What is this?
The SLS (Safe Loading System) is a comprehensive and automated solution specifically designed to manage safety at loading docks and truck loading/unloading areas. Unlike standalone devices installed directly on machinery, the SLS combines a robust physical structure equipped with advanced sensors and perimeter Artificial Intelligence cameras, creating a stationary protection ecosystem that monitors critical interaction zones.
Elementos del sistema
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Estación de carga
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Activador RFID
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Antena de verificación
What is it used for?
It is designed to eliminate collisions and run-over accidents during loading and unloading operations, where forklifts often operate quickly and with limited visibility on both sides of the truck. The system mitigates risks caused by human factors — such as truck drivers exiting their vehicles unsafely or entering maneuvering areas — creating industrial environments with smooth, automated, and coordinated workflows.
How does it work?
The system operates automatically through real-time analysis of the working environment:
Perimeter Detection: AI-powered cameras installed on the fixed structure continuously monitor the surrounding area and identify people entering the loading zone, distinguishing between safe areas and warning or danger zones.
Active Speed Control: Through communication sensors connected to forklifts, if a person (for example, a truck driver) enters a hazardous area, the system automatically sends a signal to the industrial vehicle to regulate or immediately reduce its speed.
Smart Signaling: The system provides visual and audible alerts to dock operators, indicating when the area is occupied or in a hazardous state so that maneuvers can be stopped or carried out with extra caution.
Perimeter Detection: AI-powered cameras installed on the fixed structure continuously monitor the surrounding area and identify people entering the loading zone, distinguishing between safe areas and warning or danger zones.
Active Speed Control: Through communication sensors connected to forklifts, if a person (for example, a truck driver) enters a hazardous area, the system automatically sends a signal to the industrial vehicle to regulate or immediately reduce its speed.
Smart Signaling: The system provides visual and audible alerts to dock operators, indicating when the area is occupied or in a hazardous state so that maneuvers can be stopped or carried out with extra caution.
What devices does it involve?
The SLS system is supplied as a customized engineering project adapted to each loading dock and includes the following components:
Fixed Safety Structure (Posts): Robust structures designed to provide height and strategic support for optical elements above loading docks.
AI Detection Cameras: Intelligent devices responsible for scanning the area, defining warning zone geometries, and processing the presence of pedestrians or trucks.
Vehicle Sensors: Receivers/transmitters installed on the forklift fleet that communicate with the system to execute speed limitation commands.
Visual Signaling Systems: Panels or warning beacons that inform pedestrians about the dock safety status (e.g., whether access to the waiting zone is permitted or restricted).
Fixed Safety Structure (Posts): Robust structures designed to provide height and strategic support for optical elements above loading docks.
AI Detection Cameras: Intelligent devices responsible for scanning the area, defining warning zone geometries, and processing the presence of pedestrians or trucks.
Vehicle Sensors: Receivers/transmitters installed on the forklift fleet that communicate with the system to execute speed limitation commands.
Visual Signaling Systems: Panels or warning beacons that inform pedestrians about the dock safety status (e.g., whether access to the waiting zone is permitted or restricted).
Where can it be used?
The SLS system is designed for outdoor deployment in loading docks and shipping areas. It is the ideal solution for distribution terminals with high volumes of external truck traffic and heavy-duty forklifts, where operators from different companies work simultaneously and the risk of blind-spot incidents is particularly high.
Advantages
Automation without human error: Regulates forklift speed autonomously without relying solely on operator reaction.
Universal protection: The AI cameras integrated into the structure detect any operator or external driver without requiring tags or additional detection systems.
Versatile modular structure: Can be installed using posts with cantilever arms optimized for truck loading zones.
Operational resilience: Designed to operate outdoors under adverse weather conditions (rain, dust, or changing lighting conditions), ensuring uninterrupted performance.
Universal protection: The AI cameras integrated into the structure detect any operator or external driver without requiring tags or additional detection systems.
Versatile modular structure: Can be installed using posts with cantilever arms optimized for truck loading zones.
Operational resilience: Designed to operate outdoors under adverse weather conditions (rain, dust, or changing lighting conditions), ensuring uninterrupted performance.
Things to consider
It is important to consider that the SLS system is an advanced assistant for loading dock management and speed control. Proper operation requires accurate initial calibration of exclusion zones and compatible Troax interface modules installed on forklifts to receive warning signals. Extreme conditions that obstruct camera lenses should be monitored regularly as part of the facility’s preventive maintenance plan.
If you have questions regarding forklift fleet compatibility or require a design assessment for your loading docks, please contact us through www.troax.com
If you have questions regarding forklift fleet compatibility or require a design assessment for your loading docks, please contact us through www.troax.com
