Tool tests speed

In response to customers needing accurate proof that power pallet trucks are set at maximum site speed limits, Briggs Equipment has developed a new speed measuring tool to give managers the reassurance they require.

Heading up its development is Briggs' technical manager, Trevor Clifton. "The device only needs one person to use it and includes two lasers set 3-5m away from one another, each with an LCD screen, mounted on tripods. Information from the lasers is sent to a computer where the data is stored and later analysed," he says.

"The laser beams are set side by side, 278mm apart, significantly reducing the 30m previously needed.

From when the truck touches the first beam to the second beam, the software will accurately record the speed that the truck is moving."