The Genie that changes lamps and lights
June 1st 2008 Access platform distributor,
Working at Height, recently
supplied Genie AWP Super
Series portable work
platforms to Westminster
and Rochester Cathedrals to
enable
maintenance
personnel to
change light
bulbs in the
tall and
awkwardly
shaped
buildings.
Cathedrals
do not have
flat floors
and ceilings, and moving
the units easily around the
sites was going to present
problems.
The company teamed up
with Stanley Handling who
provided heavy duty
PowerMate M2B powered
stairclimbers supplied with
portable work platforms as a
total package. PowerMate
has enabled staff to
manoeuvre the platform
units – which can weigh
over 350kg – around the
cathedral with minimal
manual handling effort and
in complete safety.
Thresholds, steps, narrow
passages and low archways
can be negotiated. The
combined units were
'factory tested' using
wooden frames set at the
same dimensions as the
tightest spaces in which
they would operate to
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