When deploying electric forklift for daily material handling operations, most warehouse managers only focus on the lifting performance of the equipment, while easily ignoring the matching degree between the equipment and the ground bearing capacity of the operation site. Unreasonable floor load bearing assessment will not only cause irreversible damage to the floor structure, but also bring hidden safety hazards to personnel and cargo. Taking the total weight parameters of electric forklift as the core benchmark to calculate the floor loading requirement is a low-cost and highly operable management method that can effectively avoid unnecessary safety risks.

The total weight parameters of the electric forklift involved in the calculation mainly include two core parts: the empty vehicle curb weight of the forklift itself, and the maximum full load weight after the rated cargo is placed on the load platform. For operation scenarios where the forklift needs to carry additional attachments such as clamps or bucket fixtures, the extra weight of these attachments should also be included in the total weight parameter system, to ensure the basic data used for calculation is complete and accurate. It is worth noting that the total weight parameter under static state cannot be directly used as the basis for final calculation, and a reasonable dynamic load coefficient needs to be added according to the actual operation frequency of the site. For scenarios with low operation frequency and smooth operation speed, the dynamic coefficient can be controlled at 1.2, while for high-frequency operation scenarios with frequent acceleration, deceleration and turning, the dynamic coefficient can be adjusted to 1.5 according to the actual situation.

The core logic of floor loading requirement calculation is to convert the total weight parameter into the ground pressure per unit contact area. First, sum up all the weight data that act on the operation ground, then allocate the total weight to each tire in contact with the ground equally according to the actual working condition, then calculate the contact area between each tire and the ground surface, and divide the partial weight of single wheel by the contact area to get the actual maximum ground pressure. Comparing the calculated maximum ground pressure with the rated bearing capacity of the existing ground, operators can judge whether the floor meets the operation requirements of the electric forklift. For special scenarios such as mezzanine floor, elevated operation platform and old floor that has been used for more than 10 years, extra safety redundancy should be reserved in the calculation process, and overload operation is strictly prohibited to prevent structural deformation of the ground.

In the daily management process, regular verification of the total weight parameters of the electric forklift and recheck of the floor loading requirement can effectively extend the service life of the ground, reduce the maintenance cost of the operation site, and create a more stable and safe material handling environment.