lifts
Gardner lifts are floor or ceiling mounted, designed to fit the particular application.
GMC lifts operate by means of pneumatic cylinders mounted to a frame. By using compressed air as an energy source we eliminate the problems associated with electric motors and their associated controls, positioning sensors, and brakes. The stroke of an air cylinder is always the same.
All lifts are equipped with necessary safety interlocks.
Gardner Floor Mounted Vertical Lift
The Gardner Lift has a floor-mounted structural steel frame of welded design with a carriage that traverses the frame vertically. The carriage has a structural steel frame on heavy-duty cam followers. The cam followers roll on guides that are part of the frame. The carriage is raised and lowered by means of pneumatic cylinders mounted within the frame and connected by means of heavy-duty leaf chain, avoiding the problems and higher maintenance associated with wire rope. The carriage has a safety interlock which positively and instantaneously locks the carriage in the event of any failure within the lift mechanism.
The lift has a positive cylinder stroke, which assures alignment in multiple stop positions:
Position 1: A low position where a loaded sling is attached to an empty trolley hook. Automated slings are mounted on automatic sling frame/trolley assemblies and are picked up from this position.
Position 2: A high position where the moving track section is mated with a fixed monorail track and the loaded trolley is automatically discharged into the monorail system by the release of a mechanical escapement trap.
