The 600 Series of articulating booms provided by JLG, feature a narrow chassis option that would allow access to tight areas. The 600 Series features the best work envelope within the business; a horizontal outreach of 12.12 m or 39 feet, 9 inches and 8.1 m or 26 feet, 7 inches up and over height. These equipment offer dual rated capacities of 500 pounds and 1000 pounds as well. Combined with a 60 foot platform height, these models will offer you with the strength and the reach capacity you require regardless of what type of task has to be completed.
To give you excellent drive and performance on rough terrain, these articulating booms are available with standard oscillating axle and optional 4-wheel drive. Offering unmatched agility and confined spaces, are the 3-position switch and optional 4-wheel steer. The platform controls are better and have been redesigned so as to be smoother for job site productivity and offer more controlled operation.
Raising Safety Standards for Aircraft Maintenance
The Model 740AJ is the best machinery for working on any aircraft size. This unit offers 22.6 m or 74 feet of height and over fifteen m or 51 feet of outreach. It includes many safety features that you need when performing maintenance. The Fall Arrest platform can be included so as to enable you to exit the platform and move a complete 270 degrees around the platform within a radius of 6 feet, and continue to have fall protection whilst doing so.
The Soft Touch System is another optional features which would help to lessen any damage to the machinery or risk of any accidental contact during aircraft maintenance. This optional package offers a suspended padded rail which surrounds the platform basket. There are proximity sensors that de-activate platform movement functions and if the basket comes too near the aircraft surface, the operator is alerted.
Advantages
The articulating jib would enable the operator better access and positioning to all external surfaces on any kind of aircraft. This kind of jib could be utilized in both controlled and uncontrolled areas because of steady winds, 90 mph gusts and jet blast standards of 80 mph. An on-board air compressor option enables for pneumatic-powered hand tools to be utilized. When performing maintenance outside of the platform, the Fall Arrest adds safety.
JLG has made a lot of of these feature options in order to make the operator as safe as possible and to improve overall efficiency of the machine.