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The original Compact scissors table family is Autoquip's premium series of work station hydraulic lifts.  With five times the number of life cycles as competitive brands, these unique lifts have become the recognized standard for customers demanding durability, safety, and minimum down time in their manufacturing process.

Every Compact scissors lift comes standard with captured rollers, two piece self-aligning cylinder, and high impact spiral wound bearings, giving our customers the most reliable, robust, and absolute longest lasting scissors lift available. Low collapsed heights and small platform sizes also make this family of double-pantograph scissor tables perfect for increasing work station productivity with a minimum consumption of floor space. Travel ranges from 25 to 84 inches and capacities range from 500 to 12,000 pounds.

Common work station applications for this family of scissors tables include pallet build-up and break-down, parts assembly and disassembly, and work positioning - all with improved ergonomics and greater factory throughput. 

Originally developed and built by American Lifts, the original Compact scissor lift series has been made in the USA for over 30 years. Since Autoquip's acquisition of the American Lift company, the Compact scissors lift series has been manufactured at our factory in the heartland of America. Customers enjoy unlimited possibilities when customizing these scissors lifts for a unique application.

Durability and Quality

• All scissors rollers are captured within structural steel channels to provide excellent load stability
• High impact, spiral wound bearings at every pivot point provide maintenance-free, rugged resistance to abrasion, impact, and uneven loads.
• Structural cross-members at every pinned joint in the scissors assembly minimizes leg deflection due to twisting or spreading under high/uneven loading.
• All hydraulic cylinders contain two-piece, self-aligning piston rods that transmit minimal side forces to the cylinder hinges/pins, significantly reducing wear.
• Structural steel channels in all upper and lower frames provide additional rigidity and resistance to twisting and bending of the lift under load.
• Solid steel legs and added stiffeners provide overall stability and straight, repeatable roller tracking as the lift raises and lowers.
• Joints, the most critical wear points in the lift, feature chrome-plated, 100,000 psi, ultimate-strength pins for premium load strength and long life.
• Minimum 1/4-inch-thick steel-reinforced platform minimizes deck deflection, maximizes load stability, and greatly extends the life of the platform deck.