First, the forklift load centre refers to the standard reference distance from the vertical face of the fork backrest to the pre-defined central point of the loaded cargo, which is the core basic parameter for completing accurate capacity calculation of all kinds of electric forklifts.
Most of the nominal rated capacity marked on the electric forklift nameplate is calculated under the premise that the cargo gravity centre fully matches the designated standard load centre. If the actual horizontal distance of the cargo gravity centre from the fork backrest is longer than the rated load centre, the maximum safe loadable weight of the forklift will decrease correspondingly, even when the total weight of the cargo is lower than the nominal marked value, there will still be unbalanced tipping hidden risk during the lifting and moving process.
To get accurate capacity data for specific operation scenarios, you only need to measure the actual gravity centre position of the target cargo, compare the measured distance value with the load centre parameter marked on the forklift nameplate, then check the corresponding capacity reference to get the proper safe load threshold.
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