With its new NPV/NPF platform power pallet truck range, Cat® Lift Trucksbrings major breakthroughs in productivity and comfort to operations in warehouses, loading areas and logistics centres.

Key innovations include the unprecedented ProRide+ system - a milestone in development which solves the age-old problem of how to combine effective traction, damping and stability. The trucks' advances effectively address challenges posed by time pressure, heavy duties and harsh working conditions in intensive loading and unloading, long-distance and short-shuttle transport, and even order picking applications.

The six-model Cat NPV/NPF20-25N3 line-upcontains a choice of foldable or fixed (side or rear entry) platforms. Each platform variant offers 2.0 and 2.5 tonne capacities, three chassis lengths, and lithium-ion or lead-acid battery power.

ProRide+ traction, damping and stability

ProRide+ has a uniquely designed floating drive unit which works with extra friction force from the hydraulic system to maximise drive wheel pressure and traction. This not only prevents wheelspin on slippery floors but optimises braking performance.

Meanwhile, the ProRide+ system's unique castor wheel design uses variable damping to minimise shocks and vibration, however rough the floor or ground surface. When cornering, with or without a load, the castor wheel's locking function maintains strong stability.

High-comfort damping is a characteristic of all models, but fixed platform versions offer a cost-effective additional option: the market's first electrically adjustable damping. Its setting can be adapted to each operator's weight and preference at the touch of a button.