Overview

RICO ENGINEERING: OUR CAPABILITIES

We push the boundaries to give you the highest performance & safety for material handling trucks.

Our engineering team won’t rest until your material handling dilemma is solved.  This forward-thinking crew is ready to share more than 75 combined years of expertise in mechanical, manufacturing, electrical and fluid power engineering. 

RICO engineers know what you care about most in specialty equipment and lift trucks: safety, reliability and high performance. We utilize the very best tools, techniques and training to deliver exactly what you need – and more.

Mechanical Design and Solid Modeling

RICO engineering uses the most advanced tools available to rapidly develop solutions for our customers. We leverage 3D solid modeling, motion simulation and other design validation software to create functional designs capable of being manufactured.

Finite Element Analysis (FEA) and Simulation FEA-1 Our team uses powerful structural simulation tools to solve tough design challenges and optimize existing designs. We have the capabilities to quickly analyze static structural loading, linear stress, dynamic loading, vibration, frequency, thermal and fatigue.

Codes and Standards

Numerous codes and standards govern safety requirements for industrial trucks and material handling equipment. RICO engineers believe knowledge of these standards is essential to building the safest and most reliable equipment. That’s why every RICO engineer, designer and quality assurance technician is thoroughly trained in and intimately familiar with these standards.

We even voluntarily conform to non-government mandated standards when we believe this will produce a safer product for our customer. Here are some of the standards RICO adheres to where applicable. (This is not a comprehensive list.)

ANSI/ITSDF B56.1 Safety Standard for Low Lift and High Lift Trucks
ANSI/ITSDF B56.5 Safety Standard for Automatic Guided Industrial Vehicles
ANSI/ITSDF B56.9 Safety Standard for Industrial Tow Tractors
ANSI/ITSDF B56.10 Safety Standard for Manually Propelled High Lift Industrial Trucks
ANSI/ITSDF B56.11.4 Hook-Type Forks and Fork Carriers for Power Industrial Trucks
ANSI/ITSDF B56.11.5 Measurements of Sound Emitted by Powered Industrial Trucks
ANSI/ITSDF B56.11.6 Evaluation of Visibility From Powered Industrial Trucks
ASME B30.5 Mobile and Locomotive Cranes
AWS D1.1 Structural Welding Code - Steel
BS EN 1525 Safety of Industrial Trucks - Driverless Trucks and Their Systems
ISO 3691 Industrial Trucks - Safety Requirements and Verification
NFPA 505 Fire Safety Standard for Powered Industrial Trucks
OSHA 1910.178 Powered Industrial Trucks
UL 583 Standard for Safety: Electric Battery Powered Industrial Trucks
ANSI/ITSDF B56.1 Safety Standard for Low Lift and High Lift Trucks
ANSI/ITSDF B56.5 Safety Standard for Automatic Guided Industrial Vehicles