Safety and load protection

The SumoSafe range includes:

•  SumoSafefork – a new design of lift truck fork that takes traditional steel tines and encases the tip within a protective glove. Made from industrial grade polyurethane, the glove significantly limits the impact of a carelessly driven lift truck’s forks against a load. The results of independent industrial testing indicate a very short ROI. 

•  SumoGlove – a variation on the SumoSafefork, SumoGloves are fitted to the tips of a lift truck’s existing forks. They are compatible with all common makes and size of forklift tine; 

•  SumoVision – a system that improves an operator’s forward visibility even when sight lines are obscured by a large bulky load;

•  SumoLevel – a new forklift mast tilt indicator system designed to significantly reduce the accidental damage and associated safety risks that are often caused to a pallet, the load and the racking by a lift truck’s forks during the pallet picking and put-away process;

•  SumoBackbone – a protective device that can be retrofitted to any make or model of lift truck to minimise the risk of an operator suffering a serious spine or whip-lash injury in the event of his or her truck being hit from the rear by another forklift or reversing into a stationery object.

 “The benefit to any organisation that installs SumoSafe technology will be quickly realised,” says SumoSafe’s co-founder, Simon Ross. “They improve operational efficiency and workplace safety to such an extent that payback is almost immediate.”