Jungheinrich presents a new electric pedestrian truck in wide gauge design at CeMAT 2011. The truck was specifically designed for handling perimeter-based pallets.
 
The new Jungheinrich truck type EJC B14/16 is an electric pedestrian straddle stacker. The truck is particularly suitable for the flexible handling of special goods due to its wide gauge design. The truck is able to pass under the load unit when picking up a load due to sideways pulled out support arms and forged forks that can be lowered to the ground. “It is therefore possible to pick up perimeter-based pallets crossways, the same as with a counterbalance truck”, explains Stefan Hirt, Head of Product Management for Pedestrian Trucks at Jungheinrich.

The new pedestrian truck is equipped with a powerful drive motor (1.6 kW) of the current Jungheinrich 3-phase AC generation. A high efficiency ratio and powerful acceleration characterise the maintenance-free 3-phase AC motor of the EJC B14/16. Stefan Hirt: “Its extra performance efficiency goes hand in hand with a reduction in operating costs.“ With an optionally available integrated charger it is possible to charge the battery comfortably and reliably at any 230 Volt socket.

With the electric pedestrian truck, the operator is able to raise loads up to lift heights of 5,350 mm. The electronically controlled lift motor (3 kW) ensures that loads are lifted or lowered quickly but at the same time gently and quietly. The EJC B14/16 is also equipped with controlled hydraulics. “Compared with the previous model, our engineers were able to improve the truck’s sensitivity, the noise during lifting and especially the energy consumption”, Hirt continues. As an option, the truck can be fitted with a special system for gentle depositing of sensitive loads. Here the lowering speed is automatically reduced for the last 300 mm over the ground.

All lifting and lowering functions of the EJC B14/16 can be controlled from the multi-function tiller head of the truck. More characteristics of the new Jungheinrich pedestrian truck make its handling even safer and more economical. For example, the truck speed is automatically reduced from 1,800 mm lift height. A long tiller also ensures a safe distance of operator to truck. For virtually fatigue-free travel, the truck can optionally be fitted with electric steering.

Jungheinrich ranks among the world’s leading companies in the material handling equipment, warehousing and material flow engineering sectors. The company is a service provider with manufacturing operations as well as an intralogistics solution provider, which offers its customers a comprehensive range of forklift trucks, shelving systems, services and consulting. Jungheinrich shares are traded on all German stock exchanges.