Cold storage facilities face unique operational challenges that ordinary material handling equipment can hardly address, with constant low temperature, high humidity and strict no-contamination requirements forming multiple barriers to smooth daily workflows. For a long time, many facilities encountered frequent work interruptions caused by unsuitable forklift performance, extra energy consumption caused by frequent equipment access to the constant temperature area, and potential safety risks from improper equipment maintenance.

First, the built-in low temperature adaptive system of lithium forklift perfectly fits the 24-hour shift arrangement of most cold storage facilities. Unlike traditional battery powered forklifts that require 20 to 30 minutes of preheating before formal operation after being moved into low temperature environment, qualified lithium forklifts can start stable operation within a very short time after entering the cold storage area, eliminating the waiting time in shift handover process, and ensuring the continuous progress of cargo receiving, sorting and dispatching processes.

Second, the steady and long-lasting power output of lithium forklift largely avoids unplanned workflow interruptions. Under low temperature environment, ordinary power batteries often experience sharp decline of available capacity, which requires operators to suspend work and move the forklift out of the cold storage area for battery replacement or charging in the midway of a shift. Frequent in and out of the cold storage area will bring a large amount of warm external air, which leads to extra frosting on the evaporator of the refrigeration system, and increases the overall energy consumption of the facility. The lithium forklift can keep the power output stable throughout the whole working shift, no extra battery replacement is needed during normal operation, which effectively reduces the times of access between different temperature zones, and maintains the stable operation state of the cold storage environment.

Third, the low maintenance feature of lithium forklift adapts to the strict operation specifications of cold storage. Most lithium forklifts do not need regular fluid replenishment and daily maintenance related to chemical batteries, there is no risk of corrosive liquid leakage that may contaminate stored cold chain goods, which fully meets the hygiene requirements of food, pharmaceutical and other cold storage scenarios. Operators do not need to spend extra time on equipment maintenance in the narrow low temperature working environment, they can allocate more energy to cargo handling work.

As Jianshu New Energy, we focus on BYD electric forklift, and provide targeted applicable solutions for different scale cold storage facilities. If you have relevant demands for cold storage material handling equipment, you can contact us via [email protected] for more professional support.