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…learning studio that incorporates Toyota equipment to provide immersive engineering education. At No. 2, KION’s 2022 lift truck revenue, based on its 2022 annual report figure for its Industrial Trucks & Services business, came in $7.82 billion, converted from €7.35 billion. In its annual report, KION noted that the strong result was aided by “good progress made on working through…
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…automation and emerging technologies at Crown. And with good reason. While many NA and VNA trucks are man-down models, many others, such as certain orderpickers and turret trucks, are man-up and have operator assist features at a minimum. “While not typically as automated as an automated storage and retrieval system, these trucks operate in a highly prescriptive manner. And that…
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…new, used, and reconditioned forklifts, Crown Equipment Corp. is a leading material handling provider. The New Bremen, Ohio-based company is also a proponent of automation—when it makes sense. “For instance, load is a big variable,” said Jim Gaskell, director of global automation and emerging technologies at Crown Equipment. He sat down with Robotics 24/7 at ProMat to talk about how…
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…to be heavy pieces of equipment, weighing thousands of pounds more than the typical passenger car, and transporting loads that may exceed a couple of tons. That’s why safe operation of lift trucks is such an important issue. According to the National Safety Council, in 2021, lift trucks were involved in 70 work-related deaths. Additionally, the U.S. Occupational Health and…
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…truck operator training manager for Crown Equipment Corporation, is part of Modern’s Other Voices column, a series featuring ideas, opinions and insights from end-users, analysts, systems integrators and OEMs. Click here to learn about submitting a column for consideration. ————- As our industry celebrates National Forklift Safety Day, it is important to remember that a successful safety program must include…
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…automation and emerging technologies at Crown Equipment Corp. Since 1945, Crown has grown from a one-room operation in rural Ohio to one of the world’s largest lift truck manufacturers. Organizations are understandably wary of new technologies, so the e-book explains how to approach the warehouse automation journey. It outlines steps including adopting an automation mindset and weighing fixed versus mobile…
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…suppliers, including AutoStore, Boston Dynamics, Crown Equipment, and Vecna Robotics. Locus Robotics is arguably one of the more mature AMR providers. “We look for best-of-breed technologies and partner with companies of all sizes,” Brian Gaunt, senior director of DHL Supply Chain, told Robotics 24/7 at Manifest 2023. Sally Miller, DHL Supply Chain Sally Miller, global digital transformation officer at DHL…
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…the truck to how the equipment is being used. However, it’s tough even for the experts to say to what degree operations managers realize the potential value of that data. John Rosenberger estimates that only 40% of companies actively and consistently use lift truck telematics to optimize their operations. As director of iWarehouse Gateway and global telematics for The Raymond…
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…Winchester, including autonomous forklifts from Crown Equipment that are used to unload trailers (see video above). They also included an autonomous pallet unloader from Fox Robotics and Boston Dynamics’ Stretch robot, which is capable of lifting individual boxes from a trailer and placing them on a conveyor belt (see video below). But workers should not be afraid of being replaced…
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Crown is one of the world’s largest material handling companies, with a reputation for award-winning product design, advanced engineering and technology, and superior after-sale service. Its business philosophy uses vertically integrated processes to design, manufacture, and distribute forward-thinking, innovative solutions that improve customers’ productivity and operating efficiency. Crown produces a broad range of forklifts, as well as automation and fleet…
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…the truck to how the equipment is being used. However, it’s tough even for the experts to say to what degree operations managers realize the potential value of that data. John Rosenberger estimates that only 40% of companies actively and consistently use lift truck telematics to optimize their operations. As director of iWarehouse Gateway and global telematics for The Raymond…
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…its size,” says Tim Roth, Crown Equipment’s director of branch aftermarket operations. At the micro level, it’s critical to manage the operational health of each truck in the fleet. When Roth talks of the complete fleet, he really does mean all of it from rentals to trucks that have been out on the floor long enough that they don’t owe…
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…automation and emerging technologies for Crown Equipment, which offers autonomous lift trucks with dual-mode capabilities. “The mix of automated and manual operation depends a great deal on the lift truck type and the application,” Gaskell says. “Some applications are designed to isolate the automated vehicles within the aisle or within specific areas of the warehouse, where manual operation is used…
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…automation and emerging technologies for Crown Equipment, agrees that smaller chunks of training content, followed up by instructor verification of learned skills, is a trend. Crown calls its approach “Demonstrated Performance” training, says Gaskell, and the intent is to blend smaller segments of study followed by a quick test of what was learned. “Instead of lecture-based training where you may…
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…helps to surround them with equipment that helps them operate in these busy environments, and which actively informs them of risks to be aware of, especially when they are new to a workplace.” Machine vision technology along with AI software is being applied by Siera AI to enable proactive safety alerting and monitoring for lift truck fleets. Telematics, when well…
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