Abstract: A device for lifting a load includes: a column with a carriage sliding along the column; a structure, which is associated with the carriage, for supporting the load to be lifted; and an actuator that moves the carriage causing the load supporting structure to rise and/or descend. The supporting structure of the load includes: a single supporting arm; a longitudinal arm, having first and second ends, which is associated with the supporting arm, at the other end of the supporting arm, so as to be rotatable with respect to the supporting arm, the longitudinal arm being telescopic at one or both ends; and arms provided at one or both ends of the longitudinal arm and which develop in a transverse, or angled, direction with respect to the longitudinal arm, the arms being provided and/or configured to be engaged by members to support and/or sustain the load to be lifted.

Abstract: A device for lifting a load includes: a column with a carriage sliding along the column; a structure, which is associated with the carriage, for supporting the load to be lifted; and an actuator that moves the carriage causing the load supporting structure to rise and/or descend. The supporting structure of the load includes: a single supporting arm; a longitudinal arm, having first and second ends, which is associated with the supporting arm, at the other end of the supporting arm, so as to be rotatable with respect to the supporting arm, the longitudinal arm being telescopic at one or both ends; and arms provided at one or both ends of the longitudinal arm and which develop in a transverse, or angled, direction with respect to the longitudinal arm, the arms being provided and/or configured to be engaged by members to support and/or sustain the load to be lifted.

Abstract: Method and related system to set-up and control a system for lifting loads, preferably motor vehicles, includes causing the user to be positioned at each column to be registered as belonging to the system and to provide an activation command in the user interface of each column to register it as belonging to the lifting system, the user interface providing no information to the user about the position of that column in relation to the other columns and to the load. The user then moves each registered column to any of the operating positions for lifting the load; by acting on the user interface of one of the registered columns, assigns to that column the role of command column; and commands, by acting on the user interface of the command column, the simultaneous lifting/lowering of at least one or all the columns of the lifting system.

Abstract: An improved turntable, adapted to detect, correct and/or adjust wheel alignment of a vehicle, includes a fixed base to be positioned on a surface; a movable assembly, mounted onto the fixed base so as to rotate and translate with respect thereto and having an upper plate that receives and supports a wheel and a lower disk integral with the upper plate; a locking mechanism associated with the fixed base, which interacts with the lower disk of the movable assembly; an actuator that causes the locking mechanism to pass from a first condition, in which the mechanism limits and counters translations of the lower disk in a lying plane while allowing rotations of the disk about an axis perpendicular to the lying plane, to a second condition, in which the mechanism allows free translations of the lower disk in its lying plane and free rotations of the disk about such axis.

Abstract: A method for providing information related to an apparatus for lifting and/or handling a load, in particular motor vehicles and/or goods, which has a processing unit and a user interface with a display device, includes displaying on the display device at least one two-dimensional matrix barcode, which contains data related to at least one operative working cycle of the apparatus, the at least one two-dimensional matrix barcode being dynamically generated by software loaded and run on the processing unit by encoding the data related to the at least one operative working cycle of the apparatus.

Abstract: Method and related system to set-up and control a system for lifting loads, preferably motor vehicles, includes causing the user to be positioned at each column to be registered as belonging to the system and to provide an activation command in the user interface of each column to register it as belonging to the lifting system, the user interface providing no information to the user about the position of that column in relation to the other columns and to the load. The user then moves each registered column to any of the operating positions for lifting the load; by acting on the user interface of one of the registered columns, assigns to that column the role of command column; and commands, by acting on the user interface of the command column, the simultaneous lifting/lowering of at least one or all the columns of the lifting system.