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AUSTRALIAN COMPANY WANTS TO TACKLE THE WORLD
Melbourne, Australia
Friday, 2 Mar 2001
MELBOURNE, Australia -- PJB Electronics Australasia Pty Ltd, a leading manufacturer of electronic monitoring and control systems for forklifts and heavy machinery, is looking to broaden its horizons on the global market.
PJB national sales manager Joe Kelly said PJB's monitoring and shutdown system was not based on cutting-edge technology, but on simplicity and durability "to cut downtime and ease of maintenance".
Mr Kelly said the unique system could be set to almost any parameters to ensure the smooth, safe running of materials-handling equipment from forklifts to reachstackers and other heavy machinery.
The adaptable system can be varied to being as simple as shutting a machine down when the oil runs out, to recording that data, including who was driving, where and when.
PJB's system can monitor a container handler's twistlocks. If they are not properly secured, the hydraulics shut down, disabling the lifting mechanism until the container is secure.
"We find companies are outlaying huge sums of money for maintenance on their machines, never knowing that it may be their employees' driving that causes a machine to be down all the time," Mr Kelly said.
"There is no use buying a big machine if you have no intention of looking after it."
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