About
The Lift Manufacturers Product Group (LIFT) members are the resource for industry best practices, standards, information, and equipment that lifts, rotates, tilts, and otherwise positions materials. Industry scissors lifts and tilters can also improve the working interface between people and the materials they must move to reduce injury, increase productivity, and eliminate wasted motion, while providing a significant return on investment.
What is Lift Equipment
Industrial lift equipment safely lifts people and materials
in the manufacturing and distribution environment. Types of lift equipment includes,
Adjustable Worker Elevation Platforms, Industral /Tilters, Lift Tables, Pallet Rotator
or Pallet Inverter and Stackers
Mission
To promote market awareness and safe use of LIFT products.
Vision
To be the authority for innovative solutions for LIFT products and best practices through development of:
- ANSI Standards
- Education and Training Materials
- Safety Guidelines
Lift Manufacturers members meet regularly to review, discuss and revise the standards for design, performance and proper operation of scissor lift tables, tilt tables, and turn tables.
LIFT Programs Include:
- The development and promotion of industry standards for the design, performance and proper operation of lifts and lift systems.
- The development and promotion of Safety, Training, Inspection and Maintenance recommendations that are available to all lift users.
- The collection and dissemination of reliable industry statistics.
- The preparation and distribution of educational and promotional materials as to the benefits of LIFT solutions.
- The establishment of liaison and cooperation with private and governmental groups establishing standards and/or safety codes which are pertinent to this technology.
How Industrial Scissors Lifts Enhance the Productivity & Safety of Your Facility
Hosseinali Salemi, Oklahoma State University
The Material Handling Education Foundation, Inc. has awarded the $1,500 Lift Manufacturers Honor Scholarship to Hosseinali Salemi at Oklahoma State University. Hosseinali is a PhD student majoring in Industrial Engineering with a concentration in Supply Chain and Network Optimization. He has always been impressed with the transformation of raw materials into finished goods or services. His current project is working on optimizing the supply chain of a food company in the United States. After graduation, he would like to stay in academia and teach.
LIFT Managing Executive
Pat Davison
pdavison[at]mhi[dot]org
704-676-1190
Leadership
Chair
James Johnston
Autoquip Corporation
