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Phantom Park™ Subterranean Underground Executive Parking Lifts from ACL American Custom Lifts England Scotland Wales UK

Phantom Park™ Executive Parking Lift by ACL American Custom Lifts

Commercial and Residential Parking Applications

The PhantomPark™ is a dream for auto aficionados who like to maintain a hands-on relationship with thier machines. For uncompromising property owners who need safe and affordable parking space, this 2-deck drive-on lift is a smart solution for both commercial and residentialapplications.

Custom and Standard Parking Solutions

While most lift manufacturers recommend a 10-foot garage ceiling for adequate clearance, PhantomPark™ makes it possible to use a garage with a lower ceiling height. PhantomPark™ utilizes a basement area below the garage or a pit constructed in the garage floor. You drive the car onto the lift, which is then lowered into the subterranean space, and then you drive the second car into the garage-floor-level parking space. If you have a high enough garage ceiling, it is possible to retrieve the lower vehicle without having to remove the upper vehicle.

Phantom Park Underground Executive Parking Lifts

General Description

A 2-deck vehicle parking system heavy-duty scissors style lift designed to lift two vehicles simultaneously or lift one vehicle in low ceiling applications. The deck structure and lifting / synchronizing components are completely concealed below ground so there is no indication that a lift (or second car) is present when lowered. The PhantomPark™ can also be used for transporting vehicles from grade level to an upper level. Single deck platforms are also available.

Available options

• Ultrasonic vehicle sensor and wheel positioning blocks for proper car positioning.
• Emergency Stop “Panic” Button.
• Door Safety Solenoid-Operated Interlock System.
• Vehicle-Present Sensor at upper level to prevent lift movement if vehicle is parked on the canopy deck.
• Photo-eye sensors to shut off lift if motion is detected during operation.
• Larger Power Units for increased lift speeds.
• Other options available including custom applications.
• 10 HP 230V 1 Phase Power unit, raising time approximately 65 seconds.
• 15 HP 230/460 3 Phase Power unit, raising time approximately 65 seconds.

Key Benefits

• Double your space by parking two vehicles in the footprint of one parking stall.
• Unobtrusive and secure – the lift and lower vehicle are completely concealed.
• Aesthetically pleasing – canopy surface can be tiled or covered with other materials to match the surroundings.
• Multiple units can be installed side by side for use in condos, offices, etc.
• Ideal for low-ceiling applications.
• Increase property value.
• Safe, easy to operate.

Phantom Park Subterranean Parking Pictures

The pictures above all show a multi-bay Phantom Park™ installation. The first picture shows a car on the lower platform descending to the lower parking level, with the top platform visible.

The middle picture shows the car parked on the lower parking level, and the third picture shows the lower level bays empty.

How Does it Work? - Phantom Park Technical Information

So what is behind the unique, patent pending "hydro-mechanical" equalization system that is setting the four post subterranean lift above and apart from the traditional scissors style vehicle lifts? How is it that the four post design can raise TWICE the live load of a scissors design in almost HALF the time - while weighing almost HALF as much? Because the mechanically disadvantaged horizontal cylinders and heavy leg assembly associated with the scissors design have been replaced with more efficient vertical cylinders and a "four wheel drive" chain equalization system to stabilize and support the carriage throughout the lift travel.

Here's how the four post patent pending hydro-mechanical system works:

1. Lifting – Four vertical, direct acting cylinders are mounted to the lower carriage, one near each of the four corners. The cylinders push directly off the basement floor and provide ALL of the lifting power needed to raise and support the lift and its load.

2. Leveling - In concept, the patent pending mechanical synchronization system acts very much like a "four wheel drive" system where the front and rear shafts are forced to rotate in unison because they are mechanically linked together. So, regardless of weight distribution across the lift carriage, the four corners move up and down in perfect unison with each other because they are mechanically forced to do so: side-to-side because of the steel shafts, front-to-back because of the shared set of heavy duty synchronization chains.

3. Vertical Stability - The unique over-under wrap of the fixed-end synchronization chains around each of the four double sprockets and to their terminating points at the tops and bottoms of the corner guides effectively "trap" the sprockets - and carriage. In this way, the chains also provide added stability and resistance to deflection when an off-centered load is placed on the carriage, and as each axle is driven over the edge of the lift during vehicle loading & unloading.

4. Lateral Stability - Corner guide assemblies are installed at each of the four lift corners to provide lateral stability and guidance of the lower carriage throughout the lifts travel. All upper and lower termination points for each of the equalization chains are integrated into these guides.

5. Hydro-Mechanical Safety Features:

• Hydraulic Velocity Fuse in Each Cylinder - to stop free-fall of lift within 2 inches in the unexpected event of a catastrophic hose or fitting failure.
• 3 to 1 Factor of Safety - Structural strength and Hydraulic component ratings.
• 6 to 1 Factor of Safety - Synchronization chain strength.

Line drawings giving an idea how it works.

Phantom Park - Scissor Lift Version or 4 Post Version or Custom Made

We offer four standard Phantom Park subterranean parking lift models, each offering a different platform size, capacity or travel. We also can build a custom Phantom Park lift to meet your specific needs, and multi bay installations are possible.

There are a number of paint finishes available for specialist applicationa and locations such as food preparation and washdown areas, chemical plants, clean rooms, wet or corrosive areas, outdoors, salt spray, kitchens, washdown areas, chemical plants or corrosive environments, washdown areas in food preparation, outdoors, salt spray or corrosive environments just to name a few. Please call us for more information, and please be aware that special finishes may require pre-ordering with a delivery time to be advised, up to 6 months from order confirmation to installation.

We sometimes receive e-mail enquiries for a particular model without contact details. We pride ourselves on giving 'Best Advice' to prospective customers. We ask pertinent questions to establish the exact needs you may have, then advise on the best model for you - it has been known for us to actually save customers money by making sure they choose the correct model, based on our years of experience. Please use the link on the left or the link at the bottom of the page to our Contact Page.

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