How to Select a Goods Lift

Record what is being moved, its container or pallet, how it enters the platform and how it is removed at the destination level. The same rated load does not imply the same platform, doors or loading arrangement.

ASPAR's product architecture includes shaft, mast, vertical and skip-type goods lifts. These are navigation categories, not a final specification. Drive type, platform, stops, doors and other values must be checked against the documentation for the selected model.

If a standard configuration cannot solve the task, ASPAR can assess a custom engineering solution based on its own equipment. Feasibility is not promised before that assessment.

ASPAR models have different specifications. A minimum from one model and a maximum from another must not be presented as the range for every goods lift. The commercial proposal uses the values for the agreed configuration.

For a textile production facility in Kamianske, ASPAR delivered an outdoor hydraulic goods lift rated at 800 kg, with a 12 m lift height, three stops and a 1300 by 1000 mm platform. In Kyiv, ASPAR delivered a custom 500 kg lift with a 3100 mm lift height, 2000 mm platform projection, electromechanical rope drive and a special frame. These values belong only to the documented cases.

The price is calculated for the selected configuration. The quotation may depend on capacity, height, stops, platform, drive, doors or guarding, finish, controls, delivery and installation. Send the load description, maximum weight and dimensions, levels, loading directions, photographs, drawings and available power-supply data.

Alongside the lift’s own parameters, the agreed supply and work boundaries must be clear: the steel structure or shaft, building preparation, installation access, delivery, commissioning, documentation and service. These boundaries explain why quotations with similar capacity can differ; they can be compared fairly only when the agreed scope is the same.

Key cost factors

• Load and platform. The assessment considers maximum load, cargo dimensions, packaging, trolley or pallet truck and the clear space needed for safe loading.
• Route and stops. Travel height, number of levels, loading directions, doors or guarding affect the layout and scope of work.
• Structure and drive. The solution type, steel structure or shaft, drive, controls and safety systems are defined for the agreed configuration.
• Site conditions. Materials, protection, installation access, delivery and commissioning depend on indoor or outdoor installation and the actual site conditions.
• Building preparation. A foundation or support base, openings, reinforcement, power, earthing, weather protection and finishing reinstatement may be separate agreed scope items.

How to compare quotations

Before comparing quotations, check whether they specify the same load, platform, levels, loading directions, doors or guarding, controls, steel structure or shaft, building-preparation boundaries, delivery, installation, commissioning, documentation and service. Comparing only the total price without the supply scope is not meaningful.

A sufficient rated load alone does not guarantee that a solution suits the site. Before approving the configuration, check the actual loading process, building readiness and scope boundaries as well as the individual parameters.

• Assessing the load mass only. Check the solution against the real operating scenario: how the load enters, is positioned and leaves the platform.
• Sizing the platform tightly around a pallet. Allow working clearance for packaging, a trolley or pallet truck, loading and a safe exit at the other level.
• Leaving loading directions undefined. Load entry and exit affect the platform, doors or guarding, shaft and landing arrangement.
• Starting the shaft or building work before selecting the configuration. The clear platform and the structural opening are not the same dimension; agree coordination requirements before issuing construction drawings.
• Copying power requirements from another site. Verify the available voltage and connection point for the specific selected model.
• Comparing suppliers’ totals only. Compare scope boundaries before drawing conclusions; the check sequence is set out above in the quotation-comparison section.
• Overlooking service access. Before installation, retain areas for inspection and maintenance and do not obstruct them with finishes or unrelated services.
• Sending incomplete selection information. Check the completeness of the data against the next section’s checklist to avoid rework after the quotation.

For a warehouse, selection starts with the cargo route rather than a model: the levels it moves between, the loading method and the number of required operating cycles. Where cargo regularly moves between floors or a mezzanine, assess goods lifts; where a pallet or trolley is raised within one operation, a scissor lift table may be relevant. Match site conditions to an ASPAR warehouse and logistics solution.