Access Lift from Passenger Lift Solutions

The PLS Access Lift is a unique and innovative cassette lift that has served the industry for over 30 years, and it is clear to see why. Mounted underneath the rear of the vehicle, it delivers the lightest and most flexible solution on the market.

Engineered specifically for vans, mini, and midi-buses, this highly-durable automatic access lift is one of the industryโ€™s most robust and stable powered platforms. It is unsurprising, therefore, that the PLS Access Lift is a favourite in the community transport sector, who requires the safest, strongest, and most reliable access solutions.

PLS has been designing and manufacturing the Access lift for over three decades, and this expertise and experience shines through in the engineering and quality of our most popular lift.

Largest Platform

Widely regarded as the industryโ€™s workhorse, the PLS Access Lift boasts the largest usable platform of any cassette lift used on a medium-sized vehicle. Our clever cassette design and development of custom mounting brackets for the majority of common vehicles on the market means that the PLS Access Lift cassette takes up the least possible space available under the vehicle. Less cassette means more room for the platform, giving you the biggest and most flexible wheelchair capacity on the market in this category.

Engineered For Life

Every part of the Access Lift has been carefully considered. From the strong powered platform concealed under the vehicle, to the compact and two stage zinc painted box that protects the lift and its mechanisms from the environment when stowed under the vehicle. This means that even in the harshest weather conditions, you can feel sure that the PLS lift will function perfectly.

Moulded Handrails

Our handrails have a core laser-cut high tensile centre structure which is then zinc coated for the highest corrosion protection. The inner frame is then injection moulded with a โ€˜soft feelโ€™ polymer shell. This process adds a strong and durable finish thatโ€™s not only comfortable to the touch, but also provides a high level of grip to ensure it is a safe and secure hold for the user.

High Capacity

The Access Lift has a high weight to lifting capacity ratio. As standard our lift is already capable of a high weight capacity however on request this can be increased to 500Kg making it able to take on all the challenges of the day.

Flexible Pump

Mount the pump where its best, under the vehicle or inside the vehicle. Standing up or on its side. The pump shouldn’t get in the way of making the most of the space you have available and so we have designed our pump to go where you need it not where we think it should go. Manual controls to the pump can still be accessed easily should you need to operate the lift without any electrical power.

  • Lift type: Underfloor cassette
  • Voltage: 12V standard (24 available)
  • Power system: Electro-hydraulic pump.
  • Hydraulic fluid type: PLS Blue (specific formulation)
  • Control: Pendant via wanderlead (or remote control)
  • Bridge-plate width: 760mm (860mm for wide lift)
  • Platform width: 825mm (925mm for wide lift)
  • Platform length: 1410mm (1510, 1610 & 1780mm available)
  • Weight of lift (inc pump module): 170Kgs
  • Working pressure: 165 Bar MAX
  • Max amp draw at pump: 70 amps MAX
  • ECO brushless option: 25 amps MAX (option)
  • Design safety factor: min x2.1 all fabricated parts x3
  • Extending handrails
  • Remote control
  • Higher SWL rating
  • LEDโ€™s platform lights
  • Warning sounder
  • Stop-Safeโ„ข Passenger lift barrier
  • DoorSafe automatic barrier
  • Cycle counter
  • Satellite powerpack
  • SWL and CE certificates issued
  • LOLER Installation Compliance
  • Fully PSVAR, DDA, COIF, BSEN 1756-2:2004 + A1:2009, EEC 2001/85 and IVA 2009 compliant
  • Meets ECWVTA (European Whole Vehicle Type Approval)
  • ISO9001 accredited process control
  • Dead man button control
  • Platform roll-off barrier (outer ramp)
  • Bridging plate (inner barrier)
  • Main power isolation switch and/or driver isolation switch
  • Hose valves fitted inside cylinder body
  • Hydraulic hoses rated x 4
  • Stow position warning light SIGNAL SWITCH

Need a spare part?

Sometimes things need replacing. Dropped the handset or keeping your 10 year old lift as fresh as the day it was delivered? We have every part down to the last nut, bolt and washer available, head over to our online store or contact us today.