Kinds of Man Lifts
Scissor man lifts are made to vertically raise employees to higher places. They are often seen in the construction business in order to move or lift personnel form one location to another. Man lifts are power-driven and provide special handholds and steps or platforms to provide safe transport. The kind of construction work being carried out will decide precisely which kind 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 workers against accidental electrocution. These machinery 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 error.
Scissor Lifts
The scissor lift is a unique equipment capable of transporting workers vertically to difficult-to-reach places. The scissor lift derived its name because of the scissor type of design of the folding supports which could raise and lower the platform. In order to hoist the lift, each one of the folding supports is opened in order to extend the platform to higher heights.
The scissor lift would either be powered manually or hydraulically. The hydraulic powered system does not rely on power, however enables the scissor lifts to descend with only a release of hydraulic pressure. As the possibility of mechanical malfunctions preventing the platform from suddenly descending to the ground is eliminated, hydraulic systems make safer scissor lifts at the end of the day.
Capacity
The man lift has a huge range of weight capacities, with certain man lifts capable of holding lots of people, while some models could only hold a single individual. Scissor lifts and platform lifts are more conducive for transporting many individuals, as boom lifts have less space located in their bucket.