Precision Sensing of Forklift Collision Avoidance Systems

Forklifts, as specialized industrial vehicles, possess high mobility and risk factors, exacerbated by varying operator qualities. Hence, in operations, numerous risks exist. How can an effective position perception be established between personnel and vehicles, creating protective barriers? By integrating collision avoidance systems with high-precision positioning systems, setting autonomous safe distances between personnel and vehicles, real-time voice and light alarms are activated through distance sensing, effectively preventing collision accidents.

The forklift collision avoidance system offers advanced warning capabilities, enabling avoidance of emergency braking, thereby reducing vehicle wear while lowering accident risks, ensuring operational efficiency. In specific applications, distances between stations, stations and tags represent the distances between vehicles and personnel. When the distance is less than the set minimum, alarms are simultaneously triggered from connected stations, tags, preventing forklift collision accidents.

Why Should Industrial Areas Use Forklift Collision Avoidance Systems?

Forklifts are the most common industrial vehicles responsible for material and tool handling and stacking. However, in China, statistics show that around 3 million forklifts have led to a significant number of malignant accidents due to blind spots, fatigue, overspeeding, and steering, resulting in scratches, collisions, crushing, and crashes. This has led to serious consequences such as halted production lines, substantial compensation, and managerial accountability. Hence, the forklift collision avoidance system is one of the critical means for forklift safety management. Internationally, forklift safety accidents also frequently occur.

Therefore, in Company A's independently developed safety distance system, with positioning accuracy up to 10cm, precise distance warnings effectively prevent forklift accidents, ensuring accurate positioning of personnel and vehicles. Additionally, it features large capacity, strong multipath resistance, and low power consumption, thus being extensively applicable in factories, parks, and other scenarios requiring industrial vehicles.

Analysis of Forklift Collision Avoidance System Application Scenarios:

Scenario One: Pedestrian-Vehicle Collision Prevention

Installing distance measurement base stations and audio-visual alarms on forklifts, while personnel wear distance measurement tags. When the distance between personnel and forklifts falls below the alarm threshold, both the alarm and tags trigger simultaneously.

Scenario Two: Vehicle-to-Vehicle Collision Prevention

All forklifts are equipped with distance measurement base stations and audio-visual alarms. When the distance between vehicles is less than the alarm distance, they will automatically trigger warnings.

Scenario Three: Corner Collision Prevention

Distance measurement base stations and alarms are installed at corners, both on forklifts and worn by personnel. They automatically alert when forklifts or personnel approach corners.

Scenario Four: Integrated Positioning

By measuring distances between base stations and tags, it offers high-precision positioning and additional functions based on location information, such as trajectory playback, electronic fencing, and video linkage.

Practical Application of Forklift Collision Avoidance Systems in Manufacturing Parks:

• Project Requirements:

The factory's production and shipping processes require a large number of forklifts mainly responsible for short-distance transportation of materials within the factory premises.

When forklifts are laden with goods and operate or reverse, drivers encounter visual blind spots, increasing the likelihood of collisions.

• Solution:

By implementing a forklift collision avoidance system in the form of base stations and personnel wearing collision-avoidance wristbands, it ensures forklifts' safe operation.

When forklifts approach other forklifts or personnel within a set distance, the system triggers the alarms on the forklifts and the positioned wristbands, promptly alerting drivers and nearby personnel to avoid potential dangers. This system offers 360-degree protection without blind spots.

The forklift collision avoidance system's high security in scenarios such as pedestrian-vehicle collision prevention, vehicle-to-vehicle collision prevention, and corner collision prevention makes it highly effective. Alarms sound as distances reach around 50cm; the closer the distance, the more urgent the alarm, indicated by rapid blinking of warning lights. With its ability to issue advanced warning alerts, it prevents emergency braking, saving vehicle wear while maintaining excellent operational efficiency. The system's installation is simple, requiring fixation on objects needing distance measurement; personnel only need to wear distance measurement tags. Of course, the safe distance can be adjusted based on specific environmental conditions.

In summary, the forklift collision avoidance system effectively reduces safety accidents caused by forklift blind spots, mitigates safety risks, significantly enhances forklift drivers' work efficiency and safety awareness. Non-forklift drivers can judge the proximity of forklifts through the system's warning speakers, detecting distances around the forklifts to proactively stop at dangerous distances, preventing accidents, effectively protecting enterprise life and property.