Material Handling Glossary | R

A mechanical system that maintains the alignment of a fork truck in a storage aisle.

Forklifts that operate in narrow aisles, storing and retrieving pallets in racks. Some are equipped with a pantograph mechanism and can shelve pallets two-deep. Read More

To take stock from a storage location and transfer it to a primary pick unit location which has become empty.

On those trucks having a steering option, it is the type of steering that results in the truck turning to the right when steering wheel is turned counterclockwise and the operator is facing opposite direction of forks.