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Article: Wine company moves product with clean finish.
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- Modern Materials Handling
- Article date:
- October 2, 2009
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When a lift truck's cargo is both fragile and extremely awkward, only the best stability technology will do. At the California Kendall-Jackson Wine Estates facility, state-of-the art lift trucks help operators move massive barrels of wine without spilling a drop.
Before choosing a supplier, general manager Jeff Eikenberry held a five-month testing period with several different lift truck manufacturers. The testing period highlighted one manufacturer's active mast control feature that gives operators push-button control for safer, easier load handling, especially with challenging items like wine barrels.
The stability system also senses ...