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NMX-AWP-30 · ENGINEERED TO ORDER — AERIAL WORK PLATFORMS & BOOM LIFTS

The load is a person. That changes every number.

Name: Aerial Work Platform & Boom Lift
Brand: Neometrix

A crane is rated by what it can lift. This machine is rated by where it may safely put a person — and reach and capacity trade against each other continuously, so there is no single rating, there is a load-moment envelope. The machine has to know its own geometry and stop motion before the envelope is left, because the operator stands in the worst place to judge it. The envelope moves with the ground, so outriggers are sensed down and loaded, the chassis level, and wind counted. And the failure everyone specifies against is the one with no power in it: holding valves bolt directly onto the cylinders and the platform comes down under gravity, controlled, operable from the ground — because the rescue case is an operator who cannot operate. Equipment of this class has been quoted across truck-mounted, scissor and mast-type aerial work platform requirements; no delivered aerial work platform is claimed — the class is engineered to order.

Enquire — work platform Capability sheet (PDF)

Illustrative of the class — a self-propelled articulated boom lift parked on empty clean concrete hardstanding: a compact mid-grey steel chassis on solid tyres with a slewing turret, the articulated boom raised part-way in a shallow Z with bright chromed cylinder rods at each knuckle, a small rectangular completely empty work basket with grey rails and a blank control console at the boom tip, and outrigger legs pinned down onto steel pads at the chassis corners, no people, nothing running and no readable markings

Fig · 01 Every part of it exists to hold one small basket steady — and to be believed while doing it

Rated by

an envelopenot a single number

Enforced by

the machinegeometry sensed, motion cut

Fails safe

under gravityvalves on the cylinders

Rescued from

the groundoverride + manual lowering

Status

engineered to orderquoted class

ISO 9001 / 14001 Engineered to order Access equipment Load & function testing Noida · India

Overview

A crane lifts loads. This machine holds people.

The difference is not sentimental — it decides how the machine is rated, what it must refuse to do, and what has to keep working when nothing else does.

Illustrative of the class — the work basket of an aerial work platform, completely empty: a rectangular basket with mid-grey steel top and mid rails and kick plates, an inward-swinging gate with a plain latch, a chequer-plate floor, two bright steel harness anchor eyes bolted to the frame, and a small blank control console on the rail with unmarked joysticks and a plain red mushroom stop button, the grey boom tip and its bright pivot pins behind, no people, nothing running and no readable markings

Fig · 02 The basket — a designed structure, not a bucket: rated floor, anchor points, a gate that cannot open outward

Start with why there is no single rating. Hold a weight close to your body and it is easy; hold the same weight at arm's length and it is hard. A boom machine lives on that fact at a larger scale: the further out the basket goes, the larger the moment its load puts on the structure and the tipping line, so a full basket is permitted at short reach and only a lighter one at full reach. The honest specification is therefore not a number but a region — a load-moment envelope with every combination of height, outreach and basket load either inside it or not. Machines get bought on the two flattering corners of that region quoted side by side; they must be designed on the whole of it.

Then ask who is watching the edge. The person best placed to see the basket's position is standing in it — at height, mid-task, judging distance by eye, with the boom's own flex under them. That is precisely the wrong place from which to police a moment limit. So the machine polices it: it senses boom angle, extension, slew and basket load, computes where it is in the envelope, and cuts motion before the edge rather than at it. A placard on the turret is information; the cutout is enforcement, and only one of them works when someone is tired, hurried or wrong.

And the envelope is only as good as the ground. Everything the machine computes assumes its base stayed where it was — which is exactly what outrigger sensing, continuous tilt monitoring and a wind rating that lives inside the envelope are for. Down is not enough for an outrigger; loaded and level is the condition, and the machine that cannot confirm it should refuse to reach.

Equipment of this class has been quoted across truck-mounted, scissor and mast-type aerial work platform requirements. No delivered aerial work platform is claimed: the class is engineered to order, and the record is stated as it stands.

Rating

An envelope, whole

Every reach has its own permitted load — not two flattering corners.

Refusal

The machine says no

Geometry sensed, motion cut before the edge — not a placard.

Descent

Down without power

Holding valves on the cylinders, gravity does the rest, controlled.

Architecture

Know the envelope, trust the ground, and keep the way down.

The schematic follows the rating first — the envelope and who enforces it — then the four blocks behind it: structure, hydraulics, stability, and the controls that put rescue above convenience.

FIG · 03WORK PLATFORM ARCHITECTURE · STRUCTURE + KINEMATICS / HYDRAULICS + HOLDING / STABILITY + INTERLOCKS / CONTROLS, POWER + MOBILITY

Fig · 03 The detail worth reading twice — why the holding valve bolts to the cylinder, not the manifold

Arc · 01

Structure & Kinematics

Boom, scissor or mast — slew, articulation and basket levelling held through the full motion range.

Arc · 02

Hydraulics & Holding

Holding valves on the cylinders themselves — plus proportional control and a no-power emergency lowering path.

Arc · 03

Stability & Interlocks

Outriggers sensed loaded, chassis level — tilt monitored continuously, overload cut out, wind inside the envelope.

Arc · 04

Controls, Power & Mobility

Basket and ground stations, ground wins — engine, battery or PTO power, travel and stowage interlocks.

Specifying work platforms, or replacing machines whose interlocks live on a placard? Send the working heights and outreach, basket duty, ground and environment, and the applicable standard — a clause-by-clause compliance matrix within two working days · [email protected]

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Specifications

Sized on the duty, judged on what it refuses to do.

The parameters below describe the engineering approach. Structure type and geometry, envelope definition, hydraulic and holding architecture, interlock scheme, power option and chassis all follow from four givens: the working heights and outreach required, the basket duty, the ground and environment the machine will live on, and the applicable standard.

Illustrative of the class — the main lift cylinder of a boom lift: a large hydraulic cylinder in mid-grey paint with a bright chromed rod, a compact machined steel holding-valve block bolted directly onto the cylinder body, two hydraulic hoses in black fabric sleeves entering through plain unmarked fittings, neatly clamped hose runs continuing along the boom and the greased boom pivot pin beyond, no people, nothing running and no readable markings

Fig · 04 The valve block on the cylinder body — the least visible safety decision on the machine, and the most important

Where these machines go wrong

Rated at maximum reach and maximum load in the same sentence — a corner of the envelope that does not exist, quoted because each number is separately true. The envelope enforced by placard, so the machine will cheerfully drive itself somewhere it should have refused to go. Holding valves in the manifold instead of on the cylinders, so the hose between them — the flexing, weathered, weakest component — becomes the thing holding the platform up. No ground override, which turns a fainting operator into an emergency-services call rather than a two-minute recovery. Outrigger interlocks that trust the operator — a switch that says deployed rather than a sensor that says loaded. And wind as a line in the manual, on a machine whose basket at full height is a sail.

So the discipline runs the other way. The envelope is defined whole and enforced by the machine — geometry sensed, load measured, motion cut before the edge with a margin. Holding valves bolt to the cylinder body, so the failure of any hose strands oil rather than people, and the emergency lowering path is demonstrated at commissioning with no power connected. Ground controls override the basket, and the override is tested as a drill, not shown in a manual. Outriggers are sensed down, loaded and level; tilt is watched continuously; the wind rating sits inside the envelope computation. And because the machine travels and lives outdoors, stowage interlocks, travel stability and corrosion protection are designed, not assumed.

Full specification — expand

System	Aerial work platform & boom lift — structure & kinematics, hydraulics & holding, stability & interlocks, controls, power & mobility
Governing Idea	The load is a person — the machine is rated by where it may safely put someone, which is an envelope, not a number
The Envelope	Reach and capacity trade continuously — every combination of height, outreach and basket load is either inside or outside; the two flattering corners are not a specification
Enforcement	The machine senses boom angle, extension, slew and basket load, computes its position in the envelope, and cuts motion before the edge — because the operator stands in the worst place to judge it
Stability	Outriggers sensed down, loaded and level — not merely deployed; tilt monitored continuously, not only at setup
Wind	Part of the envelope computation, not a manual note — at height the basket is a sail
The No-Power Case	Burst hose, stalled engine, flat battery — the platform comes down under gravity, controlled, with no power at all, and the path is demonstrated at commissioning
Holding Valves	Bolted directly on the cylinders. A hose burst between manifold and cylinder then strands the oil, not the person — the hose is the flexing, weathered, weakest part
Rescue	Ground controls override the basket and manual lowering needs no power — the rescue case is an operator who cannot operate
The Basket	A designed structure — rated floor, harness anchor points, kick plates, and a gate that cannot open outward
Also A Vehicle	Truck-mounted, self-propelled or trailered — stowage interlocks (no travel with the boom beyond crawl geometry), travel stability, and corrosion protection for an outdoor life
Acceptance	Load and function testing to the applicable standard — overload, tilt and interlock function demonstrated, emergency lowering exercised, envelope cutouts proven at the edges
The Split	The aircraft access ladders & passenger steps put people at height on a structure that does not move while occupied; this machine's whole point is that it does. The marine gangway & accommodation ladder spans structure to structure; here the far end is wherever the work is, held by hydraulics. And the telescopic & hoistable mast raises equipment — raise a person and the envelope, the holding valves, the interlocks and the rescue provisions become the machine
Scope Boundary	Ours: platform design & integration, structure & kinematics, envelope definition & enforcement (geometry sensing, overload & tilt cutouts), hydraulic system with cylinder-mounted holding valves & no-power emergency lowering, outrigger & stability interlocks, basket & safety furniture, controls with ground override, travel & stowage interlocks, weatherproofing & corrosion protection, installation, commissioning, load & function testing to the applicable standard, documentation, training, spares & AMC — including build to the customer's specification. Bought-in certified: hydraulic cylinders, valves and power units, drive motors and engines, batteries, load and angle sensors, tyres, axles, control hardware. The customer's: the duty (heights, loads, environment), the applicable standard and the acceptance programme
Status	Engineered to order — equipment of this class quoted across truck-mounted, scissor and mast-type aerial work platform requirements; no delivered aerial work platform is claimed

PDF · 1 page

Aerial Work Platform & Boom Lift — Capability Sheet

Tender Response

Send heights, outreach, basket duty & environment — compliance matrix in two working days

Variants

One envelope discipline, four machines.

What changes is how the height is made — articulation, scissors or a mast — and how the machine gets to the job.

Var · 01

Truck-Mounted Articulated Boom

Reach over and around — road-mobile between sites, outriggers making a stable base out of wherever it parks.

Var · 02

Self-Propelled Scissor Lift

Straight up, large deck — drives itself around a site, battery or engine, height without outreach.

Var · 03

Aluminium Mast Platform

Light and narrow — single or dual mast, through a doorway and onto a finished floor, for work indoors and at facilities.

Var · 04

Trailer-Mounted Boom Lift

Towed to the job — the reach of a boom without the truck, levelled on its own outriggers.

Applications

Wherever the work is up and the ladder is not enough.

The duties that need a person held at height, safely, for as long as the work takes.

A · 01Mining & plant maintenance

A · 02Airport, hangar & depot access

A · 03Utilities, lighting & signage

A · 04Municipal & facilities maintenance

A · 05Shipyard & industrial structures

A · 06Perimeter & security infrastructure

FAQ

Common questions.

Plain-language answers from the engineering team.

Q · 01 Why is there no single "capacity" for a work platform?

Because the structure does not care about the load alone — it cares about the load times where it is. Two hundred kilograms in the basket at three metres of outreach loads the boom, the slew ring and the tipping line very differently from the same two hundred kilograms at fifteen metres. So a machine genuinely capable of "full basket" and genuinely capable of "full reach" is almost never capable of both at once, and the pair of numbers on a datasheet describes two different corners of the machine's ability. The honest specification is the whole region between them: a load-moment envelope in which every combination of height, outreach, slew position and basket load is either permitted or not. This is also why comparing machines by headline numbers misleads — two machines with identical corners can have very differently shaped envelopes, and the shape is what determines whether the machine can actually do a given job. When we specify a platform, the duty comes first — where the person must be put, holding what — and the envelope is designed to contain the duty with margin, rather than the duty being trimmed to flatter a datasheet.

Q · 02 Why must the machine enforce the envelope rather than the operator?

Think about where the operator is standing: in the basket, at height, mid-task, judging horizontal distance by eye from the one vantage point where foreshortening is worst, on a structure that flexes under them as it moves. They are the person least able to know precisely where the machine is in its envelope, and simultaneously the person with the strongest incentive to go a little further — the work is always just out of reach. Relying on that person to respect a chart on the turret is not a safety system; it is a hope. So the machine carries the knowledge itself: angle and extension sensors on the boom, a load cell under the basket, slew position, and a controller that computes moment continuously and cuts motion before the edge of the envelope, with margin — not at it. Done properly this is not felt as a restriction: the machine simply slows and stops the way a lift arrives at a floor, and the operator learns to trust the boundary rather than test it. The cutout also has to be honest in both directions — it must not be casually bypassable from the basket, and its correct function at the edges of the envelope is something we demonstrate at acceptance, not something asserted in a manual.

Q · 03 What do the outriggers and tilt sensing actually protect against?

Against the quiet failure of the envelope's one big assumption — that the base is where the calculation thinks it is. Every moment computation on the machine is drawn from the tipping line, and the tipping line is set by the footprint the machine is actually standing on. An outrigger that is down but resting on soft ground, a paver that shifts, a chassis parked on a slight slope that becomes a meaningful angle at twenty metres of height — each one silently redraws the envelope smaller while the controller still believes the old one. That is why "deployed" is not the interlock condition: the machine senses that outriggers are down and carrying load and that the chassis is level within its permitted range, and refuses elevation until both are true. It is also why tilt is monitored continuously rather than checked once at setup — ground behaves differently after an hour of load, and after rain. Wind belongs in the same category: at height the basket and its occupant are a sail, and gusts apply moment the operator never commanded. So the wind limit is not a note in the manual; it is part of the envelope, and above it the machine's job is to come down, not to carry on carefully.

Q · 04 Why do the holding valves sit on the cylinders — and what happens when power fails?

Follow the oil. A raised boom is held up by oil trapped in its lift cylinders; whatever traps that oil is what is actually holding the platform in the air. If the trapping valve sits in the main manifold, then between the valve and the cylinder runs a hose — and the hose is the weakest component in the entire hydraulic system: it flexes with every boom movement, lives in the weather, chafes where it is clipped, and ages whether used or not. A burst in that hose gives the trapped oil an open path out, and the platform comes down at the speed of the leak, with someone in it. Bolt the holding valve directly onto the cylinder body and the picture inverts: a burst anywhere in the hose run strands the oil inside the cylinder, and the platform simply stops where it is. That is the difference between an incident and an inconvenience, and it is invisible on a datasheet. The same thinking extends to total power failure — stalled engine, flat battery, electrical fault. The platform must still come down: a manually opened, flow-restricted lowering path lets gravity bring the basket to the ground slowly and controllably with no power anywhere on the machine, and we treat demonstrating it — not describing it — as part of commissioning.

Q · 05 Why are there two control stations, and why does the ground one win?

Because the machine has to be designed for the day its operator cannot operate. The normal case is easy: the person in the basket has the best view of the work and drives the platform from a console on the rail, with a ground station used for setup. The case that shapes the design is the abnormal one — an operator taken ill at height, incapacitated by a sting or a shock, panicked, or simply unresponsive. In that moment the basket console, however well laid out, is useless, and everything depends on what a colleague standing at the chassis can do. So the ground station is not a convenience copy of the basket controls: it overrides them absolutely, allowing a ground crew to take command and bring the basket down regardless of what is happening at the rail — and below even that sits the manual emergency lowering of Q04, which needs no electrical function at all. Two further details follow from the same logic. The basket's emergency stop must cut everything including itself, so a jammed joystick cannot fight the rescue. And rescue is a drill, not a paragraph: at handover the ground override and manual descent are exercised by the customer's own people, because the first time a crew lowers a colleague should not be the first time anyone has done it.

Q · 06 What do you build, what is bought in — and what is claimed?

Divided honestly. What Neometrix provides: the platform design and integration — deriving the machine from the duty rather than a catalogue; the structure and kinematics, with basket levelling held through the full motion range; the load-moment envelope and its enforcement — geometry sensing, load measurement, overload and tilt cutouts that stop motion before the edge; the hydraulic system with cylinder-mounted holding valves and the no-power emergency lowering path; the outrigger and stability interlocks sensed on load and level, not on deployment; the basket and its safety furniture — rated floor, harness anchors, inward gate; the controls with absolute ground override; travel and stowage interlocks; weatherproofing and corrosion protection; and installation, commissioning, load and function testing to the applicable standard — overload, tilt, interlocks, envelope edges and emergency descent demonstrated, not described — plus documentation, training, spares and AMC, including build to the customer's own specification. What is bought-in certified: hydraulic cylinders, valves and power units, drive motors and engines, batteries, load and angle sensors, tyres, axles and control hardware — proprietary products of established makers, integrated rather than imitated. What is the customer's: the duty, the applicable standard and the acceptance programme. And the record, stated plainly: equipment of this class has been quoted across truck-mounted, scissor and mast-type aerial work platform requirements, and no delivered aerial work platform is claimed. The class is engineered to order, around the person it exists to hold.

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The load is a person. That changes every number.

A crane lifts loads. This machine holds people.

An envelope, whole

The machine says no

Down without power

Know the envelope, trust the ground, and keep the way down.

Structure & Kinematics

Hydraulics & Holding

Stability & Interlocks

Controls, Power & Mobility

Sized on the duty, judged on what it refuses to do.

Where these machines go wrong

One envelope discipline, four machines.

Truck-Mounted Articulated Boom

Self-Propelled Scissor Lift

Aluminium Mast Platform

Trailer-Mounted Boom Lift

Wherever the work is up and the ladder is not enough.

Common questions.

Fixed steps, a bridge to a ship, and a mast that lifts no one.

Aircraft Access Ladders & Passenger Steps

Marine Gangway & Accommodation Ladder

Telescopic & Hoistable Mast

Send the heights
and who goes up.

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The load is a person. That changes every number.

A crane lifts loads. This machine holds people.

An envelope, whole

The machine says no

Down without power

Know the envelope, trust the ground, and keep the way down.

Structure & Kinematics

Hydraulics & Holding

Stability & Interlocks

Controls, Power & Mobility

Sized on the duty, judged on what it refuses to do.

Where these machines go wrong

One envelope discipline, four machines.

Truck-Mounted Articulated Boom

Self-Propelled Scissor Lift

Aluminium Mast Platform

Trailer-Mounted Boom Lift

Wherever the work is up and the ladder is not enough.

Common questions.

Fixed steps, a bridge to a ship, and a mast that lifts no one.

Aircraft Access Ladders & Passenger Steps

Marine Gangway & Accommodation Ladder

Telescopic & Hoistable Mast

Send the heightsand who goes up.

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and who goes up.