What is the difference between a guide rail hydraulic lifting platform and a cargo elevator? Many customers have questions about this. First of all, we know that although lifts and elevators are both lifting equipment, their working principles are completely different.
Similarities:
Both guide rail hydraulic lifting platforms and cargo elevators are a kind of lifting mechanical equipment, and both can be operated by manual buttons on the control system to transport goods up and down.
Differences:
Lifting platforms can be divided into scissor lift platforms and guide rail lift platforms according to their types. The lifting height of the lifting platform ranges from 1 meter to 20 meters, and special specifications of lifting platforms can be customized according to user requirements. It is mainly used for the up and down transportation of high-altitude goods in factory assembly lines, cargo warehouses, parking lots, docks, buildings, logistics, etc. The lifting system of the lifting platform is driven by a hydraulic pump station, so it is also called a hydraulic lifting platform.
Cargo elevators are mainly designed for transporting goods, and are usually accompanied by people. The cargo elevator car is long and narrow. A vertical lift powered by an electric motor is equipped with a box-shaped pod. A fixed lifting device serving specified floors. It has a car running between at least two rows of vertical rigid guide rails.
