiTi Truck removes the strain and stress from the operator with electric traction and lift motors, combined with a unique load and drive wheel configuration and ergonomic tiller controls.

With a tubular structural frame the new Citi Truck has a service weight of less than 100 kilograms yet it is suitable for smaller consignments and palletised loads of up to 500 kilograms.

A large, rubber tyred drive wheel and two pivot-mounted rear load wheels enable the CiTi Truck to travel over obstacles up to 70 mm high and the lift motor can cope with ramp gradients of up to eight percent.

The wheel hub motor, which is integrated into the front wheel, raises the load located on the fork arms at the touch of a button, saving the operator the effort of pumping.

The motor is powered by a 36 volt, max. 15 amp nickel metal hydride battery, which is rated for up to two hours of continuous operation. In practical terms, this is equivalent to being in service for an entire day.

The battery can be replaced in under a minute by simply releasing the battery connector to remove the compact, lightweight battery from its rack using the pull handle and inserting a fully-charged battery.

An "easyControl" two-way roll pad is integrated into the tiller head and travel direction, lift/lower buttons and horn, are ergonomically grouped for ease of use.

The emergency stop button, located on the component cover for rapid actuation, can also be used as an immobiliser by turning the cap on the button and then removing it. This isolates the electrics and prevents unauthorised use of the CiTi Truck.

For enhanced safety on loading ramps and gradients the electromagnetic brake is automatically activated as soon as the tiller is released.

Source: http://www.tandlnews.com.au/