Yale lift truck technology

The Yale Reliant™ suite of operator assistance technologies from Yale Materials Handling Corp., Greenville, N.C., can be used by warehouses to help reinforce lift truck operating best practices. The solution automatically adjusts lift truck performance based on proximity to pedestrians and obstacles, load weight, equipment status and location-specific rules. The technology is the product of more than 29,000 hours of research and development invested by Yale’s parent company, Hyster-Yale Group.

Yale Reliant is a tool for supporting operator awareness and adherence to best practices. The solution triggers audible and visual alerts to inform operators of proper operating protocols and initiates lift truck performance reduction based on facility-specific rules, while leaving the operator in ultimate control of the equipment. Warehouses can set the desired following distance between equipment, and the product can automatically limit speed to maintain proper distance.

Operations can implement location-based rules to limit travel speed at the end of the aisles, exclude equipment from pedestrian-heavy zones and much more. Yale Reliant also can apply performance controls in a variety of scenarios based on truck sensors and inputs, such as restricting travel and lift functions if a load exceeds the weight limit and reducing cornering speed to avoid upsetting stability.