Flexi truck offers quick put-away

Flexi Narrow Aisle has launched a new version of the Flexi EURO VNA articulated forklift truck.

The four-wheel, electric-powered truck is designed to offer faster, safer work cycles with optimum stability in aisles as narrow 1600mm wide.

The new model, which can lift pallets to heights of up to 7.9 metres, is supplied as standard with treaded cushion rubber tyres for maximum traction in wet outdoor conditions, while twin front wheel drive means that the weight of the truck and the load is evenly divided between the front two tyres to further enhance traction and minimise tyre wear.

With a compact axle design which, combined with the ability to articulate through 220 degrees, it can stack in 1600m aisleways.

Instead of 'pivot' steering the Flexi EURO VNA's “true articulation” turning system means that the Flexi EURO VNA trucks require minimal manoeuvring in the aisleways. This, in turn, is said to result in faster pallet put-away and picking. In a 1600mm wide aisle the Flexi EURO VNA needs only one articulation to put-away a standard ISO (or Chep-style) pallet.

Flexi Narrow Aisle says comparative tests have highlighted the fact that some three wheel articulated trucks with 'pivot' steering technology, require up to four movements to achieve the same result.

John Maguire, sales and marketing director of Flexi Narrow Aisle, says: “Some articulated trucks require the operator to perform a five-point turn in the aisleway before a pallet can be put-away or picked. The Flexi EURO VNA , with its 'True Radius' design requires one turn to enter or de-stack a pallet.

“This results in very significant time savings. In any application involving articulated trucks the amount of time spent in the aisleway picking and putting away pallets has to be minimised if optimum operational efficiencies are to be achieved.

“We believe that with its True Radius articulation principle, the Flexi EURO VNA can reduce the amount of movements that an operator has to make in the aisle during the stacking and de-stacking cycle by half.”