Safety when it matters most
What if people, their handling equipment and the infrastructure could communicate with each other?
A complex interplay of man and machine exists whereever industrial trucks are in use. The Linde Safety Guard is an innovative monitoring system that provides an early warning of potential hazards.
A complex interplay of man and machine exists whereever industrial trucks are in use. The Linde Safety Guard is an innovative monitoring system that provides an early warning of potential hazards.
Material handling operations like loading and unloading trucks can encounter potentially hazardous situations. Industrial trucks and personnel working together in close proximity can be challenging and difficult to control. In the worst-case scenarios this can lead to injury or property damages.
Every aspect of any material handling application demands constant vigilance by all personnel involved: blind corners, low visibility areas and distracting noises are all ever-present safety risks in intralogistics and manufacturing working environments.
A timely warning: the Linde Safety Guard
The Linde Safety Guard is an innovative assistance system that enhances safety for truck operators and pedestrian personnel in areas where trucks are in use. Active advance warning mechanisms in the event of potential hazards, means that everyone involved can react immediately. Depending on the application and the selected detection modules, the Safety Guard system warns either by sound emissions, flashing LED lights or vibrations. Hazards can then be neutralised before any physical injury or collateral damage occurs.
This unique safety system was developed by the start-up Comnovo, which was acquired by Linde Material Handling in July 2017. The system has been incorporated into Linde Material Handling’s industrial trucks since early 2016. Since then, the system has proven itself across a wide variety of industries.
Always in the safe zone
Be it excessive speeds, personnel crossing a truck’s path or low visibility: There are a multitude of reasons why accidents can occur while working with industrial trucks. The Linde Safety Guard’s system can be configured to monitor specific risks.
Tailored safety
The Linde Safety Guard system increases the safety of all personnel involved in internal traffic. It can see around corners and through walls, reduces speeds automatically and can be programmed to suit any hazardous scenario.
The Linde Safety Guard uses warning zones to prevent accidents. Transmitters are positioned on industrial trucks, walls, racking and even carried by the personnel themselves. This ensures rapid detection, early warning and avoidance of hazardous situations.
If a pedestrian and a truck look likely to collide, then both the industrial truck and the pedestrian are warned simultaneously. A receiver in the truck indicates how many pedestrian personnel are approaching the danger zone and from which direction. Pedestrians are warned by the transmitter they have on their person. This also works through walls and racking.
Speed restriction zones can also be pre-defined and programmed, so that the system automatically reduces the truck‘s speed in these zones and also warns the truck operator. This minimises accidents between trucks and personnel in areas such as production, orderpicking
areas, and busy intersections for example.
All this is only possible because the Linde Safety Guard system is able to precisely determine the position of marked objects or personnel within ten centimetres and the warning zones are individually adjustable.This level of precision also helps to prevent false alarms. Moreover, a broadband radio signal in the 4 GHz range (UWB) helps to ensure reliability by eliminating interference from Wi-Fi, Bluetooth or RFID.
The system can be adapted to meet any security requirements. It consists of individual modules and can be tailored to the respective risk situation on individual sites.
Advantages at a glance
- Personnel and zone recognition
- Warning zones that can be configured within 10 centimetres of precision
- Visualisation of the number and position of personnel in the danger zone
- Mutual warning for pedestrian personnel and truck operators
- Detection through walls and racking*
- Versatile, adaptable and rapid installation
Truck Unit
The Truck Unit warns the industrial truck operator via LED lights and acoustic signals.
Portable Unit
The Portable Unit warns personnel of approaching industrial trucks using acoustic signals, LED lights and vibration.
Sensors
Detect the modules carried by pedestrians and industrial trucks in the defined potentially hazardous zones.
Truck Unit small
The Truck Unit small is attached to the forklift and communicates with stationary modules such as the Static Unit or the Zone Marker.
Static Unit
The Static Unit marks hazardous zones in critical areas such as access doors or low visibility intersections.This module warns the environment via acoustic signals and LED lights.
Zone Marker
The Zone Marker defines speed-restriction areas.
Charger
The Charger charges the Portable Unit inductively. The fully automatic activation ensures optimum ease of operation.
