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Above: Genie’ s next-gen scissor lift products feature an electric drive, which dramatically reduces hydraulics in the machine. The company also announced new controls for their GS scissor lifts that standardize the direction of machine movement so it correlates to the direction of the controller.
Left: The new Genie S-85 XC FE telescopic boom lift features more than 80 quality improvements that reduce maintenance. enced by the explosive growth in construction of mega warehouses and data centers. The scope and schedules of these projects means multiple trades are working simultaneously.
“ Employers are increasingly focused on collision and entrapment avoidance, as well as dropped object protection,” said Bryan Williams, Genie product manager.“ Providing information to the people working
Customer input also plays a role in innovation and listening to the“ Voice of the Customer” is an intentional process. on or around lifts helps increase awareness of their surroundings, potentially preventing these types of incidents.”
The solution came from customers familiar with warehousing operations where visual perimeter lights are used on industrial forklifts. On a busy jobsite where there are overlapping equipment backup alarms, workers can become desensitized to their surroundings. Adding visual cues increases awareness of the equipment for people working around it, and it gives the operator additional information about adjacent structures in a tight workspace.
Adapting to Standards Recently, Genie announced new controls for our GS scissor lifts. The timing of this was influenced by ISO 21455, a new international standard. One objective of International Organization for Standardization( ISO) 21455 is to standardize the direction of machine movement so that it correlates to the direction of the controller movement.
“ Anticipating this change, Genie considered what customers need from us now and what they’ ll need in the future,” explained Jason Berry, Genie director of product safety.“ We decided to incorporate the new control design requirements across the entirety of the GS scissor lift product line, which launched in November 2024, for most regions across the globe.”