JLR site deploys 120 boom and scissor lifts
120 Genie boom and scissor lifts are being used at the construction site of a new Jaguar Land Rover production plant in Slovakia.
Models include a broad mix of Genie S-85 and S-105 telescopic boom lifts; GenieZ-135/70, Z-60/37 DC, Z-62/40, Z-51/30J RT and Z-45/25J RT articulating boom lifts; and Genie GS-3384 RT to GS-4390 RT scissor lifts. Working virtually non-stop for the past two years, many will remain on-site until the first Land Rover Discovery rolls off the production line at the end of this year.
Offering maximum working heights from 14 m (45 ft 10 in) to 43.15 m (141 ft), and maximum lift capacities from 227 kg (500 lb) to 1,134 kg (2,500 lb), the Genie machines were primarily involved in the erection of the steel structure of the main production hall and the paint shop. At a ceiling height of 28 m (91 ft 8 in), the latter is the site’s tallest building. With less than a year to erect their frameworks, walls and install the roofing, the buildings’ outer shells were completed as scheduled between August and September last year.
