What are Datalifts
The Datalift was born as a server lift, in an environment where mistakes are expensive. Installing or removing servers, switches, UPS and other equipment in racks means moving heavy, expensive and delicate components, often at awkward heights. An enterprise server rack can weigh more than 30 kilos, an uninterruptible power supply can easily weigh double that, and the target location can be two meters off the ground. Doing it by hand, perhaps from a ladder, exposes operators to muscle injuries and the equipment to impacts and falls.
The Datalift lifts the load in a controlled and precise manner to the rack shelf. The operator aligns the apparatus with the guides effortlessly and without forced positions, and the loading surface remains stable for the entire time necessary to secure it.
The construction characteristics respond to the context of the data room. Non-marking wheels are suitable for floating technical floors, which do not tolerate marks or poorly distributed concentrated loads. The dimensions are compatible with the corridors between the rows of wardrobes, where the maneuvering space is assigned during the design phase and cannot be recovered afterwards. The electric versions work without emissions and with low vibrations, a relevant requirement in environments with controlled air exchange.
The use does not end with commissioning. Hardware refresh cycles, warranty replacements, UPS interventions and decommissioning operations periodically bring the same equipment back out of the racks, often with the room in operation and without the possibility of stopping the adjacent systems. In these conditions, positioning precision matters as much as range.
Then there is the regulatory question. Title VI of Legislative Decree 81/08 regulates the manual handling of loads and requires the employer to eliminate or reduce the risk with adequate means. In racking activities the risk is known, recurring and documentable, therefore the availability of dedicated equipment weighs in the risk assessment and during the audit.
The new Datalifts offer maximum positioning precision and full compliance with regulations on manual load handling. It’s an investment that pays off in safety, installation time and hardware protection.
Who is Leader Aerial Platforms
The Leader Group has been operating for over 35 years in the sale and rental of aerial platforms, based in Reggio Emilia and with the aim of bringing the most advanced lifting technologies to the Italian market, at the best price.
The catalog includes articulated and telescopic truck-mounted aerial platforms, vertical platforms, self-propelled and rotating platforms, spider lifts, mini cranes and cantilever cranes, forklifts, telescopic lifts and low-level mini platforms: Ixolift, also available in the ATEX version for environments at risk of explosion. The main brands covered are Skyjack, Niftylift, Snorkel/Upright, Serverlift and Ixolift.
Alongside sales, the group offers pre-purchase assistance, scheduled and extraordinary maintenance, periodic and twenty-yearly checks, documentation and register management, spare parts, lithium and AGM batteries, after-sales assistance and training courses. The technical staff follows the customer from the choice of vehicle to the end of the machine’s life cycle. The commercial offices are in Reggio Emilia, as well as collaborators and partners on a national scale. The group works with an ISO 9001:2015 certified quality management system.
Leader Aerial Platforms Datalifts
Leader Aerial Platforms has new Datalifts in its catalog throughout Italy, with official manufacturer’s guarantee, on-site delivery and technical consultancy to choose the model with the most suitable working height and configuration. The Datalift range includes the DL250, E Pro, M, E Max and F Pro models, with different capacities and working heights depending on needs, from the single corporate data center to large campuses.
Using specialized equipment allows for less fatigue and risk for the operator, with a reduction in the number of breaks needed, fewer errors and fewer absences due to injury. Positioning takes a few seconds and this multiplies the number of interventions that can be completed in a day. On a set-up plan with hundreds of devices to be installed, the difference is measured in days of work and labor costs.
Buying new guarantees zero hours of previous use, a complete manufacturer’s warranty and the certainty of always having the latest technical version. Those who prefer to limit the investment can also find used Datalifts at Leader, always serviced and guaranteed, or the rental formula. Rental is the most suitable solution for companies facing a single set-up project or a seasonal peak in activity, without tying up capital in a vehicle destined to remain stationary between one construction site and another.
Leader also organizes training, training and qualification courses for aerial platforms and machinery, since operator training and training remain mandatory by law for any work equipment. In a data room, a trained operator reduces the risk of hardware damage as well as injury.
For further information
technical service toll-free number: 800 20 20 50
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