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Design of Automated Two-Wheeled Forklift with Retracting Third Wheel and Dynamic Counterbalance Mechanism

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Proceedings of International Conference on Intelligent Manufacturing and Automation

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Abstract

The material handling equipments are an integral part of any industry, whatever maybe the size of the industry. The material handling equipment industry offers a variety of products depending upon the particular requirements in the industry. This paper mentions the designing of a two-wheeled forklift having a lifting capacity of 4000 lbs. (1814.37 kg) up to a height of 7 m. This forklift has an overall length of 1.7 m so as to comfortably maneuver in narrow aisle space of less than 2.1 m. The possible design of forklift in the narrow aisle is obtained with the application of an innovative mechanical counterbalancing mechanism.

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  1. L.Y.B-Tech Mechanical, K. J. Somaiya College of Engineering, Mumbai, India

    Abhinav Kshirsagar & Neha Kesarkar

  2. Department of Mechanical Engineering, K. J. Somaiya College of Engineering, Mumbai, 400077, India

    N. S. Chandrashekhar

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  1. Department of Production Engineering, Dwarkadas J. Sanghvi College of Engineering, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

    Hari Vasudevan

  2. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Dwarkadas J. Sanghvi College of Engineering, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

    Vijaya Kumar N. Kottur

  3. Aerospace Group, Institute of Textile Technology, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany

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Kshirsagar, A., Kesarkar, N., Chandrashekhar, N.S. (2019). Design of Automated Two-Wheeled Forklift with Retracting Third Wheel and Dynamic Counterbalance Mechanism. In: Vasudevan, H., Kottur, V., Raina, A. (eds) Proceedings of International Conference on Intelligent Manufacturing and Automation. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-2490-1_5

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