Ensuring Proper Stacking Heights for Palleted Items
Challenge
Warehouses, factories, and other operations that transport or store goods in bulk need to make sure that products are not stacked too high on pallets. Whether operators use forklifts
or pallet jacks, excessive stacking heights can be unstable, risking damage, injury, and lost productivity in the event of tipping. A sensor is needed to monitor the full area of a pallet
and alert workers if a specific stacking height is exceeded.
Solution
ZMX sensors use laser and digital imaging technology to detect objects in a wide, three-dimensional field of view. This provides better accuracy for monitoring pallet heights than can be achieved with fine-point photoelectric or ultrasonic sensors, because the full area of a pallet can be monitored. This not only prevents items from being stacked to unstable heights, but it also ensures that they do not extend beyond the reach of automated shrink-wrap machines.
