10.02.2014

Genie licenses SkySiren

Genie has agreed a licensing deal with Lavendon for its SkySiren electronic secondary guarding solution for boom lifts.

The Genie version of the system will be launched today at the Rental Show in Orlando Florida. The system comprises a bar switch installed along the front of the control box at waist height, which cuts the lift functions when tripped should the operator press against it and warns those below with a siren and flashing beacon. A reset button can be pressed if the system is inadvertently activated.
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The Genie version of the Sky Siren

The Genie Operator Protective Alarm (OPA) system can be retrofitted to any Genie articulated or telescopic boom lift manufactured after 2002 and is now available as a retrofit package, but will shortly be offered as a factory-installed option.
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The back side of the control box with siren

Genie will also continue to offer its mechanical guarding – roll-bar type structure, the Operator Protective Structure (OPS) which is bolted directly on the boom lift’s platform, with no further modifications required. Both mechanical and electronic systems may be used together.
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Genie's Operator Protective Structure

“Our customers requested an additional option for operator overhead protection and we are responding by offering the Genie Operator Protective Alarm,” said Frank Schneider, Genie boom product manager. “By offering the OPA along with the Genie Operator Protective Structure, our customers will be able to configure the machine as appropriate to the jobsite conditions.”

Don Kenny chief executive of Lavendon added: “We are incredibly pleased to reach this agreement and hope the global availability of this secondary guarding technology can aid the working at height experience of many end users worldwide.”

Vertikal Comment

This is the first major deal for Lavendon’s SkySiren system, which was initially unattractive to manufacturers due to the rental group’s original preference to exclude the UK market from any agreement, which is where the vast majority of these crush warning devices are used.

Lavendon, which owns the UK’s largest powered access rental company Nationwide Platforms, had hoped or planned to keep exclusivity on the device in the UK market. However every major manufacturer now either has its own system, or access to one, many of which work in a very similar way and some which have additional features.