In the North American market, Yale is one of the largest volume producers of zero emissions electric forklifts around. The business was one of the very first to apply the energy efficiency of AC motor and control technology. Yale's continued pursuit of improved energy efficiency is further enhanced by competitive testing. These testing results showcase that Yale's 5000 pound electric rider model offers the best energy utilized per load transported, or energy efficiency, of any lift truck in its class in North America.
Green Innovations
Yale developed and introduced an innovative electronically controlled transmission. This machinery really reduces tire and brake wear for our ICE lift truck clients. With regards to our electric trucks, the business has applied a system to recapture energy into the lift truck during the lowering of loads and during braking. This energy could then be reused. This process greatly lessens the models overall energy consumption.
Yale has used a lot of innovative engineering methods to reduce non-productive energy use throughout the vehicle by means of hydraulic system efficiency, drive train 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 making their forklifts to be compatible with all the latest in alternative power technologies. Yale has applied clean diesel fuels, LPG option and electric battery units. This practice is being upheld most recently, with Yale being amongst the very first in implementing working fuel cells in actual applications.
Yale has supported many greener technologies through engineering collaboration. Additionally, we have initiated a new system of field validation testing, and analysis. Presently, we are investigating in more efficient battery technologies and chemistries, to be able to lessen toxic material content, increase production and decrease overall energy consumption.
Yale is strongly committed to these green initiatives and they are reinforced by the company's participation in developing and setting new industry standards to adopt these greener technologies in a reliable and safe manner.
Recyclability is another prime factor in Yale forklift design. Starting at the design stage, Yale actively chooses materials for its lift trucks 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 really decreases our footprint and keeps environmental sustainability at the forefront of our company.