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Safety studies identified that major causes of fatal forklift truck industrial accidents usually occurs when the operator is not at his seat. Some key contributors were accidental mast movements pinching victims, victims caught in moving machines, forklift truck overturning and crashing.
Mitsubishi Forklift Trucks is pleased to introduce Integrated Presence System. A new state of the art safety system links operator presence sensors and safety features of the forklift truck.
With IPS, designers and engineers at Mitsubishi Forklift Trucks adopted an operator centered design concept, rethink and found a more comprehensive method to prevent these accidents. The key focus is to immobilize the movement of the forklift truck and its hydraulic functions when the operator leaves his seat. This is to prevent accidents caused by remote human error.
IPS includes the following five key safety functions:
- Travel Interlock. – Disengages the transmission, reducing the risk of “auto pilot” machines running over victims.
- Mast Interlock. – Disconnect power from the hydraulic lift and tilt functions, prevents hydraulic mast functions when operating levers were unintentionally shifted.
- Neutral Safety Start – Only allow the engine to start when transmission is at neutral. This prevents the forklift truck from surging forward or backward when starting.
- Seat Belt Warning – Flashing of seat belt visual warning lamp on the instrument panel, to remind the operator to fasten his seat belt.
- Park Brake Alarm – Buzzer will sound, when the parking brake lever is disengaged while the engine is off, and when the operator leaves his seat without applying the parking brake.
Mitsubishi Forklift Trucks has made these features a standard on their new Grendia series forklift trucks.
For further information about Mitsubishi Forklift Trucks, contact a local dealer near you
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