DESI

GNALTERNATI
VESWI
THANALYSI
S
Therearesever
aldesi
gnal t
ernativesandimpr ovementstoc ons
iderf
orahigh-l
ift
ingjack,
eachfocusi
ngonenhanc i
ngs peci
ficfuncti
onalaspec t
s.Dependingonthepri
mar ygoals(
e.g.,
reduci
ngef f
ort
, i
ncr
easi
ngstabili
ty,enhancingsafety,ori
mpr ovi
ngadaptabi
li
tytosurfac
es )
,
herearesomepos si
bledesi
gnal t
ernat i
ves:

1.
Hydr
aul
icLi
fti
ngMec
hani
sm

-Descr
ipt
ion:Repl
aci
ngthemanuallevermechani
smwi t
hahydraul
icsys
temcoul
d
s
igni
fi
cantl
yreducethephys
icalef
for
trequi
red,
provi
dingsmoot
herli
fti
ngandc
ontrol
led
l
oweri
ng.

-Advant
ages

-Requi
resl
essmanualef
for
t,maki
ngi
teas
iert
ooper
ate,
espec
ial
lyf
orl
if
ti
ngheavyl
oads
.

-Of
fer
smor
econt
rol
ledl
ower
ing,
ashydr
aul
ics
yst
emsc
anpr
ovi
depr
eci
sedes
centr
ates
.

-Chal
lenges

-Addsc
ompl
exi
tyandpot
ent
ial
lymor
emai
ntenanc
e,ashydr
aul
icf
lui
dsneedper
iodi
cchec
ks.

-Mayi
ncr
eas
ethec
ostandwei
ghtoft
hej
ack.

2.
Elec
tri
corMot
ori
zedJ
ackDes
ign

-Descr
ipt
ion:I
ntegr
ati
nganel
ect
ricmot
orwi
thar
emot
eors
wit
ch-
oper
atedl
if
ti
ng
mechani
sm.

-Advant
ages

-Ful
lyaut
omat
edl
if
ti
ng,
whi
chr
equi
resmi
nimalphys
icalexer
tionf
romt
heus
er.

-Gr
eatforf
requentus
eors
ituat
ionswher
erapi
dli
ft
ingandl
ower
ingar
erequi
red,
suc
hasi
n
i
ndust
rials
ett
ings.

-Chal
lenges

-Requi
resapowers
our
ce(
bat
ter
yorpl
ug)
,whi
chc
oul
dli
mitpor
tabi
li
ty.

-Addsc
ompl
exi
tyandpot
ent
ialpoi
ntsoff
ail
ure,
inc
reas
ingmai
ntenanc
eneeds
.

3Sel
f-Level
ingBas
ewi
thAdj
ust
abl
eFeet

-Descr
ipt
ion:Abasedesi
gnwithadjus
tabl
eors
elf
-level
ingf
eetc
anaut
omat
ical
lyadaptt
o
unevens
urfacesf
orbet
terstabi
li
ty.

-Advant
ages
:
 -I
mpr
oveds
tabi
li
tyonvar
iedt
err
ainswi
thoutaddi
ti
onals
uppor
tors
etup.

-Reduc
est
her
iskoft
ippi
ngonr
oughs
urf
aces
,maki
ngi
tsaf
ert
ous
e.

-Chal
lenges

-Addsmec
hani
calc
ompl
exi
tyandmayi
ncr
eas
ethewei
ghtands
izeoft
hebas
e.

-Mayr
equirer
egul
ari
nspec
tionormai
ntenanc
etoens
uret
hatt
hel
evel
ingmec
hani
sms
r
emainef
fect
ive.

4.
Tel
esc
opi
cAr
mDes
ign

-Descr
ipti
on:Atel
esc
opi
ngarm,
rat
herthanas
ingl
evert
icalr
ack,
coul
dpr
ovi
def
lexi
bil
it
yin
hei
ghtadjus
tmentandamorec
ompactf
ormwhenretr
act
ed.

-Advant
ages
:

-Al
lowsf
orahi
ghermaxi
muml
if
twhi
lekeepi
ngt
hej
ackc
ompac
tandpor
tabl
e.

-Tel
esc
opi
ngar
msar
eof
tenmor
est
abl
ethans
ingl
erac
ksatext
endedhei
ght
s.

-Chal
lenges
:

-Requir
espr
eci
seengi
neer
ingandr
obus
tmat
eri
alst
ohandl
eheavyl
oads
,es
pec
ial
lyatf
ull
extens
ion.

-Maybemor
eexpens
iveduet
othec
ompl
exi
tyoft
het
eles
copi
cmec
hani
sm.

5.
Bas
eEnhanc
ementwi
thRubber
ized,
Non-
Sli
pMat
eri
al

-Descr
ipt
ion:Addingarubber
izedornon-s
lipc
oati
ngt
othebas
ecoul
dimpr
ovegr
ipon
var
iouss
urfaces
,especi
all
yonwetors l
ickgr
ounds.

-Advant
ages
:

-Enhanc
ess
tabi
li
tybypr
ovi
dingext
ragr
ip,
reduc
ings
lippager
isk.

-Canbepar t
icul
arl
yus
efuli
nof
f-r
oadorout
doorc
ondi
ti
onswher
esur
fac
esar
e
unpredi
ctabl
e.

-Chal
lenges
:

-Mayweardownf
ast
eri
fus
edonr
oughorabr
asi
ves
urf
aces
.

-Addsas
mal
lamountofaddi
ti
onalc
ostbutmi
nimali
mpac
tonover
allwei
ght
.

6.
Aut
omat
icLoc
kingandRel
eas
ingMec
hani
sm
 -Descr
ipt
ion:Anautomati
cload-
hol
dingmec
hani
smt
hatengageswhenl
if
ti
ngs
topsand
r
eleas
eswithac ont
rol
ledmechani
sm.

-Advant
ages
:

-Reduc
estheri
skofacci
dent
aldr
oppi
ngbyaut
omat
ical
lyengagi
ngal
ockwhent
hej
ack
r
eachesacer
tai
nheight.

-Si
mpl
if
iesoper
ati
onandenhanc
esus
ers
afet
ybyr
emovi
ngmanuall
ocki
ngandr
eleas
ing
s
teps.

-Chal
lenges
:

-Addsmec
hani
calc
ompl
exi
ty,
pot
ent
ial
lyr
equi
ri
ngmor
eregul
arc
hec
ksandmai
ntenanc
e.

-Mayi
ncr
eas
ethec
ostandwei
ghtduet
oaddi
ti
onalc
omponent
s.

7Al
ter
nat
iveMat
eri
alsf
orLi
ght
erWei
ght

-Descri
pti
on:Usinghigh-
str
engt
h,l
ight
wei
ghtmat
eri
alsl
ikeal
umi
numal
loysorc
ompos
ites
i
nsteadoftr
adi
tionals
teel.

-Advant
ages
:

-Reduc
est
heover
allwei
ght
,maki
ngt
hej
ackeas
iert
ocar
ryands
etup.

-Pot
ent
ial
lyr
esi
stantt
ocor
ros
ion,
dependi
ngont
hemat
eri
alus
ed,
enhanc
ingdur
abi
li
ty.

-Chal
lenges
:

-Li
ghtweightmater
ial
smayhaveahi
gheri
nit
ialc
ost
,es
pec
ial
lyi
fspec
ial
izedal
loysor
c
ompos i
tesareused.

-Mayrequi
reac
aref
ulbal
anc
ebet
weenwei
ghtr
educ
tionandmai
ntai
ningl
oad-
bear
ing
c
apaci
ty.

8.
Inc
orpor
ati
onofSens
orsf
orSaf
etyAl
ert
s

-Descri
pti
on:Embeddi
ngs
ensorsthatmoni
torloads
tabil
it
y,t
il
tangl
e,orover
loadand
pr
ovidevi
sualoraudi
tor
yal
ert
sifthejac
kisatri
skoffai
lur
e.

-Advant
ages
:

-Enhanc
ess
afet
ybypr
ovi
dingr
eal
-ti
mef
eedbac
konc
ondi
ti
ons
,pr
event
ingac
cident
s.

-Coul
dbepar
tic
ular
lyus
efulf
ori
ndus
tri
alorhi
gh-
ris
kenvi
ronment
s.

-Chal
lenges
:

-Sens
ori
ntegr
ati
onaddsc
ompl
exi
tyandc
ost
,wi
thaddi
ti
onalmai
ntenanc
erequi
rement
s.
-Sens
orswoul
drequi
reapowers
our
ce,
maki
ngt
hisi
dealf
orel
ect
ric
all
yas
sis
tedmodel
s.
Thebestdesi
gnal ter
nativewilldependont heintendeduse.Forfr
equent
,heavy-
duty
appli
cati
ons,anelectr
icorhydr auli
cs ys
temmi ghtbeideal.I
nruggedter
rai
ns,aself
-level
ing
baseorrubberiz
edc oati
ngc animpr ovestabi
li
ty.Meanwhile,l
ight
weightmateri
alsand
tel
escopicar
msmays uituserspriori
tizi
ngportabil
it
y.

FACTORYOFDESI
GN
Whendes i
gningahigh-li
fti
ngjack,sever
alfactorssuchascost
,mechanis
mt ype
(aut
omatic
,electri
cal
,ormanual )
,andotheraspectslikedurabi
li
ty,maint
enance,
andeaseof
useplaycr
uc i
alrol
es.Let
’sevaluateeachoftheseelement sacr
ossvari
ousdesi
gnopti
onsto
i
dentif
ytheiri
mpac tonthefinalproduct
.

1.
Cos
t

-Hydraul
icMechani
sm:Moder
atetohi
ghcostduetot
hehydraul
iccomponent
s,whi
chr
equi
re
pr
eci
sionengi
neeri
ng,hi
gh-
qual
itys
eals
,anddurabl
emater
ial
stopreventl
eaks
.

-Elec
tri
corMotori
zedMec hani
sm:Highercostt
hanmanualorhydr
auli
cduet
ot heneedfora
motor,
powersour
ce(batt
eryorplug)
,andelect
ronicc
ont
rol
s.Thi
sopti
onmayalsoinvol
ve
morecomplexmanufac
turi
ngandas s
embly.

-ManualMechanis
m:Lowestcos
tsincei
tinvol
vessi
mplercomponentssuchaslever
sand
bas
icmechani
calpart
s.I
t’
saf
for
dableandidealf
orbudget
-cons
ciousappl
icat
ions
.

-Sel
f-Level
ingBaseandAdjustabl
eFeet:Moderat
ec os
t,asi
tinvolvesmec
hani
cal
adj
ust
ment sorspr
ingsbutdoesnotrequi
repowerorcomplexsystems .

-Light
weightMateri
als
:Moderatet
ohighcost,
dependi
ngonthemat
eri
alsus
ed.
High-
s
trengthal
loysandcomposi
tesaremoreexpens
ivethans
tandar
dst
eel
.

-Aut
omaticLoc
kingandReleasi
ngMechani
sm:
Moderat
ecostduet
oaddedmec hani
cal
c
omplexi
ty.
Ifaut
omated,i
tcouldbemor
eexpens
ivet
hanasimplemanuall
ock.

-Safet
ySensor
s:Hi
ghc os
tifi
ntegrat
edwithadi
spl
ayoral
ertsys
tem,
ass
ens
orsand
el
ectr
onicsar
egener
all
ymor eexpensi
veandcompl
extoi
nstal
l.

2.
Mec
hani
smType(
Aut
omat
ic,
Elec
tri
cal
,Manual
)

-Hydrauli
cMec hanism(Semi-
Automatic)
:Thisrequi
resamanualpumpingact
iontoact
ivate
hydr
aulicl
ift
ing,
butt hel
oweri
ngcanbec ontrol
ledautomat
ical
lybyhydr
auli
creleas
evalves
.It
combinessomeeas eofusewit
halevelofautomation.

-Electr
icorMotori
zedMechani
sm(
Automati
c):Ful
lyaut
omat i
c,al
lowi
ngf orhands-f
ree
oper
ationbypres
singabutt
onorswi
tch.
Thi
sdes i
gnissui
tabl
eforhigh-
frequency,heavy-
dut
y
appl
icati
ons.
 -ManualMechanis
m:Invol
veslever
sorrat
chets
,wher
etheusermanual
lyappl
iesfor
cet
oli
ft
orl
ower.Thi
sopti
oniss
trai
ghtf
orwardandreli
abl
ebutr
equi
resmorephysi
calef
fort
.

-Aut
omati
cLoc
kingMechanis
m:Semi-
automat
ic,
asitengagesautomati
cal
lyt
oloc
kthej
ack
i
nposi
ti
onwhenl
ift
ings
tops,
butmayrequi
reamanualrel
easetolower.

-Sensor
-BasedAler
ts:Sensorsaddal
ayerofautomati
onbyprovi
dingr
eal-
timealertswhen
c
onditi
onsareuns
afe,thoughtheydonoti
mpac tt
helif
ti
ngorloweri
ngproc
essdir
ec t
ly.

3.
Dur
abi
li
tyandMai
ntenanc
eRequi
rement
s

-Hydr
auli
cMec hani
sm:Highdur
abi
li
tyi
fwel
l-mai
ntai
ned,butr
egularchecksareneededf
or
hydr
aul
icf
lui
dlevelsands
eals.
Overt
ime,s
eal
smaywear ,
potent
ial
lycausi
ngl eaks
.

-Electr
ic/Motor
izedMec hani
sm:Moderat
etohi
ghdurabi
li
tybutrequi
resmaint
enanceof
elec
tri
calpart
s,batter
y,andmotor.
Dustandmois
tur
ecanimpactlongevi
ty,
especi
all
yifus
edi
n
harshenvir
onments.

-ManualMec
hanism:Generall
ythemostdur
ableandl
owes
tmai
ntenanc
e,ast
her
ear
efewer
par
tst
hatcanwearorfai
l.I
dealforr
uggedorf
iel
duse.

-Self
-Leveli
ngBase:Moderat
elydur
ablebutmayneedregularc
hecks
,especial
lyi
fus
ing
s
pringsorhinges
.Thesepar
tscandegradeovert
imeunderfr
equent,
heavyloads.

-Li
ghtwei
ghtMateri
als:Hi
ghdurabi
li
tyi
fhigh-
qual
it
ymateri
alsarechos
en.Compos
itesand
al
uminumalloysr
esi
strustandwearbutmaycostmoret
orepl
aceifdamaged.

-Automati
cLockingMec hani
sm:Durablebutmayneedoccasi
onaladjus
tment
stoens
ure
properloc
kingandunl oc
king.I
fspr
ingsorothers
mallpar
tsarei
nvolved,t
heymayneed
replac
ementafterextendeduse.

-SafetySensor
s:Moderat
edurabi
li
tybuts
ensit
ivet
oenvi
ronment
alf
actor
slikewat
erand
dust.
Requiresperi
odi
ctest
ingt
oens ur
eaccur
acyandmayneedbat
ter
yreplac
ementsifbat
ter
y
-powered.

4.
Eas
eofUs
e

-Hydraul
icMechanis
m:Eas i
ertooperatethanamanualjac
ks i
ncehydr
aul
icf
orc
ereduc
est
he
manualeff
ortr
equir
ed,thoughitst
il
lrequir
essomephysic
alinput.

-Electr
ic/
Motori
zedMechanism:Theeasi
estt
ouse,asi
trequir
esmini
malusereff
ort
.
Operati
onisassi
mpleaspres
singabutton,
makingi
tsuit
ableforus
erswhorequi
re
conveni
enceandeff
ici
enc
y.

-ManualMechani
sm:Requiresthemostef
for
t,makingi
tlessconvenientforr
epeat
edorlong-
t
ermuse.However,
it’
sint
uit
iveandstr
aight
for
wardforusersf
ami l
iarwithbasi
cmechani
cal
t
ools
.
 -Sel
f-Level
ingBase:Improveseas
eofus
ebys
tabi
li
zi
ngaut
omat
ical
ly,
sous
ersdon’
tneedt
o
s
pendtimebal anc
ingthejack.

-Aut
omati
cLoc
kingMechanis
m:Inc
r eas
eseaseofusebyaut
omat
ical
lys
ecur
ingt
hel
oad,
r
educi
ngt
heneedformanuall
ocki
ng,andenhanci
ngsafet
y.

-Sens
or-BasedAler
ts:Enhanc
esus
erawar
enes
sands
afet
ybutdoesnotdi
rec
tlyi
mpac
tthe
eas
eofoperat
ion.

5.
Por
tabi
li
ty

-Hydrauli
cMechani
sm:Moderatel
ypor
tabl
ebutheavi
ert
hanpurelymanualjac
ksduet
othe
hydraul
icc
omponents
.Idealf
orus
erswhoneedsomemobil
it
ywithoutsac
rif
ici
ngtoomuch
weight.

-Elec
tri
c/Mot
ori
zedMechani
sm:Les
sportabl
eduetobatt
eryorpowers
our
cer
equi
rement
s,
whic
haddweight.
Bests
uit
edfors
tati
onar
yorworkshopset
tings
.

-ManualMechani
sm:Highlyport
able,
typi
cal
lyt
heli
ght
estopt
ion,
anddoesnotr
equi
re
ext
ernalpower
,maki
ngitidealf
orfi
eldorof
f-r
oadus
e.

-Self-
Leveli
ngBaseandLightweightMateri
als:Addingsel
f-l
eveli
ngfeat
uresorl
ightweight
materi
alscaninc
reas
eportabi
li
ty,butsel
f-l
evel
ingc omponentsmightaddbulkorweight
,
dependingonthedesi
gn.

-Automat
icLoc
kingMec hani
sm:Por
tabi
li
tyi
sn’tsi
gnif
icant
lyaf
fec
ted,asthel
ocki
ng
mechani
smcanbeintegr
atedintot
hedesi
gnwithoutaddingmuchweight.

-Safet
ySensors
:Addsmi
nimalwei
ghtbutc
oul
daf
fec
tpor
tabi
li
tys
light
lyi
fpower
edbyan
ext
ernalbat
ter
ypack.
Toprovideathoroughevaluati
onofeachal ternative,we'l
las si
gnratings(
1-100%)f oreach
basedonkeyc ri
teri
a:Cost
, Mechanis
mType( Automat i
c,Electri
cal
,Manual )
,Durabil
ity&
Maintenance,EaseofUse,andPortabil
ity.
I'llthenc al
culatethewei ghtofeachcrit
er i
on,
the
score(Rati
ngxWei ght)
,andthepr eci
sion(per centagecont r
ibuti
onofeac halt
ernativesc
oreto
thetotalsc
ore).

Her
e’st
hepr
oces
s:

1.
Ass
ignRat
ings
:Bas
edoneac
hal
ter
nat
ive'
sst
rengt
hsandweaknes
ses
.

2.
Wei
ghtAs
signment
:Eac
hcr
iter
ion'
simpor
tanc
einover
alleval
uat
ion.

3.
Scor
eCal
cul
ati
on:Rat
ingxWei
ght
.

4.
Prec
isi
onCal
cul
ati
on:
Per
cent
ageofeac
hsc
orer
elat
ivet
othet
otals
cor
e.

St
ep1:As
signRat
ingsf
orEac
hAl
ter
nat
ive
St
ep2:As
signWei
ghtf
orEac
hCr
iter
ion

As
signi
ngwei
ght
sbas
edoni
mpor
tanc
e(1-
100% s
cal
e):

-Cos
t:15% (
impor
tantbutbal
anc
edwi
thot
herf
act
ors
)

-Mec
hani
smType:20% (
keyf
act
ori
nus
erexper
ienc
e)

-Dur
abi
li
ty&Mai
ntenanc
e:25% (
cruc
ialf
orl
ong-
ter
mus
abi
li
tyandr
eli
abi
li
ty)

-Eas
eofUs
e:20% (
impor
tantf
orus
er-
fri
endl
ines
s)

-Por
tabi
li
ty:20% (
rel
evantf
ormobi
leorf
iel
dus
e)

St
ep3:Cal
cul
ateSc
ore(
Rat
ingxWei
ght
)

Us
ingt
hef
ormul
aforeac
hcr
iter
ions
cor
e:
St
ep4:Cal
cul
atePr
eci
sion(
Per
cent
ageCont
ribut
ion)

Now,cal
cul
atetheperc
entagepr
eci
si
onofeac
hdes
ignal
ter
nat
ive'
stot
als
cor
einr
elat
iont
o
thes
umofalltotals
cores
.

1.
SumofTot
alSc
ores
:492.
5

2.
Prec
isi
onf
orEac
hAl
ter
nat
ive:

-Hydr
aul
icMec
hani
sm:(
69/492.
5)*100=14.
01%

-El
ect
ric
/Mot
ori
zedMec
hani
sm:(
69.
5/492.
5)*100=14.
11%

-ManualMec
hani
sm:(
74/492.
5)*100=15.
03%

-Sel
f-Level
ingBas
e:(
70/492.
5)*100=14.
22%

-Li
ght
wei
ghtMat
eri
als
:(64.
25/492.
5)*100=13.
04%

-Aut
omat
icLoc
kingMec
hani
sm:(
78.
25/492.
5)*100=15.
89%

-Saf
etySens
ors
:(67.
5/492.
5)*100=13.
71%

Summar
yTabl
e

-
--
I
nter
pret
ati
onofRes
ult
s

-Highes
tPrecisi
on:Aut
omati
cLoc kingMec hanism(15.
89%)andManualMechanis
m(15.
03%)
sc
oredthehighest.
Thes
earerel
iable,cos
t-effec
tiveopt
ionswi
ths
trongdur
abil
it
yandeas
eof
use.

-ModerateOpti
ons:Self
-Leveli
ngBase(14.
22%)andElec
t r
ic/
Mot
ori
zedMec
hani
sm(
14.
11%)
of
fergoodfeat
ureswithuserconveni
enc
ebutatahighercost.

-LowerPreci
sion:Li
ghtweightMater
ials(
13.04%)andSafetySensors(13.71%)sc
or edsl
ight
ly
lowerduetohi
gherc ost
sormoderateimpactonmainfunc
t i
onali
ty,yettheyaddunique
benefi
tsf
orspecial
izedneeds.
Thi
swei
ghtedanalysi
shel
psident
if
ywhi chdes
ignsof
fert
hemos
tbal
anc
edbenef
it
s,al
igni
ng
wit
hcos
t,user
-fr
iendli
nes
s,anddurabi
li
ty.