2. Tail elevators for goods
A tailgate elevator is a lifting platform attached to the rear of a transport vehicle, used to raise or lower goods of any kind between the ground and the truck bed. The use of tail lifts considerably improves working conditions and, above all, significantly reduces vehicle downtime.
They are particularly useful for transporting food and beverage products for distribution companies or chain stores. For example, the driver can use roll-containers to distribute orders prepared in advance by central purchasing agencies to small shopping centers.
Tailgates can be fitted to road vehicles of any capacity, from light commercial vehicles to the largest trucks, including refrigerated vehicles.
Platform elevation is based on two main principles:
vertical sliding tailgates ;...
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Adjustable dock railings
Safety brochures published by INRS http://www.inrs.fr
Safety data sheet ED 679 – Tail elevators.
Safety in the use of light materials handling equipment – p. 64 to 72 – Mobile bridges.
Safety data sheet R 223 – Use of transshipment areas.
Stopping as Carefully as Driving" brochure – Tips for loading and unloading vehicles.
European standards http://www.afnor.fr
- Rampes ajustables - NF EN 1398 - 12-1997
- Prescriptions de sécurité des tables élévatrices - NF EN 1570 - 9-1998
- Partie 1 : Hayons élévateurs pour marchandises - NF EN 1756-1 - 3-2002
Organizations
Syndicat des industries de matériels de manutention SIMMA
Chambre syndicale nationale des carrossiers et constructeurs de semi-remorques et conteneurs CARCOSERCO
Union de normalisation de la mécanique UNM
Institut national de recherche et de sécurité INRS
Bureau de normalisation de l'automobile BNA
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