Eyes on the pallets

Integrated into Palletline’s new forklift truck fleet, Palleteyes utilises CCTV, wide-aspect barcode scanners and event processing to deliver the most advanced levels of visibility and traceability in the palletised freight sector.

Palleteyes delivers improved levels of quality control, at the point of unload and reload, eliminating inaccurate scans, improving safety and speeding up Palletline’s freight sortation process across its hubs by more than 15%.

The system, developed in conjunction with Envisage Systems, activates within two metres of a pallet, scanning the barcode and displaying important delivery information including bay location for the forklift driver. Simultaneously, two HD CCTV cameras are activated which record a close-up and wide angle video of the pallet’s entire journey from unload to bay to reload, giving members full visibility of their freight via a cloud-based portal.

The system also integrates with the forklift’s onboard systems to monitor driver performance and operational productivity, and weighs each load, sounding an automated alarm to prevent drivers from lifting a pallet weighing more than 400kg above a height of 1.2m – in-line with the latest double-deck trailer loading guidelines from the DVSA, HSE and other regulatory bodies.

In collaboration with its forklift truck partner, Linde Material Handling, custom structures were manufactured to house the additional CCTV, PCs, monitors and scanning equipment. 

The system was then comprehensively tested over a 12-month period at Palletline’s Coventry hub and is now fully operational at its main hub in Birmingham.