In the North American market, Yale is amongst the largest volume producers of zero emissions electric lift trucks around. The business was one of the first to implement the energy efficiency of control technology and AC motor. Yale's continued pursuit of better energy efficiency is further improved by competitive testing. All these testing results showcase that Yale's 5000 pound electric rider model offers the best energy efficiency, or energy used per load transported, of any type of lift truck within its category within North America.
Green Innovations
Yale introduced and developed a ground-breaking electronically controlled transmission. This machine really reduces tire and brake wear for our ICE forklift customers. With regards to our electric lift trucks, the business has applied a specific system to recapture energy into the truck during the lowering of loads and during braking. This energy could then be reused. This specific process greatly lessens the unit's overall energy consumption.
Yale has used a lot of inventive engineering techniques to decrease non-productive energy use throughout the vehicle by means of hydraulic system efficiency, drive train efficiency and weight reduction. There are still patents pending on the drive train efficiency.
Green Initiatives
Yale has taken great strides to engineer their lift trucks to be compatible with the latest in alternative power technologies over the years. Yale has applied clean diesel fuels, LPG option and electric battery units. This tradition is being upheld most recently, with Yale being among the very first in implementing working fuel cells in actual applications.
Through engineering collaboration, Yale has supported the application of many greener technologies. Furthermore, we have initiated a new system of field validation testing, and analysis. Right now, we are investigating in more efficient battery chemistries and technologies, to be able to increase efficiency, lessen overall energy use and decrease toxic material content.
Yale is strongly committed to these green initiatives and they are reinforced by the company's participation in setting and developing new industry standards to adopt these greener technologies in a safe and reliable manner.
Recyclability is one more key consideration in Yale forklift design. Starting at the design stage, Yale actively selects materials for its forklifts keeping the recyclability factor in mind. Re-using materials as much as possible and having broken down things to be able to be sent for recycling keeps environmental sustainability at the forefront of our business and greatly reduces our footprint.