A number of the UK's largest building products suppliers now operate forklift trucks equipped with RCS Overload warning devices from RAVAS. This safety device sounds a warning alarm when the load on the forks exceeds a preset limit, assisting the driver in avoiding potentially dangerous overload situations.A wide range of trucks from 1.6 ton to 12 ton counter-balance, articulating and multi-directional lift trucks have all been fitted with
RAVAS RCS Overload systems. The RCS Overload is a simple and affordable safety system for forklift trucks, with an audible alarm that goes off when the weight on the forks exceeds a preset limit. The alarm only switches off once the load reduces below the limit again. A sensor detects when the second stage of the mast is reached, allowing the system to operate at higher lifting heights as well. It helps the driver to avoid overloading his truck, or overloading customer's vans and trailers.
Not the only fleet protected by RCS OverloadWith its affordable cost, good value for money and easy installation, the
RCS Overload is proving to be an attractive safety system for larger fleets of counterbalanced trucks. Schlumberger, the largest oil field service provider in the world, recently announced the purchase of 200 RCS Overloads for forklifts at sites in countries all over Asia and the Middle East, including Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Iraq, the United Arab Emirates, Oman, Egypt, India, Indonesia, and Pakistan.
RAVAS SafeLine: a line of safety products for counterbalanced trucksRCS Overload is the basic product in the RAVAS SafeLine.
RAVAS-SafeLoad was released earlier this year, a product that provides both weight and forklift stability information: it uses input from an RCS-like hydraulic sensor and a set of sensors that measure the moment forces from load center position and mast tilt, to present stability information in the display. A led bar below the weight display will go from green (safe lifting), via yellow, to red (unsafe lifting: risk of tipping over). The led bar stability indication is enhanced by the color of the weight display (green backlight in safe situations, red backlight in unsafe situations).
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RAVAS manufactures and distributes weighing systems integrated in hand pallet trucks, warehouse trucks and forklift trucks. These mobile weighing systems enable companies to realize immediate cost savings, to make their internal logistics more efficient, to raise the quality of their products and services and thus increase client satisfaction. In today's world of integrated information RAVAS strives to give all its products optimal connectivity. This means that weight information from RAVAS mobile scales can be easily integrated with other information about material flows. The resulting data set can be fed directly into an ERP or WMS system.