Kinds of Man Lifts
Scissor man lifts are made to vertically lift employees to higher places. They are often seen in the construction business in order to move or lift personnel form one place to another. Man lifts are power-driven and provide steps or platforms and special handholds to provide safe transport. The kind of construction work being done will decide precisely what type of man lift would be used in a project.
Electrically Insulated Man Lifts
Based on Man and Material Lift Engineering, the man lift most preferred for working in close proximity to electrocution hazards are electrically insulated man lifts. The electrically insulated man lifts provide protection to personnel against accidental electrocution. These kind of equipment are in compliance with the American National Standards Institute A92.2 Category C, 46kV Rated. These electrically insulated man lifts offer fiberglass insulated booms, fiber optic control cables and are operated on nonconductive hydraulic hoses that serve to reduce ground fault.
Scissor Lifts
The scissor lift is a unique equipment capable of transporting employees vertically to difficult-to-reach places. The scissor lift derived its name because of the scissor type of design of the folding supports which can raise and lower the platform. To be able to raise the lift, every one of the folding supports is opened in order to extend the platform to higher heights.
Scissor lifts can be either manually or hydraulically lifted. Hydraulic systems allow the scissor lifts to descend with just a release of hydraulic pressure, instead of depending on power. As the potential of mechanical malfunctions preventing the platform from descending to the ground suddenly is eliminated, hydraulic systems make safer scissor lifts at the end of the day.
Capacity
The man lift has a large range of weight capacities, with some man lifts capable of holding a lot of individuals, while some models could only hold a single individual. Scissor lifts and platform lifts are more beneficial for transporting numerous people, as boom lifts have less space located in their bucket.