Speed test for pallet trucks

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. Previous speed tests may have needed a small team of people to measure the required distances and stop watches to test speed. Briggs' speed measuring tool is said to improve the safety and accuracy of these tests, reduce the time and space needed, and the people required.

Briggs' technical manager Trevor Clifton says: "The device only needs one person to use it and includes two lasers set 3-5, 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 analysed.

"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."