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The Platform Lift Company Launches Exclusive Online Parts Portal

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The Platform Lift Company is proud to announce the launch of its groundbreaking online parts portal, a first-of- its-kind innovation in the platform lift industry. Designed as a comprehensive hub for premium spare parts and accessories, the portal promises to transform the way engineers and trade professionals access and manage their platform lift components.

With an extensive inventory of over 400 products, the platform offers an unrivalled selection from leading brands, including Aritco, Cama, LiftUp, Motala, and Vimec. This collection ensures the perfect match for any platform lift, empowering users to achieve optimal performance and longevity.

Key Features and Benefits:

  • A Centralised Solution: Access a vast range of spare parts and accessories all in one place.
  • Seamless E-Commerce Experience: Purchase products easily through our user-friendly online store.
  • Swift Delivery: Fast turnaround times ensure minimal downtime for your platform lift.
  • Trade Account Perks: Enjoy effortless credit applications, exclusive discounts, and dedicated support.
  • Comprehensive Technical Resources: Unlock access to detailed schematics, blueprints, and video guides for added convenience.
  • Customisable Parts List: Save frequently used items for quicker reordering and personalised efficiency.
  • Expert Assistance: Our team is available to answer enquiries, ensuring a smooth and stress-free experience.

In addition to a wide selection of top-quality brands, Platform Lift Company offers a range of resources to support customers, including schematics, blueprints, detailed instructions, and informative video guides. These video guides include step-by-step instructions on how to fix common faults and perform maintenance tasks, providing invaluable assistance to engineers.

Trade customers will especially benefit from special discounts, easy credit facilities, and exclusive technical insights, making this a one-stop solution for all their spare parts needs. The Platform Lift Company’s online parts store is now live and ready to serve. Experience the convenience, reliability, and innovation that define the future of the platform lift industry.

“We are thrilled to introduce our new spare parts website to the industry,” said Rachel Baker, Marketing Manager at the Platform Lift Company. “With over 20 years of experience in platform lift innovation, we understand the challenges engineers face when sourcing parts. Our goal is to provide a one-stop solution that simplifies the process and ensures consistent, reliable deliveries, while also offering a wide range of resources, including schematics, blueprints, instructions and informative video guides, to support our customers at every step.”

Platform lifts play a crucial role in enhancing shop accessibility

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Ensuring accessibility within shops is paramount for accommodating individuals with mobility challenges and creating an inclusive environment. Here’s why platform lifts are crucial for enhancing accessibility in retail settings:

  • Addressing Mobility Needs: Shops should be accessible to everyone, regardless of their physical abilities. Platform lifts offer a practical solution for individuals with mobility issues, such as wheelchair users, those with temporary injuries, or elderly customers. By installing platform lifts, shops can ensure that all customers can access different areas of the store with ease.
  • Overcoming Physical Obstacles: Many shops have multiple floors or raised areas, which can present challenges for individuals with mobility limitations. Platform lifts provide a convenient way to overcome these physical barriers, allowing customers to navigate the store effortlessly and explore all available products and services.
  • Improving Customer Experience: Accessibility is not just about compliance; it’s about creating a positive experience for all customers. Platform lifts contribute to a welcoming and inclusive atmosphere, demonstrating a shop’s commitment to catering to the needs of diverse customer demographics.
  • Practicality and Efficiency: Platform lifts are not only beneficial for customers but also for shop staff. They streamline the movement of goods between different levels of the store, making inventory management and restocking more efficient. This improved workflow can ultimately enhance the overall operation of the shop.
  • Minimal Disruption: Installing platform lifts in existing shop spaces may raise concerns about disruption to daily operations. However, with careful planning and coordination, installations can be carried out smoothly, ensuring minimal disruption to business activities.

In conclusion, platform lifts play a crucial role in enhancing shop accessibility and improving the overall customer experience. By investing in these solutions, shops can create inclusive environments that cater to the needs of all individuals.

For more information and detailed product brochures for our comprehensive range of platform lift solutions, please get in touch:

Email: sales@platformliftco.co.uk

Call: 01256 896000

Visit: www.plafformliftco.co.uk

Motala vertical platform lift creates an inclusive coworking shared office space

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Client: Peldon Rose
Project: Rank Foundation

Project overview

Peldon Rose, a leading office and design expert in London, required an access solution for The Rank Foundation’s new coworking space in Shoreditch. The Rank Foundation is the philanthropic organisation and charitable legacy of Joseph Arthur Rank (1888-1972) who aimed to improve lives and communities by developing leadership and promoting enterprise. Their brief was to create an inclusive central hub for the Rank Foundation and social sector that reflected the ethos of its founder, Joseph Arthur Rank. Accessibility was a key element of the project brief to create a welcoming space where the Foundation’s staff and network of supporting members could collaborate at ease without physical barriers.

The access solution

To create a clear passage for wheelchair users through the whole office the plan was to remove the original staircase joining the two floors and replace it with a wheelchair lift solution.

The Platform Lift Company visited the site and advised that the sloped glass ceiling above the stairwell on the first floor would restrict the installation of a full height platform lift door and that a half height model would be required. Due to the layout of the first floor, it was also identified that the lift would need to be reconfigured with the door on the upper landing opening to the side rather at the front to provide a clear turning circle for wheelchair users.

The Motala 2000 was recommended. This bespoke platform lift has interchangeable doors that come in full and half height. It could also be fully glazed on all four sides to meet Peldon Rose’s design requirements.

The platform lift was manufactured to specification and installation was carried out within the desired timeframe with minimal disturbance to the building or other contractors working onsite.

Results

The Rank Foundations’ new coworking space is now fully accessible to its employees and members. There is a natural flow of travel between the two floors with the lift doors opening at the front on the ground floor and then to the side on the first floor. The half height platform lift door on the upper landing stands clear of the sloped glass roof creating a light and airy environment.

Aesthetically the fully glazed platform lift is clean, unobtrusive and fits with the muted colour scheme used throughout the office to create a calm sensory experience for organisation and its visitors.

 

New Step Lift Bespoke fits seamlessly into the range

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The Platform Lift Company (PLC) has become a key UK distributor of the Danish based company Guldmann and its unique range of fully customisable and integrated platform lifts.

With this new manufacturer on board, PLC can provide specifiers with an embedded step lift solution that is totally concealed when not in use. The platform lift is built to specification and can be configured according to structural requirements.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The platform lift can be embedded into a flight of steps/stairs and the upper landing, when activated the steps/stairs fold to a flat surface. The platform can also be embedded at the lower level to leave the upper landing undistributed.

Alternatively, the platform lift can be built to either leave the upper landing or lower landing intact. When activated the stairs/steps transform into a lifting platform.

After operation, both models of step lifts can be returned to function as a standard staircase. They remain hidden as they are clad using the same floor finish as the surround area. This function makes the product an ideal solution for architecturally sensitive environments and where space is limited.

Each platform lift is made to specification to fit individual project and building requirements. Travel of the step lift can reach up 12 steps. Automatic roll off protection and safety barriers to ensure both user and non-user safety can be supplied.

With Guldmann as a manufacturer, Sean O’Sullivan, Managing Director of the Platform Lift Company, is excited about the possibilities for more bespoke installations especially within heritage buildings.

“We are frequently approached by architects and contractors who require a seamless access solution due to the sensitivity or aesthetics of a building. Having a step lift product which has different configurations gives us that ‘silver bullet’ that can overcome any type of barrier whether it is structural or architectural.

For more information about the Step Lift Bespoke please contact www.platformliftco.co.uk

Next generation ‘FlexStep’ platform lift is launched

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The Platform Lift Company announces to UK specifiers and architects the arrival of the newly enhanced FlexStep complete with an automatic onboard barrier feature. 

 

 

 

 

 

FlexStep is a 2-in-1 platform lift providing both stairs and a stairlift to customers needing a space saving alternative access solution. The Danish manufacturer Liftup has now developed the product by incorporating an automatic onboard barrier combined with an active ramp to create an ultimate user experience.

Existing customers of the FlexStep can also benefit from this new safety feature through retrofit. The Platform Lift Company qualified engineers can fit the automatic onboard barrier and ramp to an already installed FlexStep. An automatic onboard barrier is suitable for models that have four, five or six steps.

The Platform Lift Company is a certified distributor and provider of parts and technical training for Liftup in the UK. Orders for the automatic onboard barrier for new and existing FlexStep models can be placed from today.

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