Handling empty containers is a fast-paced job. Containers have to be moved or stacked quickly and efficiently. They must be stacked high and close together in order to exploit the available land area to the full.
At the same time, land area gets more and more valuable, why high stacking and a minimum of ground space becomes an important factor. Kalmar fulfils both the conditions of fast and efficient stacking and the condition of minimum ground area by the two empty container trucks ranges; the Kalmar ContChamp empty reachstacker for high, top lift, stacking, and narrow gangways and the Kalmar range of new mast trucks, empty container handlers, with the market's most stable design and with side spreaders for twist-lock or hook handling (double stacking).
Empty container handler, mast truck type
Empty stacking is a precise and time-consuming task, with simple and accurate positioning of containers as a must. Therefore, it is important that the truck chassis, the lifting mast and the side spreader are strong and stable. Kalmar's new DCE-series of empty container lift trucks with two basic capacities of 7 tonnes or 9 tonnes for a total stacking up to 8 cts height offer an extraordinary stability and cost-efficiency. The 9 tonnes model can be equipped with integrated, hook side spreader for double stacking, one container on top of the other. Otherwise, an integrated side spreader with twist locks is standard. The latter has a fixed carriage, the former has a side tilting of ±4 degrees. Duplex or triplex masts, depending on the lift height needed.