Types of Man Lifts
Scissor man lifts are made to vertically hoist personnel to higher areas. They are usually seen in the construction industry in order to move or raise personnel form one place to another. Man lifts are power-driven and offer steps or platforms and special handholds to provide safe transport. The kind of construction work being carried out would decide exactly what kind of man lift will be utilized 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 employees against accidental electrocution. These machines are in compliance with the American National Standards Institute A92.2 Category C, 46kV Rated. These electrically insulated man lifts provide fiberglass insulated booms, fiber optic control cables and are operated on nonconductive hydraulic hoses which serve to reduce ground fault.
Scissor Lifts
The scissor lift is a unique machinery capable of transporting workers vertically to difficult-to-reach places. The scissor lift derived its name due to the scissor kind of design of the folding supports that serve to lower and raise the platform. In order to hoist the lift, every one of the folding supports is opened in order to extend the platform to higher heights.
Scissor lifts could be either manually or hydraulically lifted. Hydraulic systems enable the scissor lifts to descend with only a release of hydraulic pressure, rather than depending on power. As the potential of mechanical malfunctions preventing the platform from rapidly descending to the ground is eliminated, at the end of the day, hydraulic systems make safer scissor lifts.
Capacity
Man lifts are designed in a huge range of weight capacities. Certain man lifts have the capability to only hold numerous people while others have the ability to hold one individual. Scissor lifts and platform lifts are more conducive for transporting numerous people, since boom lifts have less space located in their bucket.