Forklift mast tilt indicator
A new addition to Mentor FLT Training’s range is designed to aid safety and productivity and has the potential to help businesses make savings in damage and repair costs.
The ForkAngles mast tilt indicator can be retro-fitted to a counterbalance truck allowing the operator to accurately gauge when their forks are level without having to leave their truck, ask a colleague for assistance or utilise any other device.
ForkAngles works by detecting the change in distance between the mast and the vehicle body as the mast is tilted. This change in distance is used to move the indicator up and down at operator eye-level via a highly flexible wire cable attached to the vehicle body and the mast. The design principle is simple but the results are extremely accurate, with the capability to detect mast tilt angles to within 0.05 degrees.
According to Mentor, not only does ForkAngles aid accurate operation and save time – helping operators to make judgements efficiently and avoid dangerous and disruptive accidents – but it also has the potential to save businesses thousands of pounds, by limiting damage caused to racking and pallets and the likelihood of a dropped load.
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