13.02.2009

More innovation

There were a number of new product ideas at this week’s Executive Hire show in Coventry, UK, here are just a few of them.

The Power Tower Nano, announced by us earlier this week, was unveiled at this weeks show. The machine looked even better in the iron than the photos promised. It appears extremely well built with large diameter guard-rails, a solid mast, good lift speeds and an unusual tilting platform for easy access to the unit’s components.
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The Power Tower Nano, even better 'in the iron'

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The Nano has a neat tilt up platform for service

Pop Up, manufacturers of the original push around scissor lift, was out in force, and showing a neat modified guardrail which allows access though suspended ceiling tiles. The ceiling tile guardrail can be swapped with the standard guardrail in minutes.
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The Pop Up roof tile guardrail attachment

Alto the heavy duty alloy tower producer showed an unusual trailer mounted lift that harks back to the Go Industries Hop-Up of the early 1990’s. Alto says that the lift is a concept unit, with a four metre platform height while a six metre version could be on the horizon if the four metre model works out.
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The Alto concept machine

Turner Access the alloy scaffold tower manufacturer showed off its new bracing and integral advance guardrail system - Betaguard. The design features a one piece unit that replaces all of the diagonal and horizontal bracing in a tower, making it faster and easier to erect. An additional advantage of the Betaguard is that it reduces the number of main components to three - the frames, platforms and Betaguard.
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Turners new guardrailing and bracing system

Hanix used the show to launch its distribution of the Nagano track mounted lifts by demonstrating a unit at the entrance to the centre.
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The Hanix HA09ZA on display at the entrance

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Maeda was the only crane company at the show