Industrial lifts have traditionally been used in production and manufacturing settings to help raise and lower materials, employees, and goods. The scissor lift, also called a table lift, is an industrial lift which has been modified for retail and wholesale settings.
Most clients, who have been in a store late at night, shopping the aisles, have almost certainly seen one, even if they did not realize what it was. Essentially, the scissor lift is a platform with wheels which performs like a lift truck. In a non-industrial kind of setting, the scissor lift is perfect for completing jobs that require the speed or mobility and moving of materials and people above ground level.
The scissor lift is a unique machinery in that it does not use a straight support in order to hoist workers into the air. Instead, the scissor lift platform rises when the folding and linked supports beneath it draw together, making the equipment stretch upward. Once the equipment is extended, the scissor lift reaches about from 6.4 to 18.8 meters or 21 to 62 feet above ground. This depends on the size of the model and the purpose.
The rough terrain scissor lifts could either be powered by hydraulics or by an electric motor, however, it can be a bumpy ride for the worker in the lift going to the top. The design of the scissor lift keeps it from traveling with a constant velocity, rather than traveling slower with more extension or traveling faster during the middle of its journey.
A really popular style of scissor lift is the RT or Rough Terrain class. Typical features of the RT units consist of increased power because of the IC or internal combustion engine. The variations come in gas, petrol, combinations or diesel. This is needed to handle the increased weights and steeper grades of 18 to 22 degrees which are usually connected with this particular class of scissor lift.