Stacker simulator

Lift, stack, place.Without the risk.

The Exlynks Stacker Simulator puts operators behind a walk-behind stacker on a virtual floor, to practise lifting pallets, stacking them and placing them in racks before they use the real machine.

3D render of the walk-behind stacker with a loaded pallet raised on its forks.
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What a stacker is

A walk-behind (pedestrian) stacker is a compact truck with a mast that lifts pallets to rack and stacking heights. The operator walks behind it and works it from a tiller handle that carries the drive, lift and lower controls.

Stackers suit stores, back rooms and light warehouse work, where a full forklift is more machine than the job needs.

What operators practise

Lifting: raising and lowering a load smoothly, with the mast and the load in view.

Stacking: placing one pallet squarely on another.

Rack placement: lining up with a rack position at height, setting the load down and backing out with the forks clear.

Why train on a simulator

Practice without the risk: operators rehearse handling, manoeuvring and placement without putting machines, stock or people in harm’s way.

Repeat any scenario: the same task runs as many times as it takes, including situations that are rare or unsafe to stage on a live floor.

Meet the machine first: new operators learn the controls and the environment before their first shift, so their time on the real truck starts further along.

A simulator prepares operators; it does not replace practical training and assessment on the real machine, on your site, which still apply.

Built around your site

The simulator can be built around your own trucks and floor as a custom project: the machines you run, the layout of your warehouse, yard or training bay, and the tasks your operators do every day, so they practise in a copy of the place they will work in.

Our in-house Unity and 3D team studies the task, models the machine and its working space in real-time 3D, builds the controls and scenarios, sets the simulator up on the agreed hardware and refines it as training feedback comes in.

Who it is for

Stores, back rooms, light warehouses and manufacturing stores, and the training institutes and skill centres that prepare operators for them.

Stacker simulator: questions, answered

What is a stacker in a warehouse?

A stacker is a compact truck with a mast that lifts pallets to rack and stacking heights. A walk-behind stacker is steered and worked from a tiller handle by an operator walking behind it.

What is a stacker simulator?

A stacker simulator recreates a stacker and its working space in real-time 3D, so operators can practise lifting, stacking and rack placement without using the real machine.

Can the stacker simulator model our racks?

Yes, as a custom build: we model your stackers, racks and floor in real-time 3D, so operators practise at the heights and in the aisles they will work in.

Is the Exlynks Stacker Simulator available now?

Yes. The Stacker Simulator is available to order now, and we can set up a demo.

Book a live demo

Tell us which machine you train on and where. We will set up a demo, or scope a simulator built for your equipment.