Jiashenglifting

• 2023-07-05 10:52:44

Both Europe and North America have specific standards and regulations for logistics equipment to ensure safety, efficiency, and compatibility.

In Europe, the main body responsible for standardization is the European Committee for Standardization (CEN), and the specific directives for equipment like forklifts and pallet trucks come under the Machinery Directive (2006/42/EC). Equipment must meet these standards to receive the CE marking, indicating it's safe to be sold within the European Union. Standards include safety requirements for design, manufacturing, and operation.

In the United States, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) sets and enforces standards to ensure safe and healthy working conditions. For material handling equipment, such as forklifts and pallet trucks, standards include operator training requirements, regular inspections, and specific design and manufacturing requirements.

In Canada, the Canadian Standards Association (CSA) sets safety and performance standards for various types of equipment, including lifting and material handling equipment. Similar to OSHA in the US, CSA has specific standards for equipment design, manufacturing, and operation.

For all these regions, standards might include (but are not limited to) aspects like:

Load capacities: Each piece of equipment should have a clearly stated maximum load capacity.

Stability: Equipment should be designed to prevent tipping under normal use.

Operator controls: Controls should be clearly marked, easily accessible, and safe to use.

Warning labels and instructions: Equipment should come with clear instructions for use and warning labels to indicate potential hazards.

Safety features: This could include things like dead-man's switches, safety rails, or automatic cut-offs.

It's important for companies to understand and adhere to these standards not just for legal compliance, but also to ensure the safety and efficiency of their operations. They should also keep in mind that standards can evolve over time as technology advances and our understanding of safety best practices improves.

About us

Zhejiang Jiasheng Machinery Manufacture Co.,Ltd. is a professional logistic equipment manufacturer in China for more than 15 years, which has several senior and intermediate technicians and engineers with excellent professional ability. Our company focuses on inventing, manufacturing and sales of Logistics Handling Equipment, Commercial Handling Equipment, a variety of Non-standard Customized products.

Our company has been striving and innovating in the industry for decades, while sticking to promote the development of the industry.

Our company has been adhering to innovation, has a number of product patents, inventing a variety of Electric Lifting Platform (such as Stationary Lifting Platform, Mobile Lifting Platform, Shear-fork Type Lifting Platform, etc), Aerial Work Platform, Aluminum Alloy Lifter, Mobile Platforms and different kinds of Pallet Trucks (such as Shear-fork Type Pallet Truck, Electric Pallet Truck, Self-induction Electric Pallet Truck, Stainless Pallet Truck, etc.) and so on.