Hire and Rental News - February 2016

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26 ACCESS IN ACTION • FEBRUARY 2016
With this new approach, maintenance
procedures are reduced, or even
eliminated, to save time and labour
costs. With high utilisation of rentals
fleets across Australia the maintenance
protocol for Genie boom lifts provides the
flexibility rental companies need to keep
their equipment on rent longer while
making routine tasks a priority.
“We realise our customers have limited
time to take care of maintenance tasks
between rentals,” Mitch said.
“To make completing routine tasks more
manageable, Genie has designed a new
approach to maintenance that condenses
procedures into one manual for the entire
boom family and has extended service
intervals, so the whole process is easier
and takes less time to complete.
“Previously, Genie offered 24 separate
manuals to help customers maintain
their boom lift equipment. With the
new maintenance protocol, all of this
information is condensed into one,
easy-to-use manual. The one-stop
maintenance manual contains complete
performance specifications and a
streamlined list of maintenance tasks to
ensure every Genie boom lift spends less
time in the shop and more time out on
rent,” Mitch said.
New approach to preventive maintenance
Genie has designed a new consolidated maintenance protocol that enables customers
to complete the entire program for all Genie S- and Z- boom lift models in less time,
according to Mitch Ely, National Operations Manager, Terex AWP.
Australian Standard 1418.10 update
The Elevating Work Platform Committee met in October last year to continue
working on AS 1418.10. Progress is being made and the EWPA will keep members
up to date when time frames are locked in. The EWPA offers its thanks to the EWPA
members involved for their work with Standards Australia and commitment to
revising this Standard.
ACCESS in ACTION
“Genie provides this one-
stop maintenance manual in
hard copy or digital format for
easy integration into custom
electronic systems. In addition,
the new protocol includes
extended service intervals
recommendations. Many
periodic procedures for example,
have moved from quarterly
and semi-annually to annually.
Commissioning has changed too.
Rather than performing some of
the tasks at the 30-hour mark
and some at 50 hours or longer,
now all of the commissioning
assignments are set for 50
hours and 150 hours.
“Our new protocol will reduce
boom maintenance by 10 hours annually
and up to a 25% reduction in service
resources per boom,” Mitch said.
The new Genie protocol also standardises
maintenance processes across the entire
Genie boom family product line.
Download the new manual at Genie:
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Genie maintenance procedures have been reduced, or even
eliminated, to save time and labour costs