Prevents loading bay driveaways
December 1st 2008 Caterpillar Logistics is
enhancing the safety of
loading bay employees at its
Tullamarine warehouse in
Victoria, Australia, with
Castell's Salvo. The aim was
to implement a process to
protect employees from
unscheduled vehicle
departure.
Michael Forrest, warehouse
supervisor, explains:
"Other Cat Logistics facilities
in Europe and North
America had implemented
the Salvo system into their
facilities with great success
and the feedback was very
positive.
"It's innovative, it's costeffective
and, more
importantly, it's easy to use.
I know that our people are
going to go home safe
every night."
Salvo attaches to a
trailer's emergency airline
coupling, preventing
unscheduled trailer
departures, or "driveaways".
Removal of the airline
automatically locks on the
brakes. When the Salvo Type
1 lock is fitted to the
exposed coupling it releases
a coded key. The key is
inserted in the control panel
of the relevant loading bay,
enabling the door to be
opened or the dock leveller
positioned. The key is only
released when loading has
been completed and the
door shut, allowing the Type
1 lock to be removed from
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