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Safety
JLG, Skyjack address hazards of loading/unloading trailers with autonomous, app-based driving
The JLG Mobile Control app allows users to drive, steer and load from a mobile device while the Skyjack approach to safety is part of its autonomous research.
March 25, 2019
Construction Equipment
New, sweeping aerial lift standards to take effect in one year
Long-expected, major changes to standards over-seeing aerial lifts have now been published and will take effect in December 2019. Read more on Equipment World.
December 24, 2018
Dealers
United Rentals to offer virtual-reality training for aerial lifts
United Rentals training centers will offer Serious Labs' VR simulation for training operators of mobile elevating work platforms. Get more details here.
December 6, 2018
Construction Equipment
Genie boosts load capacity with new scissor lift material carrier
The Genie Lift Tools Material Carrier is designed for use with rough terrain scissor lifts to allow higher load capacities when lifting materials.
October 18, 2018
Dealers
Aerial platform rental fleets rise; more growth forecast
The U.S. mobile elevating work platform rental market is the largest in the world. Global MEWP rental fleets posted 8 percent growth in 2017. More here!
June 18, 2018
Dealers
Deutz Power Centers now authorized service, parts centers for Genie aerial lifts
Duetz Corp. and Terex AWP announce employees at select Deutz Power Centers are now trained and equipped to work on various Genie booms, lifts, and telehandlers.
May 24, 2018
Technology
This VR training simulator is the first for construction equipment
A scissor lift virtual reality training simulator, first glimpsed during The Rental Show, may be the start of using such simulators for all types of construction equipment, according to an Edmonton, Canada-based tech company. Officially launching last week at the IPAF Summit and International Awards for Powered Access (IAPA) in Miami, the VR scissor lift […]
March 16, 2018
Construction Equipment
Manitou enters N. American mobile elevated work platform market with 5 models
Manitou, which has been manufacturing mobile elevated work platforms (MEWPs) since 1992 in Europe, is entering the North American market with five articulating boom models. Telescopic booms are expected to arrive later this year. Laurent Bonnaure, Manitou executive vice president, global sales and marketing, calls the move a natural progression of the company’s North American […]
February 22, 2018
Dealers
JLG offers website to prepare customers for future aerial lift standards
JLG is providing resource materials on its website to educate customers about proposed new standards for aerial work platforms. The proposed American National Standards Institute standards, known as ANSI A92, would affect machine design, training and safety and lead to changes for manufacturers, equipment dealers, rental shops and contractors. JLG says it expects the standards […]
December 22, 2017
Dealers
Proposed aerial-lift standards would affect rental dealers, contractors
New standards could soon be coming to the U.S. aerial work platform industry that will lead to major changes to the machines, how rental shops deal with their customers and how contractors plan projects. Manufacturers, such as Genie, are already making plans for the ANSI A92 standards with design changes to their aerial lift products, […]
October 31, 2017
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