Further observation of everyday life in the field of logistics has revealed that the correct terminology referring to other equipment used in specific tasks is also very poorly known. This fact became the basis for resuming and continuing the previously published series of articles on terminology and correct nomenclature. This time, I would like to focus on presenting the correct terminology for industrial trucks, which are widely used in transport work. Depending on the method of operation, industrial trucks are divided into manually operated and powered ones.
In accordance with the standard PN-77/M-78101 Manual and trailer industrial trucks. Classification, definitions and symbols, depending on the main operational features, the following types of manual industrial trucks (referred to in English terminology as rider trucks) are distinguished:
Load-carrying trucks, referred to in English terminology as pedestrian propelled platform trucks or hand platform trucks, and among them, variants resulting from design features:
– wheelbarrows – in English, depending on the construction, called wheelbarrows or two-wheeled trucks
– wheelbarrows – in English, depending on the construction, called wheelbarrows or two-wheeled trucks
– platform trucks – in English pedestrian propelled platform trucks or hand platform trucks
– frame trucks – in English pedestrian propelled frame trucks or hand frame trucks
– specialized lifting trucks, referred to in English terminology as rider pallet trucks
The article comes from the magazine “Logistyka” 6/2006.