Stacker

Also found in: Dictionary, Thesaurus, Medical, Financial, Idioms, Wikipedia.

stacker

[′stak·ər]

(mechanical engineering)

A machine for lifting merchandise on a platform or fork and arranging it in tiers; operated by hand, or electric or hydraulic mechanisms.

The following article is from The Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1979). It might be outdated or ideologically biased.

Stacker

a machine for placing hay and straw in stacks or ricks, as well as for loading shocks into vehicles. A stacker may also be used to load manure, silage, grain, mineral fertilizers, and packed goods. Stackers are thus equipped with interchangeable working elements—forks, scoops, and hooks—for handling various items. Stacker types include tractor semimounted and mounted models with a grapple fork, mobile motor-driven cranes with a reversible or nonreversible platform and a grasping device, tipping stackers, and elevator stackers. Stackers used in the USSR are equipped with grapple hooks and are mounted on tractors in the 1.4-ton-force class.

Stacker

a materials-handling machine with a frontally attached lifting device or pair or forks capable of being raised and lowered. A stacker travels along the surface of the floor on wheels made of metal, plastic, or solid rubber and is designed to stack merchandise or place it on racks to a height of up to 8 m. A stacker is controlled from its cab, which, in some cases, may be raised and lowered itself. The load-lifting capacity of a stacker can be as much as 3.2 tons.

References in periodicals archive ?

The stacker picks up the products in its paddle chain and positions them as 'counts' ready for discharge.

FAST, NOT FURIOUS--CARTON AND BAG PACKAGING WITH A STACKER: A new stacker type from Optima promises added scope in production without compromising on processing speed

The bauxite that is stacked and recovered by the stacker reclaimer will be unloaded from GAC's rail wagons using another large piece of equipment, the car dumper.

EGA's Guinea mine to export next year

Improved PCNN Denoising Model and Algorithm for Vibration Signals of Stacker Running Track

A New Cooperative Anomaly Detection Method for Stacker Running Track of Automated Storage and Retrieval System in Industrial Environment

FBI agents served a search warrant at Stacker's home off River Road in August 2015.

Eugene man gets 4 years on child porn charges

Konecranes is a global supplier of lift trucks, and has a range of reach stackers ranging from 10 tonnes to 45 tonnes for empty and laden container handling; 41 tonnes to 45 tonnes for intermodal handling, 45 tonnes for barge handling and 35 tonnes to 80 tonnes for industrial handling.

Konecranes equips Saudi container yard with reach stackers

A local implement dealer would sell a Johnson stacker, and he would help mount it on whatever brand of tractor the farmer had.

Building stacks of hay

"Estimated fuel consumption will be around 10 liters/hour during normal handling of fully loaded containers, significantly less than with conventional reach stackers. This is achieved by electrifying all flows of energy across the driveline, the hydraulic lifting system and the energy storage system," pointed out Nilsson.

Konecranes unveils world's first hybrid reach stacker

The stacker can be powered-up by using a key or with an optional keyless access pad.

Walkie Stacker Models Feature Electric Power Steering Option

-Finnish Konecranes to deliver stackers, container handlers to Kuwaiti ports

China Press, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, will operate two single-plate lines consisting of two ProVision Alliances, two CM conveyors and two stackers. Sin Chew Jt Poh, Singapore will install two lines, each consisting of a ProVision Alliance, UTM-Rotator and stacker.