Cat® EP40-55(C)N(H) high-capacity electric counterbalance forklifts

Overview

Overview

The EP40-55(C)N(H) family is built for intensive indoor and outdoor work that would traditionally call for a large IC engine truck. Of its six models, the EP40N, EP45N, EP50CN and EP50N lift at a 500 mm load centre and the EP50NH and EP55NH at 600 mm, covering 4,000–5,500 kg. With its 1,946 mm wheelbase, the compact EP50CN works in a 4,125 mm aisle (EP50N: 4,273 mm). The trucks can carry heavy attachments and lift up to 7,050–7,060 mm with a triplex mast.

Cat® rates them the most energy-efficient and by far the quietest trucks in their class, which means a low total cost of operation and high residual value. Typical applications include paper and pulp, saw mills and timber, steel works and foundries, ports, automotive, bottling, concrete, builders’ merchants and distribution.

Key features

• 2 × 16 kW front-wheel drive and a 34 kW lift motor, travel speed 18/20 km/h laden/unladen.
• OmniTurn all-wheel steering with a +100° rear axle, adaptive steering, intelligent curve control, RDS, PowerBurst and electric differential lock.
• SmoothFlow hydraulics and market-leading SilentRun+ pumps: movements adapt to load weight and lift height, with automatic hydraulic tuning above 2.5 m.
• Rubber-mounted, vibration-free operator compartment, dark interior materials that cut reflections, and clear all-round views from open and enclosed cabins.
• Easy battery access with sideways exchange; a quick-connect point for Li-ion opportunity charging that also provides automatic ventilation for lead-acid batteries.
• Simple plug-in diagnostics, colour display, and as standard hill hold, automatic parking brake, wet disc brakes and mast-mounted floodlights.

Options

• Integrated Li-ion battery (not available in every region), battery inspection hatch for quick checks and water top-ups of lead-acid batteries
• Panel cabin with acrylic roof, steel doors and wipers; air conditioning, heater and interior package (panel cabin only)
• Palm Steering, dual joysticks or manual hydraulic levers
• Low overhead guard, side-shift, fork positioner, load backrest, forks from 1,000 to 2,400 mm
• Safety lights (red lines, blue or red spots), front and rear driving light clusters, rooftop beacons