Because scheduled maintenance of aerial platforms is essential
The maintenance of an aerial platform is not an option but a legal obligation and, above all, an act of responsibility towards those who use these machines every day.
Legislative Decree 81/08 (Consolidated Law on Safety at Work), art. 71, paragraph 11, prescribes that elevating work platforms – considered particularly dangerous equipment – are subjected to mandatory periodic checks, in addition to the checks and maintenance scheduled by the employer according to the manufacturer’s instructions. The frequency of these checks varies from one to three years depending on the type and age of the vehicle.
But beyond the regulatory framework, the concrete benefits of regular maintenance are evident and concern closely connected aspects. In terms of operational safety, sudden failures on a machine working at heights can have very serious consequences: preventive maintenance drastically reduces this risk.
In terms of production continuity, a well-maintained vehicle does not stop at the wrong times: every unplanned downtime entails direct and indirect costs that are often underestimated. Then comes the question of the durability of the vehicle: properly maintained equipment lasts longer, protecting the company’s investment over time.
Finally, the documentary management of interventions, checks and controls is an integral part of the obligations required by law, making regulatory compliance the natural result of a good maintenance plan. If you neglect maintenance, therefore, you expose your company to risks that go far beyond the simple cost of a repair.
Who is Leader Aerial Platforms: quality and professionalism at the service of working at heights
The Leader Group, based in Reggio Emilia, has always operated in the sector of aerial platforms and lifting equipment. In four and a half decades of activity, the Group has built a solid reputation in the Italian market, becoming a point of reference for companies, construction companies and professionals who need reliable solutions for working at heights.
Leader Aerial Platforms’ offer ranges from the sale to the rental and technical assistance of self-propelled, articulated, truck-mounted aerial platforms, spiders and mini-platforms, but also includes forklifts, mini-cranes, construction site telescopic handlers and a vast range of work machines. To complete the picture, the Group is the sole distributor for Italy of IXOLIFT, the innovative platform, a lightweight manual or semi-automatic ladder that operates safely up to 4 meters in height.
What really distinguishes Leader in its sector, however, is the quality of the after-sales service. A trained, expert and continuously updated technical staff is available to customers at every stage of the vehicle’s life cycle: from initial consultancy for choosing the most suitable equipment, to purchase – new, used or reconditioned – up to ordinary and extraordinary maintenance, periodic checks and the supply of original spare parts. As the company philosophy states: speed and efficiency, so that no urgency goes unanswered.
Leader Aerial Platforms maintenance services
Leader Piattaforme Aeree has structured its assistance offer to respond to every operational need, with three levels of intervention integrated together.
- Scheduled maintenance (ordinary/preventive): Leader technicians carry out scheduled checks and checks on a regular basis, directly at the customer’s premises, according to an agreed calendar. The interventions are designed to minimize the impact on company operations and are based on a personalized inspection protocol, calibrated on the specific characteristics of the vehicles supplied and the conditions of use.
- Extraordinary maintenance: when anomalies emerge during inspections, or when a vehicle has undergone significant modifications, repairs or has generated a negative result during periodic checks, extraordinary maintenance is triggered. Leader’s staff is prepared to intervene with competence, adequate equipment and full compliance with the safety procedures required by law, restoring full efficiency to the systems.
- Emergency interventions: despite every precaution, sudden failures can always occur. In these cases, Leader guarantees rapid and decisive intervention thanks to highly qualified technicians and the availability of the necessary spare parts, even for machines of different brands. The objective is to reduce downtime to a minimum and get the vehicle back into working condition in the shortest possible time.
These three types of maintenance are accompanied by periodic checks (annual or multi-annual according to legislation), twenty-year checks and personalized documentary consultancy, which allow the customer to always have the complete picture of the obligations required by Legislative Decree 81/08 under control.
Focus on scheduled maintenance: prevention is better than repair
Among all the services offered, scheduled maintenance is the pillar of Leader Piattaforme Aeree’s technical assistance and the most strategic choice for companies that want to professionally manage their fleet of machines.
Leader technicians agree with the customer on a plan of periodic visits, adapted to the type and intensity of use of each vehicle. At each intervention, the platform is subjected to a systematic inspection which covers all the critical components – hydraulic systems, supporting structure, safety devices, electrical system – promptly identifying any signs of wear or signs of anomaly before they degenerate into actual failures.
The advantages of this approach are multiple. First of all, interventions are planned in advance and carried out at times that do not interfere with the customer’s production activities. Secondly, the maintenance plan keeps track of all interventions carried out, producing useful documentation both for internal management and for responding to requests from supervisory bodies. Finally, preventive maintenance is structurally cheaper than corrective maintenance: intervening on a component that is starting to show signs of wear costs much less than repairing a complete fault, without considering the indirect costs of machine downtime.
Choosing Leader Aerial Platforms for scheduled maintenance is equivalent to having a team of professionals at your side with 40 years of experience in the sector, with the guarantee that each aerial platform is always ready to operate in complete safety, at any height.
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