Reach truck 1 with a control system 2 for controlling the lowering movement of a fork 10, the control system 2 comprising a height sensor 20, for determining the lifting height h of the fork 10 of the reach truck 1, a proportional electrical hydraulic valve 50 connected to a lifting cylinder 70 of the reach truck 1, for controlling an oil flow of the lifting cylinder 70, and a control unit 30, connected to the height sensor 20 for receiving the actual lifting height h signal and controlling the proportional electrical hydraulic valve 50, wherein the control unit 30 automatically decreases the maximum lowering speed v of the fork 10, by controlling the proportional electrical hydraulic valve 50, according a predetermined maximum speed v curve depending on the lifting height h of the fork 10, and in some embodiments only on the lifting height h of the fork 10, such that the fork 10 is softly stopped at the ground.


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    Title :

    Reach truck


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    Publication date :

    2016-06-28


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    IPC:    B66F HOISTING, LIFTING, HAULING, OR PUSHING, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, e.g. DEVICES WHICH APPLY A LIFTING OR PUSHING FORCE DIRECTLY TO THE SURFACE OF A LOAD , Hub-, Verhol- oder Schubvorrichtungen, soweit nicht anderweitig vorgesehen, z.B. Vorrichtungen mit unmittelbarer Krafteinwirkung auf die Last



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