Dumbwaiters and Material Lifts: What’s The Difference?
On first impressions there may not seem to be much difference between a dumbwaiter and a material lift; they both share the responsibility of transporting items, they
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The Importance of Proper Lift Maintenance
Lifts are heralded as one of the safest means of mechanical transports thanks to the famously high health and safety standards lift companies operate by. One of
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What makes a lift engineer?
You will need to gain some qualifications and experience in Electrical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering in order to understand everything you need to know to become a
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5 revolutionary Women in the lift, construction and architecture industries
Here’s our selection of five women revolutionary in industries where women are still under-represented. Harriet Tracy Born in 1834, Tracy’s inventions were innovative and she patented them
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The Market for Dumbwaiters is Growing
These handy contraptions have been moving objects up and down floors for centuries. The simple design has been improved on with new technologies and has evolved with
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Easy Steps to Lift Installation
Thinking of having a lift installed in a domestic building or workplace? The process is much simpler than you may think. Once a platform lift is installed
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The Benefits of Bespoke
For a lot of businesses standard lift systems are simply unsuitable for installation. Most of the problems arise with the size of standard lift systems not aligning
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Going up – Placement prospects reach new heights
Supporting Futures Sheridan Lifts are excited to deliver the latest success in Supporting Futures, our partnership with One Manchester’s One Future Service. One Manchester’s initiative is to
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Why Your Restaurant Could Benefit from a Dumbwaiter
Step inside a commercial restaurant today and you’ll find the hardest working members of staff in the same place as always. The dumbwaiter has become an integral
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Can Lifts Be Energy Efficient?
We’re told that we should all use the stairs more, instead of relying on lifts and elevators all the time. This is for the sake of people’s
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Why You Should Install A Residential Dumbwaiter
You may think that in 2018 a dumbwaiter is a dated device with no real applications in the modern world. How wrong you are. These age-old systems
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The secret uses of Dumbwaiters
Dumbwaiters have their origins in the lavish dessert banquets of the upper classes of the 18th Century. By the turn of the 19th Century, you could find
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Breaking The Limits Of Lift Design
If you’ve been lucky enough to travel to the top of London’s tallest skyscraper the Shard, then you may have been surprised to have had to change
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Platform Lifts and Passenger Lifts: What’s the difference?
You may feel that there can’t be that much different between passenger lifts and platform lifts. And we know the difference can be confusing – they simply
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How Dumbwaiters can help avoid Manual Handling Injuries
Dumbwaiters have become the invisible team member of stations, coffee shops, supermarkets and our favourite restaurants. They take on the role of an extra pair of hands,
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