Yale is a top manufacturer of zero emissions electric lift trucks within the North American Market. The company was amongst the first to begin utilizing the energy efficient AC motor and other control technology. Yale's continued pursuit of better energy efficiency is improved further by competitive testing. All these testing results feature that Yale's 5000 pound electric rider unit offers the best energy efficiency, or energy utilized per load transported, of any type of lift truck within its class in North America.
Green Innovations
Yale developed and introduced a ground-breaking electronically controlled transmission. This equipment greatly lessens brake and tire wear for our ICE lift truck customers. For our electric lift trucks, the company has implemented a particular system to recapture energy into the lift truck during braking and during the lowering of loads. This energy could then be utilized again. This specific process greatly lowers the models overall energy consumption.
Yale has utilized lots of 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
Yale has taken great strides to engineer their forklifts to be compatible with the latest in alternative power technologies over the years. Yale has implemented LPG option, electric battery models, clean diesel fuels. This tradition is being upheld most recently, with the business being among the first in implementing working fuel cells in actual applications.
Through engineering collaboration, Yale has supported the application of many greener technologies. Moreover, we have initiated a new system of field validation testing, and analysis. At the current time, we are investigating in more efficient battery technologies and chemistries, so as to decrease toxic material content, increase production and lessen overall energy consumption.
Yale is strongly devoted 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.
Recyclability is another prime consideration in Yale forklift design. Beginning at the design stage, Yale 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 keeps environmental sustainability at the forefront of our business and really reduces our footprint.