Ceiling Track Hoist Servicing & Maintenance

• Hoist Servicing Frequency: Hoists should be serviced annually to ensure safety and functionality.
• Legal Requirements: LOLER checks are mandatory every six months.
• Comprehensive Testing: Includes inspecting all components, from tracks to electrical parts.

“How often should a hoist be serviced?” is a crucial question for maintaining the safety and efficiency of patient lifting equipment. Regular servicing ensures hoists operate properly and safely.

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• Ceiling Track Hoist LOLER Testing
• How Often Should a Hoist Be Serviced?
• How do I get my hoist serviced?

How often should a hoist be serviced?

A hoist should be serviced once every year, with a mandatory LOLER test every six months to ensure it remains safe and functional.

Overhead hoist systems require annual servicing. This includes checking the entire system, such as tracks and components, for wear and tear. Engineers inspect rails for smoothness and cracks, and assess transit couplings, turntables, and switches. The hoist lifting tape and casing are also examined for any damage, ensuring the system works correctly under both weighted and unweighted conditions.

Ceiling Track Hoist LOLER Testing

By law, any person or company that has patient lifting equipment must carry out a Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations (LOLER) check every six months. This is to make sure that the equipment is posing no threat to the health and safety of its users. Hoist servicing is a crucial part of this process.

One of the things the LOLER test checks is the safe working load. For example, our AirRise200 has a safe working load of 200kg, so the engineer will check that the unit can still lift this amount of weight.

With any Innova hoist systems, we often design them to hold 1.5x the weight specified. So if you need a ceiling track hoist that can carry people up to 200kg in weight, then we’ll make sure it can hold 300kg.

When our engineers carry out LOLER tests, they make sure that the hoist can hold the maximum weight for 10 minutes, and they check how the hoist performs when the maximum capacity is being moved around. This is just to make sure that our equipment is performing just as good as it was the first day it was installed.

As the engineer tests the hoist, they’ll fill out a LOLER form. They’ll mark the track hoist on all of its components from the spreader bar and lifting tape, to the trolleys and motors.

The engineer will also look at the electrical components of your hoist unit. This includes the:

• Battery
• Charger
• Handset
• Emergency stop

How do I get my hoist serviced?

Arranging for your hoist systems to be serviced isn’t difficult if you’ve got a good hoist supplier.

You can usually take out service contracts where the supplier will let you know when your LOLER and servicing is due, and they’ll come out and do it all for you.

But, if you’re not wanting to take a contract, you can book for your ceiling track hoist system to be serviced and LOLER tested as and when just by booking it in with your hoist supplier.

Summary

Overall, getting your overhead hoist system serviced and tested is very straightforward, and it gives you great peace of mind that your equipment is working as it should be. Don’t forget that your LOLER test is needed by law every six months.

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