PEACOCK Bros has introduced Sky-trax, an indoor positioning system that tracks, records and monitors the activities of indoor vehicles such as forklifts and pallet stackers.
Accurate to within 3cm2, the system can improve the performance and management of indoor vehicles as they operate within a warehouse or distribution centre.
The Sky-trax system includes a server with software called OPSman which displays in CAD format the warehouse, with illustrations of forklifts or other indoor vehicles that move, in real-time.
Sky-trax constantly records and gathers data such as distances travelled without a load, the amount of downtime for each vehicle, and when and where impacts have occurred, for recall and analysing.
Using a patented optical image reader called Sky-I, mounted on the top of the vehicle and pointed upwards, this tracking solution can determine the position, speed and direction of vehicles by references to roof suspended Sky-Markers.
The Sky-I optical reader communicates with a vehicle mounted mobile computer such as an Intermec CV30 or Motorola VC5090 connected to any WIFI wireless network.
Sky-trax is independent with no ongoing access costs and can be fitted in dark, cold, hot or even exposed warehouses without any interference in operational accuracy. It can manage a single vehicle or an entire indoor fleet.
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