PLM/2P/1000/1545/B/G Double Pillar Food Standard Pallet Lift
This Food Standard Pallet Lift has a Safe Working Load of 1000 Kgs and a lift height of 1545mm. The lifting platform wase big enough to allow a standard pallet (1200 x 1000mm) to be loaded using a hand pallet truck. At the upper level, there was a landing plate to allow easy unloading. The Food Standard Pallet Lift was manufactured from Grade 304 stainless steel and is a welded construction throughout. The Food Standard Pallet Lift is designed to be bolted to the floor without the need for a pit. The lifting is accomplished via chains driven by a motor gearbox mounted at the top of the one column with a crossover shaft to the other column.
Safety Guard to BS EN 14120:2015 Safety of Machinery Guards
The safety guard is constructed from 40 x 40 x 3mm stainless steel box section and 3mm wire, 40mm aperture stainless steel weld mesh to meet the guidelines of BS EN 14120:2015 Safety of Machinery Guards. This guard will reach to a height of 2200mm above the upper floor level, having a pair of hinged door at each level through which the Food Standard Pallet Lift can be loaded and unloaded. Each pair of doors is electrically interlocked to prevent the Food Standard Pallet Lift being operated with a door open and in addition, the doors are mechanically locked closed whilst the Food Standard Pallet Lift is running. Each door may only be opened when the lifting carriage is at the appropriate level.
Food Standard Pallet Lift Electrical Control
This Food Standard Pallet Lift is fitted with an IP65 Stainless Steel Control Panel which is mounted on the safety guard at a convenient position to give good maintenance access under the Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulation 1998 (PUWER). The control panel incorporates the following controls; Up, Down, Guard Release, Emergency Stop, Cleaning Key Switch and a Reset Facility. There will be a remote Stainless Steel push button station at the upper level incorporating the following controls; Up, Down, Guard Release and Emergency Stop.
The Food Standard Pallet Lift operation is latched so that pressing the respective ‘Up’ or ‘Down’ push buttons once will raise or lower the lift to the other floor level. Each time the Lift Carriage activates the upper limit switch, an electrical actuator will be driven out underneath the lift carriage to support it while it is loaded. Before the lift can move again, the actuator will retract automatically once the down button is pressed.
Food Standard Pallet Lift Safe Access System
This Safe Access System was fitted to the Food Standard Pallet Lift during manufacture to allow access to the inside of the safety guard at the lower level for maintenance and housekeeping. The Access System will operate as follows:-
- The lift frame must be empty, at the full up position and the safety guard gate must be closed
- At the full up position, the lift carriage is prevented from moving by a 50mm support bar driven out beneath the lift carriage using an electrical actuator
- As the bar is engaged, it will alter the state of 2 off separate safety limit switches
- The one switch will disable the Food Standard Pallet Lift safety circuit and relay
- The second limit switch will allow the lower safety guard door to be opened providing that the Safe Access Key Switch has been operated
- It is now safe to enter the lift enclosure with the Food Standard Pallet Lift disabled and the lift carriage supported
- To re-instate the Food Standard Pallet Lift operation, the above sequence is reversed