forklift

fork·lift

F0262900 (fôrk′lĭft′)n. A small industrial vehicle with a power-operated pronged platform that can be raised and lowered for insertion under a load to be lifted and moved.tr.v. fork·lift·ed, fork·lift·ing, fork·lifts To move or stack by use of such a vehicle.

fork•lift

(ˈfɔrkˌlɪft)

n. Also called fork′lift truck′, fork′ truck`. a small vehicle with two power-operated prongs at the front that can be slid under heavy loads in order to lift and stack them. [1940–45]

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Noun

forklift - a small industrial vehicle with a power operated forked platform in front that can be inserted under loads to lift and move themself-propelled vehicle - a wheeled vehicle that carries in itself a means of propulsion

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Forklift

forklift

[′fȯrk‚lift] (mechanical engineering) A machine, usually powered by hydraulic means, consisting of two or more prongs which can be raised and lowered and are inserted under heavy materials or objects for hoisting and moving them.

Forklift

a self-propelled lifting-transporting machine which is used for loading and unloading operations on all kinds of transportation as well as for moving loads within such areas as freight yards and construction sites.

A forklift has a hydraulic drive from the internal combustion engine to the operating equipment. The main operating part of a forklift is the forked lifter, which is moved along a vertical telescoping frame by a hydraulic cylinder mounted within the frame. The frame can be tilted forward and backward up to 15 degrees by cylinders, so that a load is put in a stable position for transport, and its unloading is facilitated. The pressure in the hydraulic system (up to several meganewtons per m², or several dozens of kg/cm²) is developed by a hydraulic pump coupled to the engine by a transmission. The control levers of the hydraulic system are brought from the driver’s seat of the forklift to a piston-type selector valve.

The lifting fork is used when working with ponderous loads as well as with small loads in crates and cartons that have been first placed on a pallet. The set of interchangeable operating attachments for a forklift also includes a dipper, a boom, and a jaw-like gripping device. Forklifts of different load capacities (for example, 3 metric tons, 5 metric tons) are produced in the USSR.

G. N. DEGTEREV

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noun a small industrial vehicle with a power operated forked platform in front that can be inserted under loads to lift and move them

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