Dumbwaiter LiftsBKG
BKG Dumbwaiters from Shorts are the high quality, well-engineered products that you would expect from a major German based manufacturer that has been refining these lifts for over 50 years. They are manufactured to comply with European Standard EN81-3 and range in carrying capacity from 5kg to 250kg . Specially designed for moving food, drinks or documents these lifts are ideal for cafes, restaurants, pubs, commercial kitchens, offices and even private homes.
Most of our BKG dumbwaiters operate with bi-parting doors and are fitted with simple call and send push buttons on each floor. They are available constructed in a range of materials – zintec, galvanized steel, stainless steel – and our bespoke range are available to suit a wide range of car, entrance, footprint and travel dimensions.
Shorts hold standard dumbwaiters in stock in our UK warehouse whilst our bespoke products are all designed and built specifically to order.
Shorts’ full range of Trade Support Services are available on these products, including site surveys, installation and testing.
Stock Dumbwaiter Lifts
These service level lifts are available as two or three stop, single or through entry machines and come complete with vertical bi-parting landing doors and their own galvanised steel structure. The maximum travel of 4m (two stop) or 7.3m (three stop) can be easily adjusted on site. All Advantage Dumbwaiters can be supplied with either single or 3-phase drives and all car and landing finishes across the range are stainless steel, with landings having 2 hour fire ratings as standard.
There is also a choice of brushed aluminium roller shutter or stainless steel vertical bi-parting door for car entrance protection.
Also available in Adjacent Entry

General
Full set of warning notices

Electrical
Additional auxiliary main contactor

Optional Features
Lockable machine access door finished in Stainless Steel with 2 hour fire rating
Bespoke Dumbwaiter Lifts
All BKG Bespoke Dumbwaiters come with vertical bi-parting landing doors and their own galvanized steel structure. Conventional models come complete with a machine access door. Capacity, travel, speed, number of stops, car dimensions, loading, entrance type, finishes etc can all be varied to customize the lift to match the site requirements.
To satisfy hygiene demands, stainless steel shelves and floors are supplied as standard. Other stainless steel surface finishes are available as an option. A special seamless hygienic car is available for more rigorous requirements. Automatic “hands free” doors are also available to speed up the loading and unloading process. Optional car protection and heated compartments are especially useful in food transporting applications.
Special Chain Drive models are available for 3-sided access and in applications where low headroom is a problem, a bottom drive variant is available.
Standard Specification
Three phase drive unit

General
Full set of warning notices
Optional Features
Single phase drive unit

Electrical
Additional auxiliary main contactor
Specification Variables
Loading
One side
Opposite sides
Adjacent sides
Above the structure
Below the structure
Side of the structure
50kg
100kg
250kg
0.20 m/s
0.25 m/s
0.30 m/s
0.45 m/s
Width 300mm (min) / 1000mm (max)
Depth 320mm (min) / 1000mm (max)
Height 600mm (min) / 1200mm (max)

Dumbwaiter Lifts for Low Headroom Situations
Standard specification and specification variables are the equivalent (or the same) as the conventional bespoke dumbwaiters. Like all other BKG Service lifts from Shorts, this 100.45/41 model complies with the European Standard EN81-3: 2000.
Standard Specification
Rated Load
100kg
0.45 m/s
Width 500mm (min) / 800mm (max)
Depth 500mm (min) / 1000mm (max)
Height 700 (min) / 1200mm (max)
Single entry or Through entry
Width 320mm (+ Car Width)
Depth 180mm (+ Car Depth)
250mm (+ Serving Height + 1.5 times Car Height)
No pit required

Electrical
Pit stop switch

Optional Features
Single phase drive unit

Under-counter Dumbwaiter
This specialised 100kg 2-stop low headroom lift is ideal for bars, pubs and restaurants. It is effectively a serving height lift at the bottom floor (often the cellar), with a bi-parting door arrangement, but turns into a hinged door floor loading lift at its top floor. The use of a low level winding unit arrangement means that the top floor entrance will fit unobtrusively under any counter or bar
100kg
2 or 3 stops with variable travel (additional stops on request)
0.45 m/s
High efficiency chain and sprocket drive unit at the base of the lift
400V 3 Phase or 240V Single Phase
Single or Through Entry
Galvanised steel structure with polyurethane buffers
Lockable machine access door
Width 600mm
Depth 500mm
Height 700mm
Zintec finish with floor and mid-shelf in Stainless Steel
Vertical bi-parting door bottom/mid-landing
Hinged door at top landing
Zintec finish
Safety locks fitted
Microprocessor controller with lockable cubicle position outside of lift shaft at lowest level
Automatic push landing stations

General
Full set of warning notices

Document Lifts
Although rated at 5kg and 20kg with the drive at the bottom of the shaft, BKG Document Lifts are in every other respect just like their big brothers. They come complete with their own galvanized steel structure and have easy to use small hinged landing doors and just like the larger models are produced to comply with the European Standard EN81-3:2000
Standard Specification
Rated Load
5kg
20kg
0.35 m/s
Width 250mm (min) / 350mm (max)
Depth 310mm (5kg) / 500mm (20kg)
Height 500mm (5kg) / 500mm (20kg)
860mm
Single entry or Through entry
Width 290mm (+ Car Width)
Depth 420mm (5kg) / 610mm (20kg)
670mm (+ Sill Height at Top Floor)
No pit required

Combination Lifts
Standard Specification
Rated Load
100kg or 250kg
0.30 m/s
Width 550mm (min) / 600mm (max)
Depth 700mm
Height 17000mm
Single entry or Through entry
400mm (+ Car Width)
Depth 180mm (+ Car Depth)
1200mm (100kg) / 1400mm (250kg) (+ Car/Door Height)
260mm
