Dietikon ZH/Zwickau/Eching – At the Volkswagen plant in Zwickau, HighStep lifts from HighStep Systems in Dietikon. They were installed by the intralogistics specialist MIAS.
At the Volkswagen plant in Zwickau, climbing lifts of the HighStep Systems AG from Dietikon. The specialist magazine "Technische Logistik" reports on this in a detailed article entitled "Lifting instead of climbing". Climbing ladders on storage and retrieval machines in the event of maintenance or repair work is arduous and carries the risk of accidents, it says.
This is why specialists from MIAS GmbH in Eching near Munich have installed a “special kind of assistance system”. This is the Highstep Lift from HighStep SystemsThe elevator transports people and materials weighing up to 150 kilograms over a height of 30 meters quickly and safely to any desired position.
“The physical strain of climbing was sometimes immense,” John Schultke from the series planning paint shop at the Volkswagen plant in Zwickau is quoted as saying. “Ultimately, equipment and tools had to be carried along, so that the employees were completely exhausted during the conventional 15-minute climb.” With the HighStep Lift, “we have found a solution that redefines the term climbing aid,” continues John Schultke. The system meets higher safety standards than standards for fixed ladders.
The HighStep Systems AG was founded in 2007 and is based in Dietikon. It develops and sells innovative fall protection systems as an alternative to conventional climbing methods such as ladders. The HighStep fall protection system consists of two components: an aluminum rail as a system carrier and the portable HighStep lift.
Customers include the Swiss transmission system operator Swissgrid, the European high-voltage network operator TenneT and the Chinese energy company State Grid Corporation of China.