Oct. 17, 2017—The Automotive Lift Institute (ALI) opened its new headquarters and LiftLab in Cortland, N.Y., on Oct. 12. 

The new 8,500-square-foot headquarters is more than four times larger than the organization’s previous Cortland office. It includes 3,475 square feet of renovated office and conference space, as well as a classroom.

New to this facility is the LiftLab. ALI member manufacturers provided and installed 12 vehicle lifts in the LiftLab area.

They range from the smallest motorcycle lift to the most common two-post style, all the way up to heavy-duty inground and mobile column lifts.

This facility brings together a wide range of operational lifts from various manufacturers and makes them available for hands-on industry training.

The following lifts are installed in the ALI LiftLab:

• Light-duty two-post surface-mounted lift, 10,000 lbs. rated capacity.
• Light-duty low-rise frame-engaging lift, 10,000 lbs. rated capacity.
• Heavy-duty two-post surface-mounted lift, 16,000 lbs. rated capacity.
• Set of four wireless heavy-duty wheel-engaging mobile units (mobile column lifts), 54,000 lbs. total rated capacity.
• Heavy-duty inground lift, 60,000 lbs. rated capacity.
• Heavy-duty scissors lift, 30,000 lbs. rated capacity, equipped with wheels-free device.
• Heavy-duty two-post surface-mounted lift, 15,000 lbs. rated capacity.
• Light-duty scissors lift, 9,000 lbs. rated capacity.
• Heavy-duty four-post surface-mounted lift, 14,000 lbs. rated capacity, equipped with wheels-free device.
• Light-duty motorcycle lift, 1,000 lbs. rated capacity.
• Light-duty inground lift, 10,000 lbs. rated capacity.
• Set of four wireless heavy-duty wheel-engaging mobile units (mobile column lifts), 74,000 lbs. total rated capacity, along with set of four high-reach supplementary stands.