Site Assessment Before Adding Automated Reach Trucks

Before introducing automated reach trucks to your existing warehouse operation system, completing a comprehensive and systematic site assessment is the core premise to guarantee stable long-term operation of the equipment, avoid unnecessary transformation cost and reduce potential safety risks. The first step of the assessment is to inspect the ground condition of the whole operation zone. You need to confirm the flatness of the driving route, no obvious pits, raised marks or loose floor tiles that may cause deviation of the truck navigation system. It is also necessary to verify the ground load-bearing capacity to meet the maximum load weight of the automated reach truck when it is fully loaded with goods. The second part is to measure the width of all operation channels and the size of the passage at the turning point, to reserve enough redundant space for the normal traveling, steering and goods picking operation of the automated vehicle, avoiding the situation that the original narrow manual passage cannot support the operation of automated equipment. Next, you need to check the environment around the shelves, confirm that there are no temporary stacked sundries, exposed cables or other obstacles within the running path and picking range of the equipment, and calibrate the position coordinate of each cargo position to match the parameter setting of the truck scheduling system. The assessment team also needs to test the full coverage of the wireless network signal in all operation areas, eliminate all signal blind areas, so as to avoid the situation that the equipment loses connection with the upper management system during operation. In addition, you need to evaluate the light intensity of the operation area, avoid long-term direct strong light irradiation on the sensor detection area of the automated reach truck, and formulate corresponding adjustment plans for semi-outdoor operation areas with rain, snow or dust according to actual conditions. You also need to count the original personnel walking route and manual equipment traveling route in the site, plan the safety isolation area and human-machine interaction warning zone reasonably, to ensure that the operation of automated reach trucks will not conflict with the existing manual operation flow. If you encounter professional problems that cannot be confirmed in the assessment process, you can contact Jianshu New Energy, cooperate with the professional technical team of BYD Forklift, and send an email to 17399989919@163.com to get targeted site assessment guidance and customized deployment suggestions.