Pentalift offers a complete line of dock seals and dock shelters to suit the most common overhead door sizes. Designs range from foam and air inflatable seals to rigid, flexible and air inflatable dock shelters. All Pentalift dock seals and shelters are designed to improve safety, protect merchandise, reduce cost and to improve security at the loading dock. Contact your Pentalift Sales Representative for additional information. </br<>... Read More
Pentalift’s Portable Bin Tilter is built with heavy duty components for rugged and reliable performance. The equipment is available in a 2,000lb and a 4,000lb version and comes with large, locking phenolic casters. It has an internal, self-contained battery and charger and an easy-access, three position control. Contact your Pentalift Sales Representative for additional information. ... Read More
Vertical Dock Levelers are specially designed to permit the overhead doors to close completely. This makes them particularly popular for controlled climate applications by sealing in the conditioned air. Vertical levelers are also an excellent choice in food warehousing or in a cold storage facility where the open and clean pit design offers a sanitary solution and also reduces the possibility of vermin entry. Click this link for an overview of the vertical storing dock leveler’s optiona... Read More
A Semi-Portable Lift Table is designed to be moved only when there is no load present. The design incorporates a set of casters with a slight clearance from the floor on one end of the table, and then a tongue installed on a frame extension on the opposite end. A removable dolly handle is used in combination with the steel tongue to engage the casters and move the table.   A Portable Lift Table is designed to be moved when fully loaded. Portability packages include a structural su... Read More
Pentalift offers a complete line of Dock Seals and Shelters to suit the most common overhead door sizes and to compliment the Dock Leveler and Vehicle Restraint product lines. Products range from basic foam seals, inflatable seals, to rigid, flexible or air inflatable dock shelters. All products are designed to improve safety, protect merchandise, reduce cost and improve security at the loading dock. Contact your Pentalift Sales Representative for additional information.... Read More
Pre-engineered lift tables are typically designed and built for intermittent use. Pentalift considers standard use to be up to 8 full loaded, complete cycles per hour. If the equipment will be exposed to greater than 8 cycles per hour, then we need to look at making upgrades to the table and the power unit. Pentalift offers a high cycle package that includes upgrades to spherical bearings in place of pins and cam followers in place of the standard rollers, along with upgrades to the cylinder ... Read More
Pentalift's standard warranty states that dock levelers manufactured by Pentalift Equipment Corporation will be free from defects in materials and workmanship for normal use for one year. The deck assembly, lip assembly, and dock leveler frame are warrantied for 10 years. To properly validate the warranty, you need to complete a Product Registration Card. This general warranty applies to all dock levelers that Pentalift fabricates. If a longer structural or hydraulic warranty period is ... Read More
If a lift table is installed into a pre-formed pit, one or more of the following guarding methods must be provided for personnel protection from potential shear points. The two most common methods to provide shear point protection are beveled toe guards and toe sensor bars. The bevel toe guards provide a physical alert and help to push the obstruction away from the descent of the table. The toe sensor bar provides an electrical signal when it encounters any interference, and immediately stops... Read More
Pentalift’s standard finish is gray enamel paint. This finish is acceptable in the majority of manufacturing and warehouse environments. Pentalift offers to paint equipment in any custom,  color when the RAL# is provided. In a more demanding environment, such as exterior exposure, Pentalift offers to upgrade to an epoxy finish. Where regular chemicals wash down, or there is concern about oxidization, Pentalift can offer hot dip galvanized finish. Hot dip galvanization will result in som... Read More
When a customer has a requirement for a particularly long lift table, it often makes sense to move to a Tandem Lift Table. A Tandem Lift Table is created when Pentalift mechanically combines multiple sets of scissor leg sets, positioned end-to-end, utilizing a common deck and frame assembly. The TL-Series and the TLH- Series are Pentalift's two pre-engineered series of tandem tables. They both use two leg sets. The TL has a lower profile and is lighter duty, while the TLH has a greater, fu... Read More