Mobile Storage Systems offer passive safety option.
May 16, 2003 - AisleGuard microprocessor-controlled, laser-optic system prevents carriage movement whenever person or object is detected in open aisle. When person enters aisle, it automatically locks into its full open position. Face panel controls indicate which aisle is in use. When aisle is clear, AisleGuard resets automatically, and panel indicates that mobile system is ready for use. System includes override, reset, and fail-safe systems.
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Original Press release
Spacesaver
1450 Janesville Ave.
Fort Atkinson, WI, 53538 2798
USA
New Laser-Optic Technology Enhances Safety of Spacesaver's High-Density Mobile Storage Systems
Fort Atkinson, Wis. - Spacesaver Corporation now offers a completely passive safety option for its powered, high-density mobile storage lines. This unique safety feature, called AisleGuard, is a microprocessor-controlled, laser-optic system that prevents carriage movement whenever a person or an object is detected in an open aisle.
AisleGuard requires no conscious effort or pressure to stop or prevent carriage movement. The system, which has a patent pending, is unlike any safety feature on the market. When a person enters an aisle equipped with AisleGuard, the aisle automatically locks into its full open position. The face panel controls indicate which aisle is in use. When the aisle is clear, AisleGuard resets automatically, and the panel indicates that the mobile system is ready for use.
AisleGuard's sensing components work together to:
• Detect people and objects on the aisle floor and prevent carriage movement.
• Allow an opening aisle to continue to open to its full width after a user has entered it.
• Immediately stop carriage movement into a closing aisle should a user enter it.
• Activate face panel control-mounted indicators to assist users.
While fully automatic under normal usage conditions, AisleGuard includes override, reset and fail-safe systems. However, carriage movement will not occur until laser sensors detect that the open aisle is clear.
AisleGuard can be combined with other Spacesaver system features including Aisle Lighting, TouchPad access controls, Security Lock and Stationary Aisle Lock, which allows independent use of more than one aisle at a time. In addition, a powered system can be equipped with dual AisleGuard controls for operation from either end of the system.
Spacesaver powered mobile storage systems provide maximum storage density by eliminating the space required for multiple stationary aisles. This increases storage capacity by as much as 100 percent over conventional storage. Spacesaver won a Gold in the 11th annual "Best of NeoCon" awards program for its powered mobile storage system.
Spacesaver Corporation is the world's leading manufacturer of high-density mobile storage systems and a major supplier of steel shelving and related accessories. Since 1972, Spacesaver has successfully produced storage solutions for library, health care, law enforcement, governmental, museum, institutional, corporate and industrial applications. A division of KI, Spacesaver is ISO 9001:2000 certified and headquartered in Fort Atkinson, Wis. Sales, installation and service are provided by The Spacesaver Group of independent Area Contractors.
For more information, contact Spacesaver Corporation, 1450 Janesville Avenue, Fort Atkinson, WI 53538-2798; tel. 800.492.3434 or 920.563.6362, or visit the Spacesaver Web site at www.spacesaver.com.
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