The Main Uses of Three-Wheel Counterbalanced Forklifts

The core advantages of three-wheel counterbalanced forklifts (i.e., three-point counterbalanced electric forklifts) lie in their small turning radius and flexible maneuverability, while also featuring the characteristic of counterbalanced forklifts—being able to carry goods without relying on external support. Therefore, their main uses are concentrated in scenarios with limited space, high requirements for mobility, and moderate cargo loads, which can be specifically divided into the following categories:

1. Small-Scale Warehousing and Retail Scenarios: Cargo Turnover in Narrow Spaces

• Small Warehouses/Mini Warehouses: Such as small e-commerce warehouses, community storage points, and raw material/finished product warehouses of small manufacturing enterprises. The aisle width is usually only 2-3 meters, making it difficult for traditional four-wheel forklifts to turn. In contrast, three-wheel forklifts (with a turning radius mostly ranging from 1.5 to 2.5 meters) can easily navigate between shelves to complete cargo storage, retrieval, and stacking (with a lifting height mostly of 3-5 meters, meeting the needs of small and medium-sized shelves).
• Retail Stores/Supermarket Backends: Such as fresh food warehouses of supermarkets and replenishment warehouses of convenience stores. The space here is compact, and there is a need for frequent handling of scattered goods (e.g., snacks and beverages packed in cartons). Forklifts can quickly complete the replenishment and turnover process from "warehouse to shelf" in narrow aisles. Moreover, the electric model produces low noise and no exhaust gas, making it suitable for indoor enclosed environments.

2. Light Industry and Precision Manufacturing: Accurate Handling + Environmental Adaptation

• Electronics/Electrical Appliance Manufacturing: For example, in assembly workshops of mobile phones and home appliances, there is a need to handle light components (e.g., circuit boards, plastic parts) or finished products. These goods are vulnerable to collision and require high operational precision. Three-wheel forklifts have sensitive control, allowing them to park accurately beside production lines or in front of shelves to avoid cargo damage. Meanwhile, electric models have no oil pollution or exhaust gas, meeting the cleanliness requirements of electronic workshops.
• Pharmaceutical/Food Processing: Industries in this field have strict requirements for "hygiene and no pollution" in the production environment (e.g., GMP workshops). Three-wheel electric forklifts emit no exhaust gas, produce low noise, and have a simple body structure that is easy to clean. They can be used for indoor handling of raw materials (e.g., pharmaceutical raw material barrels, food packaging materials) to avoid polluting the production environment.
• Printing/Textile Factories: When handling light coiled materials such as rolled paper and fabrics, frequent turns are needed in the narrow aisles of workshops. Three-wheel forklifts can flexibly bypass equipment or workstations to complete short-distance transfer from "raw material warehouse to production line" and "production line to finished product warehouse."

3. Indoor Narrow Aisle Operations: Adaptation to Special Spaces

• Old Factories/Reconstructed Spaces: For some old factories or production workshops converted from residential buildings, the aisle width is less than 2 meters, and there may be obstacles such as columns and pipelines. Three-wheel counterbalanced forklifts can avoid obstacles through small-radius turns to complete the handling of equipment parts and semi-finished products.
• Underground Garages/Inter-Floor Handling: Some enterprises need to handle goods in underground garages (with narrow aisles and many turns) or multi-story factories (using freight elevators to move between floors). Three-wheel forklifts have a compact body (with a length mostly ranging from 2.5 to 3.5 meters), allowing them to easily enter freight elevators. Their flexible turning also makes them suitable for short-distance transfer across floors and in narrow aisles.

4. Logistics Terminals and Short-Distance Connection: High-Frequency Turnover with Light Loads

• Logistics Stations/Courier Outlets: Courier outlets need to split large packages into small ones every day and then transfer them to sorting tables or delivery vehicles. Most of the goods are packages weighing less than 100kg. Three-wheel forklifts can quickly complete turnover between "unloading area → sorting area → temporary storage area," and their small turning radius can adapt to the dense layout of sorting tables in the outlets.
• Short-Distance Connection in Small Logistics Parks: For example, in small distribution centers in cities, there is a need for short-distance handling of goods (e.g., couriers on pallets) between different sorting areas and trucks. Long-distance driving or heavy loads are not required here, and the mobility of three-wheel forklifts can reduce waiting time and improve connection efficiency.

5. Other Special Scenarios: Replacing Manual Labor + Reducing Costs

• Cold Storage/Low-Temperature Environments: Some three-wheel counterbalanced forklifts can be customized into "low-temperature models" (withstand temperatures from -20℃ to -30℃) for handling frozen food and pharmaceutical cold chain goods in cold storage. Their flexible maneuverability allows them to replace manual handling in low-temperature and narrow spaces (manual work in cold storage is inefficient and prone to frostbite), thereby reducing labor costs.
• Exhibition/Event Setup: For example, handling display boards and props during exhibition setup, and moving audio equipment and materials at event venues. The venue space is temporary and narrow, and three-wheel forklifts can quickly complete short-distance and light-load handling. Additionally, their compact body does not occupy much space for exhibition setup.