Training firm Mentor has introduced a new addition to their range of training materials and safety products, which they say aids safety and productivity and has the potential to help businesses make substantial savings in damage and repair costs.
According to Mentor, the ForkAngles mast tilt indicator is designed to be easily 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.
They explain that 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, they say, adding that the design principle achieves extremely accurate results, with the capability to detect mast tilt angles to within 0.05 degrees.
Mentor suggest that the benefits of ForkAngles are being seen by businesses who have installed the product within their fleet; these include aiding accurate operation, saving time, and cost saving, by limiting damage caused to racking and pallets and the likelihood of a dropped load.
