Kinds of Man Lifts
Scissor man lifts are made to vertically raise employees to higher areas. They are often seen in the construction business in order to transport or lift employees form one location to another. Man lifts are power-driven and provide platforms or steps and special handholds to provide safe transport. The type of construction work being performed would decide precisely what kind of man lift would be utilized in a project.
Electrically Insulated Man Lifts
Electrically insulated man lifts are a kind of lift that is preferred for working near electrocution hazards, based on Man and Material Lift Engineering. The electrically insulated man lifts provide protection to personnel against accidental electrocution. These equipment follow the American National Standards Institute A92.2 Category C, 46kV Rated. These electrically insulated man lifts offer fiberglass insulated booms, are operated on nonconductive hydraulic hoses which serve to reduce ground error 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 difficult-to-reach places. The scissor lift derived its name because of the scissor kind of design of the folding supports that can raise and lower the platform. To be able to raise the lift, each one of the folding supports is opened in order to extend the platform to higher heights.
Scissor lifts could be either hydraulically or manually lifted. Hydraulic systems enable the scissor lifts to descend with just a release of hydraulic pressure, rather than relying on power. Because the potential of mechanical malfunctions preventing the platform from suddenly descending to the ground is eliminated, at the end of the day, hydraulic systems make safer scissor lifts.
Capacity
The man lift has a large range of weight capacities, with some man lifts capable of holding lots of individuals, while some models can only hold a single person. Scissor lifts and platform lifts are more conducive for transporting a lot of individuals, because boom lifts have less space located in their bucket.