Accurate mast tilt indicator
Whilst forklift operator training is designed to teach the safest and best practice, which should minimise the risk of accidents, it cannot completely eliminate the risk of damages caused by forklifts, AEC Designs says.
The company continues: "Damages are most often caused when the operator fails to accurately align the forks/attachment with the load. Sideways alignment is determined by steering the truck, which is a skill that can be easily taught, and any errors can be corrected by using side-shift.
"However, the operator’s seating position and limitations of the human visual system mean that all operators will struggle to correctly determine vertical (especially above 4m) and angular alignment."
By installing its ForkAngles mast-tilt indicators to your trucks, AEC Designs says that the forks can be perfectly aligned first time and every time, helping counterbalance operators to improve their efficiency and drastically reduce incidence of load damage
ForkAngles is capable of achieving accuracies of 0.02 degrees of tilt angle. This means that ForkAngles can be used with all attachments, even the longest extended forks and carpet booms.
Because ForkAngles is analogue, it allows the operator to not only judge when the forks are aligned, but also how quickly they are approaching alignment. This is important for the smooth and efficient setting of tilt angle, and is not possible with digital indicators.
ForkAngles is mounted onto the mast in front of the driver’s line of sight, so its use quickly becomes instinctive.
