Q-Series

It's a well-known fact that a stowed wheelchair lift in the back of the van can clank, rattle and clonk to the point of driving anyone inside insane. By enlisting Professor Mark French, acoustics expert at the prestigious Purdue University in Indiana, we set out to silence the lift once and for all. The Q-Series lifts are oh so quiet. They are actually indistinguishable from the noise in an empty van.

So how did we silence the Q-Series lifts? Well, we didn't leave anything to chance, that's for sure. They are packed with noise suppression features and a unique feature called Auto-Tite™.

As nice as an ultra-light lift sounds, weight reductions can come at a high cost to safety, rigidity and reliability. We don't believe in gambling with these factors just so we get to call it: "World's lightest lift!". Instead we opted for reducing the weight as much as we could without any negative trade off.

The Q-Series wheelchair lifts weigh in at about 150 kg. Compared to our previous models, we've cut weight by roughly 10 %. However, it's also 300 % more rigid than any other lift we’ve tested. That rigidity is something you will feel when riding on the lift. It will feel safe and reliable.

In engineer technobabble weight reduction can be achieved with one or more of the three G's: Grade, Gauge and Geometry. In plain English that is the material, the thickness of the material and the shape of the structure.

The normal service life of a wheelchair lift is usually less than 10,000 cycles. For decades all BraunAbility inboard lifts have been tested to meet our internal requirement of 32,000 cycles, and the Q-Series is no exception. In addition to this we have also tried to closely simulate real-world conditions. We've stressed the base plate welds to a maximum by performing cycle testing on both rigid and flexible floors.  

Most people tend to think of design as a way to make something look good, but design is so much more than that. It's about interaction with the user, the service and maintenance technician or just anyone in the vicinity of the product.

Together with Professor Steve Visser at Purdue University in Indiana, we gave the Q-Series lifts a distinct curved design language with a modern look as well as a number of clever features that just makes life simpler.

The Q-Series platform will be hard to miss even when deployed low to the ground in a dark parking lot. We’ve added light strips along both the inside and outside of the platform, making it highly visible to anyone in its vicinity.

Contrary to standard platform lights mounted on the vertical channel, it also keeps the lights out of the user’s face and ensures that the user won't block the light from reaching the platform.

The Q-Series wheelchair lifts come in two different platform types, Split and Solid. Both are well proven platform types that have their own benefits. Choose the platform type that best suits your application.