From left: Don Ahern, Willi Buchtmann and Bernhard Kahn

Snorkel is adding two new models to the range of electric slab scissor lifts launched last year at The Rental Show.

The new S3215E and S3220E models join the existing family of four hydraulic drive lifts - the S3219E, S3226E, S4726E and S4732E.

The S3215E delivers a working height of 21 ft. (6.5 m) and can lift up to 600 lb. (272 kg). The S3220E delivers a working height of 26 ft. (8.1 m), and a substantial lift capacity of 900 lb. (408 kg). These models are particularly popular in European markets, where there is a focus on higher lifting capacities.

Both the S3215E and the S3220E share a 32 in. (0.81 m) wide chassis that is common with the S3219E and S3226E.

The lifts feature Snorkel's twin-door service trays, providing 'inside-out' access to all of the key machine components, even when working in confined spaces. The new lifts also share the attributes of the rest of the family, including the fixed upper control box, saloon-style entry gates as standard, dual-shear scissor stack design with upsized pins, telescopic extension deck, upsized kingpins and gravity-actuated pothole protection system.

The new models are currently in production at Snorkel's US manufacturing facility in Elwood, Kansas and will be officially launched at Bauma in April 2016.

The first order for the new lifts was received at Platformers' Days 2015 from Buchtmann Arbeitsbühnen GmbH. Company owner Willi Buchtmann placed an order with Bernhard Kahn of Ahern Deutschland for 10 of the new S3220E electric slab scissor lifts, along with five of the S3219E models.