Within the North American market, Yale is one of the largest volume producers of zero emissions electric forklifts around. The business was one of the first to adopt the energy efficiency of control technology and AC motor. Yale's continued pursuit of better energy efficiency is enhanced more by competitive testing. All these testing results showcase that the 5000 pound electric rider model made by Yale offers the best energy used per load transported, or energy efficiency, of any kind of forklift within its category within North America.
Green Innovations
Yale was able to introduce and develop an innovative electronically controlled transmission which could really reduce the brake and tire wear for our ICE forklift customers. For our electric trucks, Yale has applied a system to recapture energy into the lift truck during braking and during the lowering of loads. This energy can then be reused. This specific process greatly lowers the unit's overall energy consumption.
Yale has utilized many inventive engineering techniques to lessen non-productive energy use throughout the vehicle by means of drive train efficiency, hydraulic system efficiency and weight reduction. There are still pending patents on the drive train efficiency.
Green Initiatives
Over the last several decades, Yale has gone the extra mile in engineering their lift trucks to be compatible with all the newest in alternative power technologies. Yale has implemented clean diesel fuels, LPG option and electric battery models. This tradition is being upheld most recently, with the business being among the first to implement working fuel cells in actual applications.
Yale has supported numerous greener technologies through engineering collaboration. Furthermore, we have started a new system of field validation testing, and analysis. Right now, we are investigating in more effective battery technologies and chemistries, in order to increase efficiency, reduce overall energy consumption and lessen 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 reliable and safe way.
Another main factor in Yale lift truck design is recyclability. Starting at the design stage, the business actively selects materials for its lift trucks keeping the recyclability factor in mind. Re-using materials as much as possible and having broken down items to be able to be sent for recycling really decreases our footprint and keeps environmental sustainability at the forefront of our business.