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Global logistics leader specifies hydraulic dock levellers
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Forklifts from Briggs boost charity's
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aterials handling specialist Briggs Equipment is helping a major UK charity to fund specialist equipment for disabled children through recycling everything from clothes to homewares.
Newlife
Foundation for Disabled Children provides grants for essential equipment that can relieve pain, aid mobility, assist communication and support the independence of children with disabilities and terminal illnesses. A close neighbour of Briggs Equipment, the organisation is based just half a mile away from the company’s headquarters and national service centre in Cannock,
Staffordshire.As well as supporting Newlife’s more familiar fundraisers, such as the Santa Dash, Briggs Equipment has supplied the charity’s trading division, Newlife Trading, with two Hyster four-wheel electric counterbalance forklift trucks. The five-year lease contract with full maintenance incorporates a flexible servicing package, giving Newlife a clear picture of costs so that it can review and control its spending.
Briggs 03301 23 98 50
www.briggsequipment.co.uk
pecialist loading bay equipment manufacturer Stertil Dock Products has installed a series of
11 hydraulic dock levellers for a worldwide logistics company. The customer’s Amber Park warehouse in Derbyshire was recently upgraded and 11 outdated levellers were replaced with an installation of Stertil XP 2521 hydraulic dock levellers. Up to 80 rigid lorries and articulated vehicles are loaded and unloaded in a typical working day. These operations are undertaken by the 6000kg capacity XP 2521 dock levellers which feature an ingenious telescopic extending lip. Simple, precise positioning of this lip onto the rear of a vehicle’s deck enables loading by pallet truck right up to the rear doors thereby ensuring maximum use of available space.
Stertil UK Ltd 08707 700471
www.stertil.co.uk
Lift Safe’s new Vacuum-Operated PortaLift Speeds Up Safe Lifting
quick, easy and risk-free. The versatile PortaLift uses compressed air to generate a vacuum to grip the load while mechanically lifting and lowering it, swiftly turning most lifting tasks into a safe one-person operation. With an adjustable lift and lowering speed, the PortaLift ensures secure and professional operation. Thanks to the PortaLift’s expert design, Lift Safe is able to supply both custom mechanical grippers to suit customers’ load handling operations up to 85kg, and a range of standard high-capacity vacuum head grippers including square, rectangular, oval or round cup grippers with a SWL up to 85kg. With the addition of a quick changer, heads can be speedily and simply interchanged in less than one minute with the minimum of fuss. With an extremely quiet electric motor, the PortaLift is ready for use from the moment it is delivered, with no installation hassle.
W Lift Safe 0161 626 9628
www.liftsafe.net
ith the introduction of its innovative PortaLift, materials handling equipment specialist Lift Safe has made lifting heavy or awkward loads
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