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19/01/2012
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Adnams, the Southwold-based brewer, is reporting that its Penny Hydraulics LoadLift platform lifts are enabling engineers to complete maintenance tasks on their own when they visit the brewer's pubs and hotels throughout East Anglia.
 The platform lifts were recently installed on its two cellar services vehicles so that engineers can handle beer coolers and other equipment more easily, without manual lifting.
"This equipment has transformed the work for our engineers, because it ensures they do not have to lift anything too heavy," confirms Kyle Horner, cellar services technical advisor at Adnams. "It also means one engineer can work alone, which is more productive for us as a business."
Two full-time service engineers regularly visit each site to check the coolers and related equipment. Any cooler that needs further maintenance is replaced by a working unit and taken back to the cellar service depot in Southwold for refurbishment.
The coolers have become heavier in recent years and this led the brewer to assess the load handling provision on its cellar services vehicles. Horner says the company chose Penny Hydraulics LoadLift following recommendations and an assessment of the options.
"The coolers are on wheels and typically weigh around 100kg on their own, but if they are clogged up with ice they can weigh a lot more," explains Horner. "So we needed a device that could cope [and] a platform lift seemed to be the best way to get the coolers in and out of the vehicles without any need for manual lifting."
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Brian Tinham
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