Warehouse and Forklift Access

Summary

DALLAS, TX – TagMaster North America, Inc., in affiliation with DH Pace Company Inc., deployed long-range LR-series readers and standalone ACTS ESSENTIAL software to streamline forklift access in a large distribution warehouse.

Challenge

The warehouse needed a turnkey solution for their high-speed roll-up doors to grant their forklift fleet access into their industrial freezer. In the warehouse, multiple high-speed roll-up doors stand adjacent to each other. Previously, the doors operated using sensors. With the sensor system, the doors would open rapidly whenever vehicles or forklifts drove past, even when they were not trying to gain access to the freezers.

Solution

To address the warehouse’s concerns, TagMaster NA provided LR-series microwave readers and heavy-duty tags, as well as the standalone reader-embedded ACTS Essential software. The 2.45GHz readers feature a highly defined and directional read lobe, which made installation and configuration easy. Additionally, only vehicles with valid credentials are granted access to each freezer door, and each occasion of access is logged.

The embedded ACTS Essential software provides each reader with its own database, logs and reporting capabilities. The heavy-duty tags each have their own unique ID and can be mounted using magnets, so the warehouse can assign each employee their own tag, and employees can move their unique tags from vehicle to vehicle, allowing employee tracking in addition to vehicle access control.

Conclusion

With TagMaster NA’s RFID system in place, the warehouse has a secure, efficient, and easy-to-use system that is durable enough to withstand even the most demanding environments, including industrial and low-temperature environments.