Molift Rail System, Project Planning And Installation

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Chapter 2 – Specification of ceiling hoist system
How to plan and mount a rail system?
A ceiling hoist system is supposed to make everyday life as simple and as effective as possible, for
both caretakers and patient. When planning a ceiling hoist system, the type of mounting must be
based on many conditions and evaluations. We will here present a survey of the existing condi-
tions and the evaluations to be made in connection with the mounting of a ceiling hoist system.
Planning
Type of patient/user
• Is/are the patient/patients to be lifted or moved only in connection with the bed/wheelchair
(commode) (linearly solutions along an axis)?
• Must there be full freedom for lifts and moving all over the room (traverse solution)?
• Should it be possible to combine several rooms using the system?
Type of building/room
The first thing to clarify is the kind of institution in which the system is to operate:
• Private home?
• Several rooms in a department of a nursing home or a hospital?
• Wet rooms (bath room)?
In general
The sooner in a building process the planning of ceiling hoist systems is included, the better the
planning can allow for the various considerations. This will result in an effective mounting proce-
dure of a system which is optimal to all parties.
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How to plan and mount a rail system?