Simply strong: Telescope lifting column PHOENIX-Heavy from ALLTEC Antriebstechnik with 13 tons lifting power

Kissing/Heilbronn (Germany), June 16, 2011 – Reliability, precision and security: these are the essential characteristics making the PHOENIX telescope lifting column from ALLTEC Antriebstechnik in Heilbronn, a subsidiary of Kissing-based Columbus McKinnon Engineered Products GmbH, a tried-and-trusted instrument for varying the height of components in production and assembly in heavy mechanical engineering, the utility vehicle industry, aviation and aerospace. As of now, ALLTEC Antriebstechnik has a solution for particularly heavy lifting tasks in the shape of “PHOENIX-Heavy” as an individual special model: Whereas the “standard model” has a lifting power of 25 kN, the new telescope lifting column can lift loads of up to 130 kN at a maximum movement speed of 3.60 m/min. The PHOENIX-Heavy shows its strength best of all when handling excentric loads, managing loads of up to 78 kN at 500 mm protrusion. Maximum side load is an impressive 39,000 Nm. The PHOENIX Heavy benefits from a honed, hard-chromium plated piston, a low-backlash sliding guide and a compact design. Its marked stability and precision make it suitable not only as lifting equipment for production and assembly, but also as a low-vibration actuator for equipment for research purposes. The PHOENIX-Heavy has no hydraulic components; as a purely mechanical system, it is perfectly suited for use in hygienically sensitive areas such as the food or pharmaceutical industries. The PHOENIX-Heavy is available in a single- or double-stage version and is produced according to customers’ individual requirements: customers can select lifting and basic installation height as well as individual speed and drive configuration. The installation position is variable too: according to the requirements posed by the field of application, the lifting column can be installed vertically, horizontally or upside down. You can find all technical information on the PHOENIX telescope lifting column from ALLTEC Antriebstechnik at http://www.pfaff-silberblau.com/pfaff-news/phoenix-heavy.

About Columbus McKinnon and Pfaff-silberblau Columbus McKinnon Engineered Products GmbH, based in Kissing near Augsburg (Germany), is a part of the Columbus McKinnon Corporation (CMCO), based in Amherst (USA). Its brands Pfaff-silberblau and ALLTEC Antriebstechnik are among the technological leaders in the field of solution-oriented lifting and material handling equipment as well as drive technology and stage technology. Its sister company, Columbus McKinnon Industrial Products GmbH, based in Velbert (Germany), is featuring the brands Yale and Pfaff-silberblau and offers high-quality standardized lifting and material handling equipment for ergonomically appropriate and safe lifting, shifting, positioning and fixing of heavy loads. In Germany, Columbus McKinnon currently employs approximately 370 people; worldwide, the group has more than 2,600 employees at 55 locations and sites in 19 countries. You can find further information on Columbus McKinnon and its brands Pfaff-silberblau, ALLTEC Antriebstechnik and Yale at http://www.cmco.eu/pfaff-silberblau.