Do you know how to work out the weight of Mild Steel Plate?
At work today I was a little lazy and tried to lift a 6 meter x 3 meter x 20 mm plate with a 2 ton capacity forklift.
Needless to say the back wheels lifted off the ground as the plate exceeded 2 tons in weight.
So, I done what I should have done before attempting the lift.
I worked out the weight of the plate thus;
Length x Breadth x thickness x 7.85 (Specific material density for Mild Steel)
6 meters x 3 meters x 20 mm x 7.85 = 2,826 kilograms.
No wonder the Forklift would not lift the plate. It was over 800 kilograms over capacity
Needless to say the back wheels lifted off the ground as the plate exceeded 2 tons in weight.
So, I done what I should have done before attempting the lift.
I worked out the weight of the plate thus;
Length x Breadth x thickness x 7.85 (Specific material density for Mild Steel)
6 meters x 3 meters x 20 mm x 7.85 = 2,826 kilograms.
No wonder the Forklift would not lift the plate. It was over 800 kilograms over capacity
