26.02.2014

New Bluelift hybrid and dealer

Italian spider lift manufacturer Bluelift is to launch a new C22/11 hybrid model and has appointed a new dealer – ARLIFT – of St. Petersburg, Russia. Both will be launched at the MosBuilt exhibition in Moscow at the beginning of April.

The company says its new 22 metre working height C22/11 Blue Hybrid Lift “is the first ever compact tracked lift to combine a lithium battery with a petrol or diesel engine. Dual power systems with conventional battery systems and a combustion engine have been used on the larger lifts but it has never been possible to develop a battery system small enough to fit on a sub 29 metre tracked unit.”
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The Bluelift C22/11 Hybrid

The new lift can be powered by either power source, or in Hybrid Auto mode using the patent pending BMS (Bluelift Management System) which selects the most power efficient usage at the time. For example in Auto mode when lowering the main boom the BMS system automatically selects lithium electric power and when raising the boom or driving (where higher hydraulic pressure is required) it selects the combustion engine. The lithium battery system is also detachable allowing it to be moved from one machine to another.

The new dealer ARLIFT was formed in 2005 and is also the exclusive distributor for Glass Boy vacuum lifting equipment and Jekko mini cranes. Sergey Arnautov, managing director of ARLIFT said: “We are very pleased to be appointed the Bluelift distributor and see a strong future for the sales of Bluelift equipment into the Russian market. Before signing an agreement with Bluelift we visited and evaluated almost all of the major spider platform manufacturers and we know that Bluelift has the optimum balance of price and consumer properties.”
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The C22/11 lithium battery pack

Bluelift’s sales director Gianpiero Marti added: “ARLIFT is a very well positioned company with six branches in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan and other CIS countries. We are very proud to start this cooperation. The first aim of both companies is to provide innovative technological solutions, designed to meet customer requirements and the challenges of everyday job sites. For this reason, we have mutually decided to show at MosBuild the model C22/11 Blue Hybrid and other new technological solutions designed for Russian Market.”