Yale Vision’s base telemetry is now standard for its lift trucks

Yale Lift Truck Technologies this week announced that wireless monitoring, the base tier of its Yale Vision telemetry system, will now be included as standard on several key warehouse lift truck models. They include order pickers, reach trucks, and turret trucks.

The standard telemetry offering tracks forklift utilization, impacts, location, and diagnostic trouble codes. It is intended to help operations schedule and track preventive maintenance. As part of its standard offering, the company said it gives users seven years of wireless communication at no additional charge.

“Yale Vision allows warehouses to put a critical eye to lift truck fleets, helping them better understand ongoing costs and operational performance,” said Darrell Hinnant, commercial director, emerging technology, at Yale Lift Truck Technologies. “By including wireless monitoring as a standard feature, we’re giving fast-paced warehouses the visibility they need to maximize the lifetime value of their equipment, help reinforce proper operator behavior, and help reduce avoidable damage and downtime.”

Telemetry is linked to individual operators

Yale said its wireless monitoring and telemetry offering enables warehouse operations to track equipment usage and link it to individual staffers, helping to optimize workflows and boost productivity.

To help improve safety and prevent avoidable damage, Yale Vision also delivers real-time impact notifications, alerting managers to impacts so they can identify the cause and take corrective action, such as additional operator training.

In addition, the Cleveland-based company claimed that its dashboards and analytics are easy to use. They provide complete visibility from any Internet-enabled device, allowing access to utilization, charging, and maintenance information, it said.

Wireless monitoring widens

As well as electric narrow aisle warehouse models, wireless monitoring is now also available standard on the company’s counterbalanced electric and internal combustion engine (ICE) lift trucks. Wireless monitoring is the first of three available tiers in the Yale Vision solution.

The second tier, wireless access, adds key-card identification that associates wireless monitoring information with specific operators. It enables impact lockout and inactivity shutdown.

The third tier, wireless verification, can help operations maintain regulatory compliance by prohibiting truck operation until mandatory digital safety checklists – including OSHA pre-shift checklists – are complete.

About Yale Lift Truck Technologies

Yale has more than a century of material handling experience and has invested in bringing innovative systems to market. The company offers a full line of award-winning lift trucks, including pallet jacks and trucks, pallet stackers, tow tractors, and counterbalanced forklifts.

It also provides operator-assist systems, robotics, and a range of power sources to help customers adapt to today’s demanding supply chain. An independent dealer network supports these products with after-sales service, parts, financing and training.

Yale Lift Truck Technologies is a division of Hyster-Yale Materials Handling, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Hyster-Yale Inc., which is headquartered in Cleveland and operates globally.