Thursday, June 19, 2008

GREENE, N.Y. — The Raymond Corporation offers visual assistance to lift truck operators storing and retrieving pallets at greater lift heights with its exclusive Vantage Point™ System color imaging system. The imaging system makes pallet tag identification quick and easy for lift truck operators working with high racking, thus increasing productivity and accuracy in warehouse operations. Vantage Point is an available option on new or retrofitted Raymond 7000 Series Reach-Fork® and Deep-Reach® trucks as well as tall EASi™ Reach-Fork and Deep-Reach trucks.

The system consists of a waterproof, high-resolution camera mounted below the truck carriage and a color monitor affixed to the operator compartment. The monitor provides a 52-degree view up, down, left and right.

“An exclusive adjustable reference line on the monitor shows the operator where the forks are located to aid in pick accuracy,” says John Colborn, reach truck director at The Raymond Corporation. “The reference line is green to make it easy to see on the color monitor.”

Built to handle the toughest environments, the Vantage Point System works in ambient temperatures and in freezers as cold as minus 20 F. The monitor requires minimal lighting and offers an effective reading of pallet tags with fonts 72 points or smaller from four feet away.

The Vantage Point System is available exclusively through authorized Raymond dealers.

The Raymond Corporation is one of  the leading North American providers of materials handling solutions that improve space utilization and productivity, with lower cost of operation and greater operator acceptance. High-performance, reliable, ergonomically designed Raymond products range from a full line of manual and electric pallet trucks and walkie stackers to counterbalanced trucks, Reach-Fork trucks, orderpickers and dual-purpose (pallet handling/case picking) Swing-Reach® trucks.