SF-Line Vertical Lift Options: Ideal for the Food and Beverage Industry

Our SF-line of lifters is specially tailored for the food and beverage industry with a strong focus on corrosion resistant materials and hygienic design. For this very reason we may also sometimes recommend our SF-Line to various sectors in the chemical industry.

The vertical lift solutions of the SF-line are compatible with all of our lifting tools, simple, manual as well as the electrical versions.

Custom handling solutions and a wide range of options are also available to suit almost any need.

Our Hygienic Material Handling Equipment Is a Good Match for Any Food Sector and Food Segment

Here at 2Lift we have been steady suppliers of electric lifters for the food and beverage industry for many years. We believe we have encountered most of the hygienic challenges in this industry and found good, strong and efficient materials and designs to help to solve them. We have experience serving all sectors including the demanding sectors of production, processing (manufacturing) and packaging.

Our minilifts are optimally designed to be used in any work process in any segment, environment and situation e.g. aiding in the process of:

– Beverage manufacturing and distribution
– Dairy production, packaging and transport
– Grain milling, malting, mixing and packaging
– Meat processing and packaging
– Sugar refining and manufacturing
– Fruit / vegetable transport, production and packaging

Our Lifting Machinery Will Handle Both Standard and Specially Dimensioned Loads

Most production and manufacturing sites such as dairies, kitchens, wineries, mills, bottling, bakeries, breweries and the like need help handling heavy loads such as raw materials, containers, production equipment, packaging materials, and of course the final products.

Our modularly built electric lifting devices can be equipped with both standard and custom designed lifting tools that can lift, turn, tip, pour, and empty both:

– Standard loads such as drums, barrels, rolls with foil and paper, reels, boxes, crates, pallets, dollies, bins, canisters etc.

as well as …

– Unique loads such as special dimensioned containers, carboys, bowls, vessels, lids, trays, moulds, machine parts, mixing and blending equipment, filters and centrifuges, various types of extruders etc.

The “Must” in Food Manufacturing:
Meeting the High Demands of Hygiene to Ensure Product Purity

To ensure product safety for consumers, a production site needs to follow international and national sector/segment regulations. We are well versed in matching and following relevant food industry standards such as GMP (Good Manufacturing Practices), ISO 22000, The Safe Quality Food (SQF) Program as well as various standards for equipment in direct contact with food such as the AISI standards (from the American Iron and Steel Institute).

Very High Corrosion Resistance in Our Stainless Steel Components

When using equipment in food and beverage production areas, it is vital that not only is the material used in the lifting equipment strong and durable, it also needs to be non-toxic, non-corrosive and non-absorbent.

For this very reason all metal parts on a vertical lift from the SF line are made in austenitic stainless steel, which makes the steel very strong and durable. The high chromium content in the metal provides a protective ‘self-healing’ film on the surface of the steel. This means that regardless of potential physical harm done to film, it will still protect the metal, as it regenerates when in contact with oxygen. This is a very powerful feature.

At 2Lift  we can offer two types of stainless steel suitable for food and beverage processing environments. AISI 304 is our standard stainless steel alloy in this series well suited for most food environments. It has an excellent corrosion resistance and can handle caustic chemicals and very high temperatures.

However, for particularly high corrosive environments we recommend using components in AISI 316L. This stainless steel variant have all the benefits of AISI 304, and then some. The higher content of molybdenum in 316L provides it with an even higher melting point and an even higher corrosion-resistance. This makes 316L the better choice in highly saline or acidic production environments.

Intelligent Design and Good Craftsmanship Ensures Impeccable Hygiene Features

All our lifting solutions in this series are designed in a way that make them safe as well as easy to clean.

First of all our lifters have an IP rating of 65. IP stands for “ingress protection”. This means that all electrical enclosures are safe from the entering of foreign particles such as dust and water. How much they are protected from such particles is defined by the number. At 2Lift we use a protection rate of 65 which means that it is totally dust tight and can handle low-pressure jets of water. In other words it is well suited for a good hosing down.

In fact, and perhaps surprisingly, our lifters are particularly fond of a good and thorough cleaning. Not only does cleaning make the lifters even more corrosive resistant (by removing dirt, bacteria etc.), you can also access and clean all parts of the lifter, even the internal lifting mechanics.

One of the many benefits of stainless steel is that is has a very smooth surface. In technical terms a smooth surface will have a low surface roughness (Ra). A low surface roughness is important if you want to prevent dirt, dust, bacteria, food particles etc. from taking up residence in microscopic surface cracks.

Also, to further safeguard a sanitary surface design, our highly skilled welders ensure a smoothe, crevice-free surface at the potentially vulnerable joints where components are welded together.