Types of Man Lifts
Scissor man lifts are made to vertically hoist employees to higher places. They are usually seen in the construction industry in order to transport or lift personnel form one location to another. Man lifts are power-driven and offer special handholds and steps or platforms to provide safe transport. The kind of construction work being done will decide exactly which 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 offer protection to employees against accidental electrocution. These kind of machines are in compliance with 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
The scissor lift is a unique machinery capable of transporting personnel vertically to hard-to-reach areas. The scissor lift derived its name due to the scissor type of design of the folding supports which can raise and lower the platform. In order 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 just a release of hydraulic pressure, instead of relying on power. Since the possibility of mechanical malfunctions preventing the platform from abruptly descending to the ground is eliminated, at the end of the day, hydraulic systems make safer scissor lifts.
Capacity
The man lift has a huge range of weight capacities, with several man lifts capable of holding many people, while some models could only hold a single person. Scissor lifts and platform lifts are more conducive for transporting many people, because boom lifts have less space located in their bucket.