Engineering:Reach stacker
A reach stacker is a vehicle used for handling intermodal cargo containers in small terminals or medium-sized ports. Reach stackers can transport a container short distances very quickly and pile them in various rows depending on their access.
Reach stackers have gained ground in container handling in most markets because of their flexibility and higher stacking and storage capacity when compared to forklift trucks. Using reach stackers, container blocks can be kept 4-deep due to second-row access.
There are also empty stackers or empty container handlers that are used only for handling empty containers quickly and efficiently.[1]
Gallery
- Examples of reach stackers
Frontal view of two reach stackers
Reach stacker loading a box from freight train to truck
Reach stacker carrying a small vessel on a flat rack, in a container yard
U.S. military reach stacker
The skystacker design incorporates elements of a forklift
A reach stacker - container handling equipment
Reach Stackers in operation
See also
References
- ↑ "Kalmar Empty Container handlers". Cargotec. http://www.cargotec.com/en-global/kalmar/Products2/empty-container-handler/Pages/default.aspx. Retrieved 2014-03-11.
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