A goods lift can significantly transform your business operations. If your business relies on moving heavy or bulky items between floors, investing in a quality goods lift to access mezzanines and higher floors more efficiently is a must. A level access goods lift enables you to load and unload goods safely. It reduces the amount of manual or forklift movements to get goods safely between floors without damaging the items or injuring your workforce.
Maximising the space you have
As many businesses are looking to maximise the use of floor space within existing buildings rather than make a potentially expensive or disruptive move to a larger building, which is inconvenient and costly, many are looking upwards to provide opportunities to expand or streamline operations.
A mezzanine floor level is one of the easiest ways to add space within a high-ceilinged building or unit and is undoubtedly more cost-effective than moving your whole operation. Whether you are looking to add office space, additional warehousing, production space or equipment storage, effectively using floors above ground level will mean you need to find the best way to move goods up and down.
A dedicated goods lift will enable you to safely and efficiently use higher floors and mezzanine levels and more quickly move palletised, loose or bulky items between floors.
Lifting Options
A Mezzanine Floor Lift will enable you to move materials, products and equipment you need efficiently with minimal handling between levels. A modular goods lift can be fitted into a pit or floor standing, with around one and a half days required for floor installation. They are a cost-effective and efficient way to ensure that your staff are better able to move items securely when needed.
Improved efficiency and boosted output
Now you have the extra space within a mezzanine level, installing a goods lift is the best way to reduce the manual labour required when moving goods between levels, and it takes just one person to handle loading, leaving other staff for other duties. There is also less risk of damage to your goods.
Goods lifts can be fitted externally or internally to your building. They can be floor mounted or within a pit. Choosing a design that works best within your building structure is easy If you work with a goods lift manufacturer able to work to your bespoke needs to supply products fully compliant with regulatory guidelines, including BS/En standards and The supply of Machinery safety regulations 2008 and Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC guidelines you can be sure of a quality product that will give you years of service.
In addition, their safe and efficient operation ensures that you do all you can to protect your workforce and the goods you move and comply with the HSE Guidelines on planning and organising lifting operations.
Further to this, goods lifts can be standardised or customised to your specific requirements, including the floor size, gate and size height, with the ability to adapt lead-on ramp lengths and loading capacity to suit your expected needs. This means it is entirely possible to get the best fit for your space and usage.
Choosing the lift for you
It’s essential to check out the range of options open to you so you can make the right choice for your business. When exploring your options, choose a supplier who can offer the opposite, same side or through loading gates to meet your specific business functions. Furthermore, look for a supplier that
offers a space-effective modular unit that is quick to fit. Multiple modular units can then be fitted side by side without wasted space.