Telsta Corp founder Jay Eitel died on June 10, at the age of 94. Eitel was widely regarded as the mind behind the original cherry pickers working platform. He then founded Telsta Corporation, developing and producing a variety of motorized access machines, including lift platforms and other truck-mounted aerial work platforms.
Eitel came up with the cherry picker vision after finding a need for a more effective method of harvesting fruit. When he was young, he had worked as a manual fruit picker himself, using only a ladder, and in 1944 the design for a truck-mounted telescopic bucket elevator was born.
The original design of the cherry picker comprised a bucket platform mounted on an extendable steel boom. This structure was mounted on a truck and controlled by a single lever. This principle is maintained in modern cherry pickers and telescopic and articulated lifting platforms.
The benefits of boom lifts include a wide range of movements: while the platform of a scissor lift can only be moved vertically, an boom lift can move laterally and vertically, and even extend upward and over obstacles if the arm is articulated.
Shortly after its invention, Eitel founded the Telsta Corporation, which went on to design motorized access equipment that would be used by many large companies in many different applications, for example, Bell Telephone Company, PG&E, arborists, and street lighting services. Telsta became part of General Cable, which later joined the American Financial Corporation. Later this company became Mobile Tool International and Telstra products are produced by Altec Industries Inc.
During its lifetime, Eitel patented 65 other designs, including the “lantern lift”, which was unique in that it allowed operators to move from the driver’s seat directly to the work platform.
In later life, Eitel used his passion for engineering to build hot rods, and on several occasions he was hired to consult on automotive development and manufacturing issues in South Korea during the 1980s. Today, his legacy continues. I live on the popular cherry picking and lifting work lift platforms.
Boom lifts are suitable for a variety of applications, from small compact machines to huge truck-mounted platforms. The cherry pickers have working heights that range from about 9 to 30 meters. This type of lift arm can have a telescopic and articulated arm, providing the widest possible range of motion for an AWP.
Cherry pickers and feathers are used in many industries, including construction, aviation, railways, factories, manufacturing, warehouse, facility management, events, maintenance, repair, and even fire extinguishing. fires.