Madison, Ind. (May 5, 2011) – Mobile column lifts are
one of the most versatile, cost-effective solutions for lifting virtually any
vehicle for service. But they have one major weakness: cords. Power cords and
communication cables get in technicians’ way, slow lift setup and are vulnerable
to damage that can leave a lift unusable.
Using patented technology, Rotary Lift’s new Wireless Mach 4™
mobile column lift does away with cords and cables. Each Wireless Mach 4 column
is powered by batteries and communicates with the other columns wirelessly. As
a result, technicians no longer have to worry about knocking the lift out of
service by running over the cords or getting one hooked on a truck bumper.
Wireless Mach 4 also reduces trip hazards and makes lift set-up a snap.
“The lift is a tool that technicians use to get the vehicle into
position to do their real job: truck maintenance and repair,” explains Doug
Spiller, Rotary Lift heavy duty product manager. “Making the lift as fast and
easy to use as possible lets technicians get to work more quickly, which
improves overall shop productivity and drastically reduces vehicle downtime.
Our time and motion studies have shown that Wireless Mach 4 provides a
productivity improvement of greater than 30 percent over similar lifts, saving
an organization more than $7,600 in labor costs annually.”
Wireless Mach 4 is faster and easier than other mobile column
lifts to set up, operate, troubleshoot, retrofit, and update. Technicians using
Wireless Mach 4 make one trip around the lift at the beginning of a shift to
turn it on and configure it, and then they spend the rest of the day
concentrating on vehicle maintenance and repair.
Technicians can operate the entire lift using the patent-pending
control panel on any of the columns. The panel features an intuitive graphic
layout of the column set-up, on-board diagnostics, easy-to-read LEDs and
one-touch controls.
Wireless Mach 4 is available in sets of four or six columns. Each
column has a rated lifting capacity of 18,000 lbs. and is powered by two
deep-cycle marine batteries. Lifting and lowering of all columns is
automatically synchronized. Wireless Mach 4 can raise a vehicle 70 inches in
just 78 seconds. The lift can be used anywhere in the shop — including wash
bays — as well as outside.
Wireless Mach 4 lifts are
equipped with back-up communication cables that can be used in place of the
wireless system with the flip of a switch, for virtually zero downtime. The
wireless system can also be retrofitted to existing Mach 4 mobile column lifts.
Wireless Mach 4 has locking mechanisms every three inches and a
lower-to-lock function. Its easily adjustable forks can handle a wide range of
wheels without bulky adapter sleeves. Optional extended forks are available for
supporting inboard tires on dual-wheeled axles.
Rotary Lift’s Wireless Mach 4 mobile column lift is made in the
U.S.A. It has been third-party tested by ETL and ALI certified to meet ANSI
safety and performance standards.
For more information about Wireless Mach 4, contact your local
Rotary Lift distributor, log on to www.rotarylift.com
or call (800) 640-5438. You can also find Rotary Lift on Facebook, www.facebook.com/RotaryLift;
Twitter, http://twitter.com/RotaryLift;
and YouTube, www.youtube.com/RotaryLiftMedia.
About Rotary Lift
Rotary Lift is
the leading brand of vehicle lifts and equipment designed to increase
technician productivity. Founded
in 1925 by the inventor of the first automotive hydraulic lift, Rotary Lift offers the broadest line of lifts for use in professional
automotive service, commercial truck and transit, and enthusiast/residential
customer segments. There are more Rotary Lift products used in vehicle
repair shops around the world than any other brand.
With
an uncompromising commitment to product quality, testing and safety, Rotary
Lift’s products have achieved the reputation as the world’s most trusted
lifts. A founding member of the Automotive Lift Institute (ALI), Rotary
Lift is also the only North American lift manufacturer certified to ISO 9001
quality standards.
Rotary
Lift is a Vehicle Service Group (VSG) brand. VSG comprises eight major vehicle
lifting and collision repair brands: Rotary Lift, Chief™ Automotive
Technologies, Forward® Lift, Direct-Lift®, Hanmecson®,
Revolution® Lift, Blitz® and nogra®. Based in
Madison, Ind., VSG has operations worldwide. VSG is part of the Industrial
Products segment of Dover Corporation (NYSE: DOV), a multi-billion dollar,
global producer of innovative equipment, specialty systems and value-added
services.
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