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News Release from: Zarges (UK) | Subject: One-man mobile aerial work platforms
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 05 May 2006
One-man mobile aerial work platforms
Zarges UK is now offering one-man mobile aerial work platforms to facilitate quick and safe access to areas that are difficult to reach.
Zarges UK is now offering one-man mobile aerial work platforms to facilitate quick and safe access to areas that are difficult to reach The company, which is renowned for its high-quality ladders and platform steps, is complementing its range of access equipment with the addition of the battery-driven self-propelled Turbo F7 and Turbo F9 so that it can respond to all the requirements of the Work at Height legislation
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 15 Jun 2007 at 8.00am (UK)
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The Turbo F9 has a maximum working height of 9 metres (7 metres for the Turbo F7).
Its 24V battery allows approximately 10 hours of work from the 0.67 x 0.72 metre platform cage which, when extended by a three-section boom, has a three metre horizontal reach.
Operation is carried out by one person - up to a maximum load of 120 kg.
When boom and cage are retracted the unit is small and compact enough to pass through a standard 0.93 metre doorway.
The Turbo F7 and F9 have been designed to meet the specific requirements of the engineering, electrical, maintenance and cleaning industries.
They can ascend slopes up to a maximum of 20 degrees and turn round tight corners.
This coupled with the ability be used on most ground surfaces and precise steering, allows the platform to be positioned correctly with speed and precision.
Once the boom is deployed, the Turbo F7 and F9 can still be moved for repositioning.
With the work cage retracted the Turbos move at up to 4 km per hour and are easily transportable using a standard trailer.
"The Work at Height legislation has re-written the rules to the extent there are circumstances where a powered aerial platform is the only solution".
"The Turbo F7 and F9 reach parts that other access equipment may not".
"They are designed with really awkward areas in mind - where other equipment will prove problematic or where it is simply impossible to use static access equipment," said Alistair Twigg of Zarges UK.
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