The delivery includes a set of 8.5 tonne Earthlift electro-hydraulic mobile column lifts and a 5.5t 2-Post lift.
For the Earthlift, Steril designed a model that would contribute towards the reduction of a workshop’s carbon footprint. For example, the company developed an active energy retrieval system, using gravity and the load of the lifted vehicle to retrieve energy and then store it in the batteries of the Earthlift’s wireless mobile columns.
According to Stertil, this system increases the number of lifting cycles by about 35%, compared to a fully-charged set of wireless mobiles under maximum load. In addition to the reduction in power consumption, the Earthlift’s batteries need less recharging, thereby increasing productivity and reducing costs.
The absence of cables trailing over the workshop floor provides more access to the vehicle, with no risk of tripping. Furthermore, the Earthlift’s variable raising and lowering speeds mean that a range of vehicles can be positioned extremely accurately.
Stertil general manager Tony Edge said: “Since its launch in 2007, the Earthlift has been continually updated and improved. Today, with increasing emphasis on clean and sustainable fuel sources, we believe that equal importance should be given to environmentally-friendly workshop equipment and practices. In that respect, the latest generation Earthlift certainly ticks all the boxes.”