Solution K2 for narrow column lifts

As the lift cylinder of chain-driven column lifts type DH-VO.07.K1 and DH-VO.15.K1 is integrated in a cylinder beam mounted at the loading floor of the vehicle, the lifting height of such lifts is determined by the width of the vehicle body: the wider the body, the higher the platform can reach. This lay-out has significant limitations however for narrower lifts (e.g. narrow side-mounted lifts), because platforms wouldn’t be able to reach the vehicle floor level.

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For applications where the body width was insufficient to make the platform reach the vehicle floor level, Dhollandia used to implement fully hydraulic column lifts with 2 vertically mounted lift cylinders. Today, a new configuration called “K2” enables the platform to reach almost 2x as high as the basic “K1” execution. Hence, the proven technology of chain-drive column lifts becomes available for much narrower applications than in the past.

The DH-VO.07.K2 offers 500-750 kg lift capacity, and is supplied with manual closure in default configuration. Higher lift capacities, hydraulic closure and an extensive list of options are available on special request. Whereas on DH-VO.07.K1 the hydraulic pump unit is integrated in the cylinder beam (if the vehicle dimensions allow), the pump unit is always external and chassis mounted for K2 lifts.

K2 lifts are often side mounted, and used in multiple applications such as the gas-bottle delivery, the tyre repair business, fire fighting trucks, etc…