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When wholesaler Central Grocers broke ground on a new DC, it opted for a number of environmentally (and economically) attractive options. Among them: hydrogen fuel cellpowered lift trucks.
Diagnose lift-truck performance from afar? It might sound like science fiction, but it's now possible—and it has the potential to change the way you manage your fleet.
Emerging technologies may be the future of lift truck propulsion, but the lead acid battery will remain the dominant technology in the DC for some time to come.
Eager to see how its newly developed fuel cell device would fare in trials, East Penn Manufacturing decided to test the unit itself. But round-the-clock DC operations and 4,000-pound loads would make this a rigorous trial.