| A warehouse is more of a storage building where | | | | and garage services, construction, |
| raw materials, goods and other commodities are | | | | telecommunications, inventory management and |
| kept. It may also refer to a large store where | | | | cable industries. These types of equipment are |
| wholesale products are stored. Considering the | | | | bought according to lift capacity and travel as well |
| space requirements of a warehouse, keeping | | | | as platform length and width. |
| track of inventory as well as lifting the items into | | | | Industrial carts and trucks |
| taller stocks may only be made possible with the | | | | These are types of warehouse equipment whose |
| aid of a machine. Here is where the concept of | | | | main purpose is to transport not only materials |
| warehouse equipment enters the scenario. | | | | but another form of equipment. There are cabinet |
| There are different purposes served by | | | | carts with drawers and doors placed on a |
| warehouse equipment. One may use it for the | | | | compartment. Container or utility carts are also |
| purpose of lifting objects inside the warehouse or | | | | found on the list and are often used in a wide |
| carrying items from the outside of the building. | | | | array of applications. Drum carts are also popular |
| There are also machines that may be used in | | | | types designed specifically to lift drums. These |
| unloading and loading purposes. To get a clearer | | | | items may also be further classified according to |
| view of these different machinery, here are | | | | its features. These items are used in: janitorial |
| some items included in the list. | | | | activities; appliance transports; office materials, |
| Forklifts and dock lifts | | | | mails and file organization; and for waste recycle |
| Forklifts are machines engaged in the transfer of | | | | and removal. |
| loads of materials for warehousing, construction, | | | | Other forms of equipment for warehouses |
| manufacturing and handling purposes. Pallets or | | | | There are still other forms of warehouse |
| platforms of loads may be placed inside a forklift | | | | equipment. One example is the dock equipment |
| as long as the equipment's capacity permits it. It is | | | | used in assisting loading and unloading activities. |
| subcategorized into three types namely the | | | | This machine starts getting materials from trucks |
| manual drive, fork truck and motorized drive. | | | | then delivers them to buildings. There is also the |
| Dock lifts on the other hand are types of work | | | | pallet jack. This one is a device utilized in order to |
| platforms relevant in order to lower or raise a | | | | lift and transport pallets. It works by gradually |
| certain set of materials, work pieces and even | | | | lifting the pallet but not in a level as high as |
| people to position them in their proper places. | | | | forklifts and dock lifts can manage. |
| These items are very important in automotive | | | | |