Dock doors, plates and backroom lanes: the highest-traffic meters in the building, served by walkie pallet trucks, counterbalance staging and charging at the pause points.
Scenario challenges
Dock doors and backroom lanes are narrower than the racking aisles they feed; equipment must match the tighter dimension.
Dock staffing lives with arrival windows; equipment that can be interrupted for charging flexes with the schedule.
Dock plates carry ratings, and every crossing is a transition under wheels.
Selection logic
| Decision factor | What to check on site | How this solution is specified |
|---|---|---|
| Lane width at the doors | Measure door clear width and the backroom lanes the pallets actually travel. | ST15 walkie pallet trucks — a 685 mm chassis sized for exactly this dimension. |
| Pallet flow to racking | Staged pallets move from dock to racking continuously. | EP18 / EP25 / EP30 counterbalance line on 80 V lithium, sized by the capacity worksheet. |
| Charging without dedicated rooms | Dock pauses are charging opportunities, not downtime. | Opportunity charging at the dock — 0–80% in 2 h on the EP30 — replaces swap infrastructure. |
| Shift coverage | Dock traffic peaks; coverage matters more than peak speed. | Lithium opportunity charging keeps trucks available across peaks without a battery room. |
Recommended models
Dock lanes, plates and backroom work at 1.5 t with a walkie footprint.
\nStaging to racking at 3,000 kg @ 500 mm with opportunity charging.
\nSend door widths, lane measurements and arrival windows — engineering responds within 12 hours on average.
Container loading, cold storage, warehousing and ports — the same scenario-first matching across environments.
Opportunity charging and the warehousing solution show how dock fleets stay available across peaks.