Skylift

DOES INNOVATION EXIST IN THE LIFT INDUSTRY?

You bet it does, and Stertil KONI is at the forefront of innovative lift designs. A lift design like this only comes around every 50 years!

Available in 45,000 lb., 55,000 lb., and 77,000 lb. configurations with lengths from 26 feet, 30 feet, 33 feet, and 48 feet.

This unique and totally new SKYLIFT incorporates the best features of all pre-existing platform and scissors lifts.  The SKYLIFT has:

Truly clear floor features with no crossbeams or obstructions between the lifting legs or runways.
Vertical lifting with no posts.
No base frame.
Four independent legs no matter the length of the runways
Inclinometers control the synchronization.

SKYLIFT can be used in tandem configurations.  You can add a 30 foot runway with a 26 foot runway and have them operate as two separate lifts or one overall lift.  All configurations will be certified.

THE SKYLIFT:
THE MOST EXCITING, INNOVATIVE LIFT DESIGN TO COME ALONG IN 50 YEARS

In the last fifty years, heavy-duty lifts comprised mainly two types of lifts: in-ground lifts and mobile lifts. In ground lifts dominated the heavy-duty lift market between 1950 through the mid 1980’s. Between the mid 1980’s and today, mobile lifting technology has dominated the heavy-duty lift market in the United States

Heavy-duty in ground lifts generally consisted of twin ram lifting systems able to support vehicles with varying capacities ranging from 36,000 to 50,000 and even 75,000 lbs. The problem with these particular lifts is that the early generation did not include safety mechanisms and many if not most of them leaked hydraulic fluid into the ground, creating contamination problems.

Mobile lifts were developed in the mid-1980’s to provide an antidote to the problem of leaking in ground lifts. Mobile lifts also offered flexibility for the end user insofar as the lifts required no in ground installation and could be used to lift any configuration of wheel base—from a short work truck to a long fire truck. The other advantage of mobile lifts is that they are portable. They could be located in any bay and indeed could be used outside, where climates were conducive to maintaining vehicles outdoors.

In the decade of the 80’s and 90’s four post drive on lifts and parallelogram lifts were developed. These drive on platform type lifts afforded the safety of having a vehicle sit on a runway (similar to the way it rolls on the highway) but the disadvantages sometimes outweighed the advantages. The former included crossbeams (fore and aft) that limited the ability of the mechanic to access certain working areas under the vehicle. This is especially true with utility trucks where axles and differentials sometimes got in the way of the crossbeams. Parallelogram lifts also offered some disadvantages inasmuch as the nature of a parallelogram was characterized by an “overhang” as the lift pivots up and down. The overhand limited shop bay clearance.

What the industry needed was a vertical application heavy duty platform lift that had no overhang and no crossbeams to interfere with the movement or access of the technicians to the important components of the vehicle. In addition, such a design needed to accommodate the entire varying wheel base lengths characteristic of today’s vehicles.

Stertil KONI, a manufacturer based in Europe and one of the foremost leaders in vehicle testing technology, has developed such new type of lifting technology: the SKYLIFT. The SKYLIFT consists of unique, patented design features that provide substantial benefits to the end user.

Truly clear floor features with no crossbeams or obstructions between the lifting legs or runways.
Vertical lifting with no posts.
No base frame.
Lift can be flush mounted (flat surface) or surface mounted.
Four independent legs no matter the length of the runways (you can go to 48 feet and still maintain 4 legs)
Inclinometers control the synchronization (no other competitor uses inclinometers)
SKYLIFT can be used in tandem configurations.  You can add a 30 foot runway with a 26 foot runway and have them operate as two separate lifts or one overall lift.  All configurations are ALI/ETL certified.
The ability to use rolling jacking beams that allow the operator to lift the vehicle off the runway so that brakes and wheels can be serviced.
The lift can be easily moved since it only has four small base plates.

When you buy lifts from Stertil KONI you have confidence that you are dealing with a manufacturer you can trust. Stertil KONI is an active supporter of the Automotive Lift Institute. In addition, discriminating buyers of heavy duty lifts should only purchase from manufacturers that meet stringent manufacturing standards. Toward this end, Stertil KONI is the first manufacturer in the world to receive ISO-9001 certification. Stertil KONI takes pride in its manufacturing excellence. All Stertil KONI heavy duty lifts are designed with protocols in mind which require 50,000 lifting cycles before the lift goes into production. In addition, Stertil KONI provides a 25 year parts availability guarantee. Indeed, this is unheard of in the lifting industry. We guarantee that parts are available for a period of 25 years after a particular lift model is no longer in production.

The SKYLIFT is the lift of the future!

• Vertical lifting with NO POSTS!
• No crossbeam fore or aft.
• Locking from floor level with 31 teeth.
• Clear floor access from all sides allows no obstructions for axle stands, wheel dollies, etc.
• No base frame.
• Minimal horizontal forces with 4 plates and 4 X M16 anchor bolts per foot plate. Minimal concrete strength required.
• Easily movable.
• Four independent legs provide maximum access with no tripping hazard and individual synchronization and weight distribution through inclinometers 1/100 degree.
• The Skylift can be either flush-mounted or surface mounted. Flush mounted recess is 15.7”.
• Lifting articulated vehicles can be accommodated through a modular approach by adding 4.12” feet to either side of the lifting platform thereby extending runway by 8.25 feet. Therefore, with a 33 foot runway, actual runway length is 41 ¼ feet. Notice that regardless of runway length the number of legs is 4. NO NEED FOR EXTRA LEGS.
• All rotating axles are manufactured from stainless steel and come with a 10 year warranty.

Optional Accessories

• JACKING BEAM- 12 ton and 16 ton.
• 24V LOW-VOLTAGE LIGHTING.
• AIR CONNECTION BUILT INTO RUNWAYS.
• 110V ELECTRICAL SOCKETS- Used for trouble lights and small appliances.
• REMOTE CONTROL- 33 ft. extension to operate lift from a safe distance.
• EXTRA-LONG DRIVE ON/OFF RAMPS.
• TWO-SPEED LOWERING.
• CONNECTION BIT- Allows various Skylifts to operate in tandem for extra long lengths, e.g.- 30 ft. and 33 ft.