HighStep delivers new lift generation to customers
The latest HighStep-Lift generation from HighStep Systems AG is currently going to customers around the world, such as 50Hertz, an operator of transmission grids. The innovative climbing protection system aims to increase the safety and productivity of employees.
HighStep Systems AG , based in Dietikon, has delivered up to seventeen units of the latest generation of its service lift to customers. These include the transmission system operator 50Hertz from Berlin, the Dutch technical service provider SPIE and the Swiss wind turbine company Agile Wind Power . According to the CEO of Systems AG, Alexander Luft, further deliveries to China, for example, are to take place in the coming months. He emphasizes: "We are pleased that after intensive development work we have brought the first lifts of the new generation onto the market. This is a fundamental further development in close cooperation with TÜV Süd in order to meet the increased requirements in terms of standards and quality.”
The HighStep Lift is considered the world's first mobile, battery-powered service lift for buildings and masts of all kinds. It is intended to enable efficient, safe and ergonomic ascent and descent, thereby drastically increasing the safety and productivity of employees. The capacity is 3000 meters altitude, people or material weighing up to 150 kilograms can be transported. Among other things, the new generation brings an even higher level of safety thanks to a separate fall protection runner and other new safety functions.
The system consists of two components: an aluminum rail as a system carrier and a selectable climbing device, the HighStep Easy and the portable HighStep Lift. In terms of application, the focus is on electricity pylons, wind turbines, transmission towers and industrial plants. A total of several thousand installations are in operation worldwide – primarily in Europe and also in Asian countries. Customers include the Swiss transmission grid operator Swissgrid , the European high-voltage grid operator TenneT and the Chinese energy company State Grid Corporation of China . yvh