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Plant maintenance and production sites
Which aerial lift for plant maintenance in a factory?
An electric scissor lift to reach the ceiling and an electric articulating boom lift to reach over lines and machines. For permanent work, long-term rental pays off more than buying.
Typical work: inspections and repairs of installations under the ceiling, replacing light fittings and sensors, work at overhead cranes, conveyors and rooflights, painting structures.
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Warehouses and logistics centres
Which aerial lift for a warehouse and a logistics centre?
A narrow electric scissor lift for the aisles and an electric articulating boom lift to reach over racking and conveyors. Non-marking tyres and no exhaust fumes, so the warehouse keeps working.
Typical work: work at high-bay racking, installations and lighting above the aisles, doors and gates, washing halls and rooflights.
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Food plants, processing plants and cold stores
Which aerial lift for a food plant, a processing plant and a cold store?
Only electric indoors where food is handled: no exhaust fumes, quiet, on non-marking tyres. We agree the hygiene requirements with the plant before delivery.
Typical work: servicing refrigeration and ventilation installations under the ceiling, lighting, work above production lines, condensers and units on the roof.
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Refrigeration, air conditioning and ventilation
Which aerial lift for installing ventilation and air conditioning?
In a hall, an electric scissor lift with a large platform for the fitters and the ducts. On a façade, an articulating boom lift, and heavy units are lifted separately, for example with a telehandler.
Typical work: installing ventilation ducts, air handling units and diffusers, air conditioning units on façades and roofs, coolers and refrigeration pipework.
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Electrical work and lighting
Which aerial lift for replacing lighting and electrical work?
In a hall, an electric scissor lift that drives along a row of fittings with two electricians on the platform. Outdoors, a 4×4 diesel articulating boom lift.
Typical work: replacing lighting with LED in halls and shops, cable trays and ladders, outdoor, façade and car park lighting, installing photovoltaics.
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Fire protection
Which aerial lift for fire protection installations?
An electric scissor lift under the ceiling of a hall, an articulating boom lift over racking, and for roof vents from the outside an articulating or telescopic boom lift.
Typical work: installing and inspecting sprinkler systems, smoke and heat detectors, smoke vents, smoke curtains and emergency lighting.
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Plumbing, drainage, central heating and compressed air installations
Which aerial lift for plumbing, drainage, central heating and compressed air installations?
An electric scissor lift with a long platform that holds lengths of pipe and two fitters. Heavy and long pipes are lifted separately and not carried on the guardrails.
Typical work: pipework and suspended drainage under the ceilings of halls, heating installations, radiant heaters, compressed air, supports and clamps on the structure.
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Alarms, CCTV and networks
Which aerial lift for installing cameras, alarms and networks?
In a hall, an electric scissor lift or a mast lift for individual points. On a façade and on a pole, an articulating boom lift that goes round obstacles.
Typical work: CCTV cameras, alarm sensors, access control, Wi-Fi points and antennas in halls, on façades, poles and masts.
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Construction
Which aerial lift for a construction site?
A 4×4 rough terrain scissor lift with a large platform, a diesel articulating or telescopic boom lift for the site, and a telehandler to supply material.
Typical work: erecting steel structures and halls, sandwich-panel walls, façades, glass curtain walls, windows and roofing work.
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Retail, offices and public buildings
Which aerial lift for a shopping centre, an office building, a church or a sports hall?
A light electric scissor lift or articulating boom lift; narrow models fit through doors. It is worth checking the load capacity of the floor before delivery.
Typical work: work in shopping centres, office buildings, churches, sports halls and swimming pools, often at night or before the building opens.
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Property managers
Which aerial lift for a property manager?
An articulating boom lift that reaches over pavements and greenery, and a telescopic boom lift for tall buildings.
Typical work: inspecting roofs and façades, washing windows and glazing, clearing snow from roofs and removing icicles, minor repairs at height.
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Advertising, events and film
Which aerial lift for advertising, events and a film set?
Outdoors an articulating or telescopic boom lift, indoors and in a studio an electric scissor lift.
Typical work: installing advertisements, signs and banners, stages and lighting at events, festive illuminations, cameras and lights on a film set.
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Farming and greenery
Which aerial lift for farming and tree and hedge care?
A 4×4 rough terrain articulating boom lift, and a telehandler to supply material.
Typical work: silos, grain elevators and farm halls, care of tree crowns and hedges, felling trees in difficult places.
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