Here are some of the ways Hyster is powering productivity in paper handling and helping your business to meet its goals.
Goal: Reduce emissions
Your paper industry business has an increased emphasis on emissions reduction and green initiatives driven by corporate responsibility as well as regulations. Here, Hyster can support companies in the transition from lift trucks powered by internal combustion engines (ICE) to battery powered electric options.
Hyster® electric lift trucks are tough enough to use outside and inside but come without any exhaust emissions. There are also different battery sizes and options depending on the needs of the application, including lithium-ion batteries. These may have a useful life up to three times longer than lead-acid batteries, while also reducing charging time and energy usage. Hyster forklifts with integrated lithium-ion batteries also help to eliminate the need for large battery storage or charging areas.
Reducing emissions with electric forklifts does not equate to inferior performance. In fact, electric lift trucks often cope better in the dusty environments typically found in both paper production and recycling facilities.
Goal: Decrease product damage
Handling and transporting paper rolls is technically challenging. Extra pressure applied by the truck driver can cause ‘out of roundness’ issues making the product unusable. Your business needs to avoid damage and the associated costs.
Hyster can help with a range of specialist forklift attachments for various types of paper handling, including blocks of pulp, recycling bales, and finished rolls of different paper types. A clamping force indicator can also be installed on the Hyster forklift to show the operator and warehouse manager how much clamping force the attachment is applying to each paper roll. This can help reduce preventable damage.
Hyster Tracker telematics can also play a significant role. With labour shortages affecting the workforce in many areas, employees may not have lengthy experience in the particular challenges that come with carefully handling paper loads. The Hyster Tracker wireless asset management system can be used to limit truck access to only authorised operators and track training updates to help reinforce desired behaviour.
Goal: Supporting health and safety processes
Your business is under pressure when it comes to the health and safety of employees and visitors at your sites. Truck incidents with workers or objects have an impact on operations flow, plant uptime, associated health and safety issues, and insurance costs.
Information is key to upholding site safety objectives. This is another area where Hyster Tracker can support paper industry operations. Impact monitoring, alerts, and incident data put you in control and can provide insight to inform potentially beneficial route optimisations or changes in fleet utilisation.
Supporting the operator and those around them is also a priority for many. Operator assistance features, from lights and cameras, through to the advanced Dynamic Stability System (DSS) option for the Hyster A Series may be well suited to specific application requirements. Load weight systems may also prove helpful, giving operators additional load information when dealing with the non-standard loads frequently found in paper handling.
Find a solution with your Hyster dealer
Whatever goal you’re trying to achieve in your materials handling operations, your Hyster dealer has the experience to help, based on your particular application challenges. Reach out to your local Hyster dealer now to discuss tough solutions for your intensive paper handling operations.
