All previously certified Rotary Lift products have been recertified to wear the updated ALI gold label.
Rotary Lift, a part of the Dover Corporation, announced that all of its vehicle lift models currently certified by the Automotive Lift Institute (ALI) have been recertified to meet the newest ANSI standard covering lift design, construction and testing in North America, ANSI/ALI ALCTV-2011. These lifts are approved to wear the new certification gold label.
The company says the new standard updates its predecessor, ANSI/ALI ALCTV-2006. In order to be ALI-certified, a lift must be third-party tested by an independent testing lab to verify that it meets the current standards. Rotary Lift also must meet production and quality requirements.
All of the company's standard light-duty two-post, four-post, inground SmartLift, alignment, low-rise, mid-rise, and patented Y-Lift models received approval to wear the gold ALI-certified label. Standard heavy-duty lifts that received recertification include the MOD30 environmentally friendly inground lift, the Mach family of mobile column lifts, two-post and four-post models, plus the EFX60 inground scissor lift and the parallelogram lift.
"When buying a new lift, it is important to look for the gold label because it provides third-party assurance and end-user confidence that the lift has been tested to meet a strict set of criteria for safety and performance," says Jim Dirksen, Rotary Lift vice president of sales and marketing. "Rotary Lift is a strong supporter of the lift certification initiative, which is why we offer more models for testing and certification than any other manufacturer."
ALI certification does more than provide shop owners and technicians with peace of mind, according to the company. In most of the U.S. and Canada, building code enforcement agencies, insurance companies and health and safety officials enforce mandates that require any new lifts installed be certified.
