Description

Innovations

New maintenance-free AC motors and the eGen braking system offer simultaneous travel and lift functionality with increased travel speeds up to 8 km/h. Operators can move around a facility while raising or lowering to the appropriate heights and the travel speed is adjusted based on lift height.
The proven on-board Access 123 comprehensive system control monitors and controls vehicle functions and provides the operator with feedback for safe and reliable performance. The system offers an intuitive display, event codes, prompting operator messages, fully adjustable performance levels and advanced diagnostics.
Crown’s Four-Point Safety System is designed to ensure safety for Wave operators and bystanders:

Interlocked gates must be closed to raise or lower the platform. Full speed travel requires gates be open to allow an unobstructed exit in the event of an emergency. Travel speed is reduced when the gates are closed.
Safety sensors below the platform disable raise, lower and travel functions if someone or something applies pressure to the motor cover located below the platform.
Hand sensors ensure the operator has both hands on the controls. If either hand is removed travel is automatically reduced to creep speed (disengageable).
Dual foot pedals include sensors to ensure the operator has both feet properly positioned on the platform. The Wave automatically stops travel and lift/lower functions if either foot is removed.

Market relevance

Crown recognised that many manufacturing companies, wholesalers and distribution centres, large and small, had to deal with hundreds, even thousands, of small parts, assemblies and packages in both full and broken carton quantities. These companies had a lot in common:

• A rising number of back-related injuries from lifting
• A rising number of serious injuries caused by falls from height
• Increasing costs due to falling objects
• High employee turnover
• A shortage of available workers
• An aging workforce
• A higher percentage of women entering the workforce

This knowledge caused Crown to shift our development towards a more universal and exceptionally safe tool that would assist anyone that had a manual task to perform at elevation, and from this came the thought of a “work assist vehicle”, the Wave.
Today, the Wave is a unique and maintenance-free tool which can be found in various customer applications around the globe. With the new WAV 60 Series, introduced in May 2016, Crown included efficient and state-of-the art motor technology, comprehensive control systems and an extensive safety package to this robust and proven vehicle to meet the increasing market demands in terms of productivity, longevity and operator protection. The maintenance-free battery can be charged at any standard power outlet.

Customer benefits

The Wave is an intuitive productivity tool that enables one person to efficiently and safely do the work of two. It dramatically accelerates and changes the way work is accomplished, eliminating time-consuming ups and downs, and minimising the risks of using ladders. With its compact footprint, it can work in confined spaces where workers move short and long distances. It’s also proven in environments where small loads are handled in receiving, shipping and put-away, such as retail and manufacturing applications. The lightweight Wave easily navigates 80 cm doorways, lifts, narrow corners and tight spaces. An optional rail guidance system reduces required aisle width to 90 cm to deliver highest density picking applications.
Carrying items up and down a ladder can be a dangerous task. According to the European Statistics on Accidents at Work, approximately 145,000 injuries leading to four or more days of absence were due to falls from height. The Wave enables operators to work with confidence. Its systems of protection and control start the moment the operator turns the key. A security check verifies all safety devices are functioning properly before the vehicle will start up. It then coordinates functional displays, manages lift/lower operations, controls travel speeds, steering and braking, so the operator can focus on the task at hand.
The Wave’s success formula is: Labour is cut in half + Lost time expense reduction + Product damage reduction = Operational cost savings.