What Changes When a Cargo Lift Serves Three Floors?
A three-floor cargo lift adds an intermediate opening, landing gate and control position. How the duty changes compared with a two-level installation.
How Should You Choose Between 16 m, 18 m, 20 m and 22 m Articulated Boom Lifts?
Four articulated boom lift sizes compared by working height, radius, up-and-over clearance, platform, weight and chassis.
What Happens If You Operate a Scissor Lift on a Slope?
Gradeability and maximum working angle are different limits. How to read a self-propelled scissor lift’s slope specification before raising the platform.
How Is a 20 t Fixed Scissor Lift Table Designed?
A 20 t fixed scissor table with a 13,000 x 3,000 mm platform and only 300 mm of travel: how the frame, load position and installation change.
What Does a 15 t Mobile Loading Ramp Weigh, and How Do You Handle It?
A 15 t mobile loading ramp weighs about four tonnes itself. How its lifting slings, support points and transport plan differ from the rated load.
When Should You Choose an 8 m, 10 m or 12 m Electric Scissor Lift?
An 8 m, 10 m and 12 m scissor lift compared by platform height, working height, capacity, weight, speed and turning radius.
What Does a 30 t, 16 m Vehicle Turntable Specification Require?
Capacity is only one part of a large-vehicle turntable brief. What a 30 t, 16 m specification must say about deck, drive and foundation.
How Do You Check a Cargo Lift Before Accepting Delivery?
A delivery and installation handover checklist for a cargo lift: packing, drawing, spare parts, dimensions and commissioning checks.
How Do Landing Gates Keep a Shaft-Free Cargo Lift Safe?
Landing gates and platform guardrails protect different parts of a shaft-free cargo lift. How the two layers and the interlock work together.
Pit or Ramp: Cargo Lift Installation Without Cutting the Floor
A 300 mm pit gives flush loading; a pitless lift with a ramp leaves the floor intact. How to decide at the lower landing.