Shorts Company Overview

Complete Lifts | Lift Components | Lift Spares

 Our Projects
SHORTS LIFTS - A COMPANY OVERVIEW

Typical projects completed using shorts products.

Lifts Components and Spares

VVVF Controller 100kg Underbar

Push Button • Bank Dumbwaiter
• 6 Floors
• Bar
• 2 Floors
• Stainless steel
100kg finish/Diagonal
Dumbwaiter Drop bar

• Restaurant
• 2 Floors
• Bi-parting doors/
Roller shutter

Tank Unit
• Hospital
Drive Screw • 4 Floors

500kg Goods
Lift
• Department Store
• 4 Floors
• Concertina
Bradford Office Landing Doors

About Us
Bespoke Door
Operator
Shorts have been a leading supplier to Shorts operate on a UK-wide basis from our
the UK and Irish Lift Industries for over 70 Sales, Warehouse and Distribution facilities in Main PCB London Office • Hotel
years. We are unique in that we provide Bradford and London. • 10 Floors
our customers with the convenience of
Due to our flexible supply chain Shorts has
being a single-source supplier for all their
access to a wide range of lift manufacturers,
complete lifts, lift modernisation and lift enabling us to provide a range of products Door Skate
spares needs. 250kg
which are unique to the UK and Irish Lift
Industries. Combination Lift
We have built our reputation on being experts
within the Lift Industry and as members of • Hotel 2000kg
the Lift & Escalator Industry Association (LEIA) • 3 Floors Goods Only Lift
• Heated Car Shelf
Machinery
and accredited with ISO9001, ISO14001 and
OHSAS18001, we are delighted to achieve
Directive Goods • Food Market
a high level of customer satisfaction. Our Passenger Lift • 2 Floors
customer focused approach means we • Shutter Gates/
• Self-Storage Facility
continue to provide solutions which make our Double Hinged
• Two 1600kg lifts
customer’s job easier. Doors
• Shallow Pit/Low
Headroom

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 Impaired Mobility
SHORTS LIFTS - A COMPANY OVERVIEW

Wheelchair Friendly
For most Lift Companies a requirement
for an impaired mobility lift in a public or
commercial building can be a challenge. Robust Design
These products have their own features that
are sufficiently different enough from those of Large Capacity Models
a conventional lift that require the knowledge (Up to 1000kg)
and experience of a specialist.
Bespoke Configuration
Shorts can offer a wide range of products
that will cover most all commercial Options
applications such as staircases and both
short and long vertical travel. Indoor & Outdoor
Applications

Complete Lifts Incline and Vertical

Applications
Wheelchair Friendly

Shorts are the experts in specialist new lifts having supplied, installed and
tested a wide range of lifts on behalf of the UK and Ireland’s leading lift
companies for over 70 years.

Passenger and Goods-Passenger Lifts for Problem Sites

For problem sites where a shallow pit and low headroom mean that
Passenger Goods-Passenger
a conventional passenger or goods-passenger lift cannot be used, lift
companies have two options. For existing buildings, lifts manufactured
under the Lifts Directive and EC Standard EN81-21 can be used. For new Shallow Pit Low Headroom
buildings only reduced speed lifts manufactured under the Machinery
Directive can be used. Lifts Directive (EN81-21) Compliant
As experts in this particular field, Shorts offer a unique wide range of both Machinery Directive (2006/42/EC) Compliant
EN81-21 and Machinery Directive Lifts for problem sites, all of which can
be tailored to the lift company’s client’s exacting requirements.

Goods & Service Lifts

Our huge range of robust and durable Goods
and Service Lifts can be found in operation in
variety of applications and situations. Heavy Duty Goods Lifts

Goods Lifts Applications

• Shops • Industrial Kitchens 5 – 250kg Capacity Heavy Duty Lifts

• Factories • Warehouses Service Lifts
Goods With Attendant
300 – 2000kg Options
Service Lift Applications Capacity Goods Lifts

Low Headroom
Restaurants • Hotels • Pubs & Bars • Cafés Solutions

Trade Support Services Product Identification Application Advice Site Survey

All our Complete Lifts are fully supported by GA Production Installation & Testing Design
Passenger and Goods-Passenger Lifts for Problem Sites
our range of Trade Support Services including Project Management Post Sales Technical Support
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Lift
Components
When existing lifts are in need of modernisation our Lift
Components team is your perfect partner. Our range of
modernisation solutions provide the most efficient and
cost effective solutions to improve the efficiency and life
span of any lift.
Lift Controllers
Our stock VVVF Lift Controllers
with VVVF Drives ranging from
5.5kW to 15kW and Hydraulic
Lift Controllers for Pumps up
to 22 kW with a maximum of
40 Amp contactors. Out of
the box the controllers are
setup for up to 8 floors with
1 x 240 VAC Door Operator
and 110 VDC brake/retiring
cam and then modified by
6 our technicians to suit your
specific site.
Lift Controllers
COP’s, LOP’s and LIP’s
Our modular Operating
Panels provides the
freedom to tailor every
product to site specific
requirements from
components held in-stock
for express turnaround.
Express
Turnaround
Anti-vandal
Options
Lift Controllers Car Top Controller
Voice
Shaft Wiring Systems Halfway Box Synthesisers
Door Operators Light Curtains EN81-28
Compliant
COP’s, LOP’s & LIP’s Load Weighing Devices Options
Hydraulic Pump Units Autodiallers Autodiallers
Winding Units
Lift Doors
Shaft Lighting
Door Operators
Universal and Our range of Universal and
Bespoke Door Bespoke Door Operators can
We hold in stock a range of essential modular lift components
Operators be applied to over 95% of
from VVVF and Hydraulic Lift Controllers to Car & Landing lifts in service today. These
Operating Panels. This modular approach, together with our operators provide a quick
Available from
in-house skilled technician’s enables us tailor each component and cost effective solution for
to site specific requirements and also allows us to keep our lead Stock replacing your existing door
time to a market leading minimum. operator and are available
Cost Effective from stock.
Complete Modernisation Package
Shorts can offer you a complete refurbishment solution, from the controller and fully
pre-wired shaft kit, through to a replacement door operator, lift doors and lift machine
Stock VVVF Controller Stock Hydraulic Controller
or pump unit depending on your requirements.
Stock LRV Controller Stock i-Valve Controller
Hard, Pre and Fully Wired Shaft Kits Range of Ancillaries Plug & Play Option Pre-wired Shaft Kit
Complete Modernisation Packages Push Stations & Displays Components A3 Option
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Lift Controllers

Lift Spares

Shorts offers the UK’s widest range of lift spares from

leading lift manufacturers including Kone, Orona, Otis, Over 7000 parts
Schindler and ThyssenKrupp. on file
With 1000’s of parts held in-stock and a Next Day Delivery as
standard, our Lift Spares team is one of the UK’s leading Lift Parts from over
Spares suppliers. 30+ Leading Lift
Manufacturers

1000’s of parts
held ex-stock

1000’s of parts held in stock Next Day before

Noon Delivery as
standard

Part Identification
Service

Online Ordering

Same Day
Dispatch

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Lift Controllers

New Website
Shorts is delighted to announce the launch of a brand new
website.
The new website is the culmination of signification development and
investment in Shorts’ entire portfolio of products and is designed to
give UK and Irish lift companies increased information and access
to the products which we supply. Covering our Complete Lifts, Lift
Components and Lift Spares businesses.

Service Lifts Complete Modernisation

Package
Goods & Goods-
Passenger Lifts 7000+ Lifts Spares

Impaired Mobility Lifts Online Lift Spares

Ordering
Passenger Lifts for
Problem Sites 360° Lift Spares
Imagery
Stock VVVF Controllers
Enhanced Search Engine
Stock Hydraulic
Controllers Downloads

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Contact Us Bradford
15 Kings Gate
Bradford Business Park
Bradford
BD1 4SJ

T: 01274 305066

London

17 Almond Road
London
SE16 3LR

T: 020 7394 3080

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