Forklift vs. Incremental Upgrade -- Weighing All the Factors
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During the past three to five years (depending on the industry in question), IT budgets have been modest at best. There has been a great deal more Band-Aids placed on them than shiny new hardware and software purchased. At the same time, not a lot of new stuff has come on the market. Mainly, the past few years have been all about incremental improvements to the old hardware and software. What little new technology was released did not see significant adoption.
A prime example of this is 10 Gbit Ethernet. Its sales trends and pricing, which is generally a function of sales volume, tell us a great deal. 10 Gbit Ethernet pricing has finally dropped, and those (including me) who predicted high adoption and low pricing back in 2007 and 2008 were wrong. It is only now that we may be seeing the light at the end of this very long and deep recession.
Source: Enterprise Storage Forum
One Fiat 500 + electric forklift motor = Fiat 500 E
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Karabag is a Hamburg-based manufacturer that offers a variety of aftermarket-equipped electric vehicles. Linde Hydraulics doesn't manufacture automobiles, but it brings an expertise in electric drive components from products like tractors and forklifts. It's the latter that motivates the 500 E, specifically a 28 kW (37 hp) electric motor pulled out of Linde's forklift fleet. Linde also supplies accompanying equipment like a converter and control unit.
The result of the partnership is an EV that's modest (to be polite) in every way imaginable ... except price. With its underwhelming 37 horses, the 500 E travels up to 62 miles (100 km) and hits speeds up to 65 mph (105 km/h). So, it's hardly fast enough to take on your local interstate and will be lucky to make it three towns over and back.
Source: Gizmag
Company given record fine over Tynan forklift death of Robert Wilson
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A farming company prosecuted under corporate manslaughter law has been fined a record £187,500, plus £13,000 costs, over the death of an employee.
Robert Wilson, 45, died on a pig farm owned by JMW Farms Limited at Tynan, County Armagh, on 15 November 2010.
Mr Wilson died after being hit by a metal bin that fell off a forklift.
The forklift was being driven by one of the company's directors, Mark Wright. The bin had not been properly attached to the forklift.
It was also revealed that it was not possible to insert the lifting forks into the sleeves of the bin as the forks were too big and incorrectly spaced.
Source: BBC News
A man who tried to steal a cash machine using a forklift truck has been jailed for six and a half years. Richard McGrath, 32, admitted - while acting with others - to targeting the Londis Stores in Cleland, North Lanarkshire, on 4 November 2008.
The BT Lifter Silent hand pallet truck has decreased disruption from delivery noise to cut the risk of complaints from local communities. Toyota Material Handling has developed a new twist on a well-known product and designed it to be as quiet as
