Kinds of Man Lifts
Designed specifically to vertically raise employees to higher areas, scissor lifts are common in the construction industry to help transport or raise employees form one place to another. Man lifts are power-driven and provide special handholds and platforms or steps to provide safe transport. The kind of construction work being performed will decide precisely what kind of man lift will be used in a project.
Electrically Insulated Man Lifts
Based on Man and Material Lift Engineering, the man lift most preferred for working near electrocution hazards are electrically insulated man lifts. The electrically insulated man lifts provide protection to workers against accidental electrocution. These equipment are in compliance with the American National Standards Institute A92.2 Category C, 46kV Rated. These electrically insulated man lifts provide fiberglass insulated booms, are operated on nonconductive hydraulic hoses that serve to reduce ground fault and fiber optic control cables.
Scissor Lifts
Scissor lifts are a special kind of aerial man lift that is meant to transport workers vertically to hard-to-reach areas. The scissor lift derived its name due to the scissor kind of design of the folding supports that could lower and raise the platform. To be able to hoist the lift, every one of the folding supports is opened in order to extend the platform to higher heights.
Scissor lifts can be either hydraulically or manually lifted. Hydraulic systems enable the scissor lifts to descend with just a release of hydraulic pressure, instead of relying on power. As the potential of mechanical malfunctions preventing the platform from rapidly descending to the ground is eliminated, hydraulic systems make safer scissor lifts at the end of the day.
Capacity
Man lifts are designed in a huge range of weight capacities. Certain man lifts have the capability to only hold many individuals while others have the ability to hold one person. Platform lifts and scissor lifts are more conducive for transporting many people, since boom lifts have less space located in their bucket.