As specialists in mobile access equipment, Concord Access Solutions offers a wide range of elevating work platforms for a variety of applications. When it comes to articulated boom lifts, electric-powered lifts can often be found working indoors thanks to their ability to lift large loads safely, quietly and with zero emissions.
Let’s take a closer look at articulated boom lift benefits and why you should consider one of these powerful, versatile lifts for your next project.
Benefits of Articulated Boom Lifts
There are many advantages of articulated boom lifts for different industries in South Africa. This versatile machine is used for heavy-duty lifting in warehouses, indoor construction sites, manufacturing industries and more because of its precise “up and over” capabilities.
Here are the top five benefits of using articulated boom lifts today;
#1 – Getting into Hard-to-Reach Areas
An articulating boom lift can manoeuvre in any direction, so you can reach any part of your site that may need attention at a given time. Having a boom lift that has excellent manoeuvrability enables it to be able to work indoors, in tight and hard-to-reach spaces.
#2 – Increased versatility
What makes the articulating boom lift unique is its ability for the basket to go up and over objects. The up and over capabilities and tight turning radius of the articulated boom life enable it to be precisely positioned by the operator and the basket’s ability to rotate also makes it more versatile.
#3 – Increased safety
With features like stability controls and automatic braking systems, articulated boom lifts are some of the safest lift options on the market. When it comes to articulated boom lift safety, they really are one of the safest pieces of lifting equipment you can invest into work indoors.
#4 – Easier for Indoor Use
Electric-powered articulated boom lifts are perfect for indoor use, with fewer fumes and more productivity. Thanks to the quiet operation and low-to-zero fume emissions, electric articulated booms are often chosen above any other boom lifts for indoor use.
#5 – Add Attachments for Greater Reach
You can easily add attachments to articulated boom lifts that add length and reach through extended joints. This means you can extend the boom arms to be able to reach as high and as far as your specific project requires it.
What are the different types of articulated boom lifts?
At Concord Access Solutions, we have a large selection of mast boom lifts and electric articulated boom lifts in our fleet. From ATN Piaf to Genie, our fleet is manufactured by some of the leading manufacturers of these types of machines in the world. Here is a highlight of the fleet’s capabilities:
- Working heights of between 10 – 20m
- Horizontal reach of between 3 – 12m
- Up and Over clearances of between 4 – 8m
- Platform capacity of between 200 – 227kgs
What materials do articulated boom lifts handle?
Articulated boom lifts are known as the workhorses of warehousing, maintenance and construction industries because they really can lift and carry many different things. Some examples of the types of materials they can lift include;
- These types of boom lifts are commonly used in warehousing to lift and offload materials, stock, products or produce from high, hard-to-reach places.
- On construction sites, articulated booms are used to load and lift heavy materials to high-up places, for example installing a skylight onto a second-story rooftop or lifting an HVAC unit onto a rooftop.
- Carrying personnel is important too as they are able to lift pickers and packers as well as construction employees to heights that they wouldn’t be able to access themselves.
- Maintenance duties and jobs can be carried out at heights in warehouses and factories because the booms can lift both workers and materials up to these heights for them to carry out the work.
Where to buy or rent articulated boom lifts?
When it comes to buying or renting articulated boom lifts, look no further than the specialists at Concord Access Solutions.
To find out more about the articulated boom lift specifications of our entire fleet, contact Concord Access Solutions today.