Brigade Electronics is launching its new pulsed radar system which, it says, “boasts impressive close-in corner to corner blind-spot detection. The Workzone Backsense is ideal for light to medium duty mobile plant machinery, completing Brigade’s portfolio of Xtreme and Standard pulsed radar obstacle-detection systems.

Unlike most radar systems Workzone has two antennae offering complimentary detection ranges. One antenna offers a shorter radar beam for close-in detection across the back of the vehicle, whilst the other offers a 3 m range and is approximately the width of the vehicle, thus preventing false alarms. The sensors are connected to an-in cab warning device to alert the driver of an object, vehicle or person in his danger zone when manoeuvring

White sound reversing alarms (bbs-tek) are also important as Brigade begins to phase out the beeping tonal alarms. Bbs-tek has been heralded as the safest and yet quietest alarm on the market. The sound source is directional and therefore locatable, unlike tonal alarms which can cause disorientation. They can only be heard in the danger zone, preventing noise nuisance.