Access all areas

Manoeuvrability and flexibility were
key requirements for Whittle
Programmed
Painting when the
company hired an
AFI powered access
machine to carry out
a painting contract
in Derby. Following
an AFI site survey, a
JLG 800AJ boom lift
was selected to paint
the exterior concrete
and windows on the
five-storey office building. The
800AJ has a working height of
26.38m, a horizontal outreach of
15.74m and a width of 2.44m.

Peter Twells, Whittle’s senior
surveyor, said: “The
800AJ boom lift was able
to get into some areas
where space was limited,
and its articulating jib
was useful in enabling
our operatives to gain
better access by
manoeuvring the cage
into different positions in
relation to the boom.”