DANILIFT A/S
When DANILIFT undertakes to develop bespoke solutions, it most often requires that a standard lift is either given special features or modified. As specialists in custom-built lifts, DANILIFT has taken part in Dansk AM Hub’s and Center for Industri’s 3DP Try Out programme to explore how 3D printing can solve some of the production and development challenges that would otherwise arise in this work.
“DANILIFT has a clear vision to rise above the other players in the Scandinavian market, and we will go a long way to get there. This requires us to always stay ahead of developments. This applies especially to product development, but also within service and safety. Here, 3D printing will come to play a significant role, and the programme with Dansk AM Hub has been of exceptionally great value, as well as a major and important step on the path towards the company’s future strategy,” says the company’s owner, Knud Erik Markussen.
In connection with the production, service and installation of lifts at DANILIFT, many special sub-components are included in a complex lift, and safety is therefore always the top priority—also when it comes to new development. Therefore, “right first time” is essential, and here it proved that prototyping and, not least, test prints were decisive in quickly moving to the next step in the development process. With the help of 3D technology, DANILIFT can therefore develop faster, manufacture more precisely and thereby strengthen the company’s competitiveness.
DANILIFT’s management also sees 3D technology as a necessity to rise above competitors in Scandinavia and to remain a leader in its field in Denmark.
“On the one hand, the company’s management has recognised the need to put this important 3D technology into play, but the company’s development engineers and designers have also seen the advantage of achieving even faster progress towards the final goal through 3D printing,” it says.
Results from programmes with Dansk AM Hub
- Faster in the development process
- Faster progress towards the final goal
DANILIFT has subsequently invested more energy and time in identifying the potential of 3D printing for future projects.
“We have a project within the next few months where the plan is for 3D printing to be incorporated into the development process. It will be a brilliant tool for us when we need to develop new components for entirely new products and concepts, and we very much look forward to using the 3D printer in future projects,” says Communications Manager Julie Markussen:
“3D scanning is also a topic we are very interested in, because it can help us identify the structure of vehicles that we mount our product on. That aspect will be particularly exciting for us when new electric cars arrive, which likely have some special structures compared with classic fuel-driven vehicles, because we would very much like to create more sustainable solutions for our customers.”
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About the company
DANILIFT A/S
Thorsvej 6, 4100 Ringsted
Number of employees: 40
Danilift manufactures lifts for installation on panel vans and chassis, and provides service and lift inspections for its own lifts as well as lifts from other manufacturers.
About DANILIFT
DANILIFT from Farsø currently focuses on the production, service and sale of lifts for installation on panel vans and chassis for the European, Danish and Scandinavian markets.
The company’s customers are typically power utilities as well as rental companies, manufacturing companies, service companies, etc., that need to work at height.
The product range includes lifts with working heights from nine to 30 metres. Lifts that can be mounted on vehicles range from 3.2 tonnes up to 28 tonnes. In addition, the company builds bespoke lifts for, among other things, mining. The company’s service programme covers all types of personnel lifts regardless of manufacturer.
Danilift is a member of Liftgruppen, which, in collaboration with, among others, the Danish Technological Institute, has developed Liftkontrol, which is responsible for safety/inspections of lifts and ensuring that the lifts comply with applicable regulations.
“DANILIFT has a clear vision to rise above the other players in the Scandinavian market, and we will go a long way to get there. This requires us to always stay ahead of developments. This applies especially to product development, but also within service and safety. Here, 3D printing will come to play a significant role, and the programme with Dansk AM Hub has been of exceptionally great value, as well as a major and important step on the path towards the company’s future strategy.”
Knud Erik Markussen
Owner, DANILIFT
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