Types of Man Lifts
Scissor man lifts are made to vertically lift employees to higher places. They are often seen in the construction industry in order to move or raise personnel form one place to another. Man lifts are power-driven and provide special handholds and platforms or steps to provide safe transport. The type of construction work being performed would decide precisely what type of man lift will be used in a project.
Electrically Insulated Man Lifts
According to 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 kind of machines follow 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 which serve to reduce ground fault.
Scissor Lifts
The scissor lift is a unique machine capable of transporting personnel vertically to difficult-to-reach areas. The scissor lift derived its name due to the scissor kind of design of the folding supports which serve to lower and raise the platform. To be able to raise the lift, each and 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 allow the scissor lifts to descend with only a release of hydraulic pressure, instead of depending on power. As the possibility of mechanical malfunctions preventing the platform from descending to the ground abruptly 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 certain man lifts capable of holding lots of individuals, while some models can only hold a single individual. Platform lifts and scissor lifts are more conducive for transporting numerous people, because boom lifts have less space located in their bucket.