These activities include vehicle repairs, general service and maintenance, plus engine rebuilding and large unit repairs.
Both sets of lifts comprise four wireless mobile columns, type ST1075FWA, each said to provide a lifting capacity of 7.5 tonnes, thereby ensuring an overall safe lifting capacity of 30 tonnes when used as a set of four. Each column incorporates Stertil ebright Smart Control System which allows workshop technicians to operate the columns individually, in pairs or in any other combination from any column in the set. The wireless columns can be used in any configuration around a vehicle.
The control system comes with touch screen consoles that workshop technicians can use while wearing gloves if enhanced hygiene measures are in place.
The system also shows how many columns in the set are being used, plus the battery status of each column. An independent mechanical locking system incorporated into each column allows technicians to securely lock the lift to prevent a vehicle from being inadvertently lowered.
This lift is powered by long-life deep cycle batteries, which are expected to last at least a week on average before recharging is necessary. Also, battery life is prolonged because power is only used to raise the vehicle, meaning, less time is spent recharging the lift which is carried out via a 230v single phase supply. The workshop has no cables on the floor, reducing the risk of tripping.
The absence of power and communication cables is claimed to reduce set-up time, which makes the system fully operational more quickly. The lift’s synchronisation system helps to ensure a smooth lifting and lowering cycle. Supplied with adjustable width forks, the Stertil Koni ST1075FWA is said to meet the challenge of lifting vehicles with differing tyre widths to ensure maximum versatility. Also, it is intended to provide a maximum lifting height of 1.85 metres which is reached in 75 seconds.
Jordan Carter, workshop manager at ATT, said: “As well as ease of use and operating speed, our workshop technicians particularly appreciate the lifts’ adjustable forks which means that they no longer have to fit wheel adaptors to cater for smaller tyre sizes.”
The lift can be used in the workshop and the adjacent outside areas.