Kinds of Man Lifts
Scissor man lifts are made to vertically lift employees to higher areas. They are usually seen in the construction business in order to transport or raise workers form one place 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 will decide precisely what kind of man lift would be used 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 equipment 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 error.
Scissor Lifts
Scissor lifts are a special kind of aerial man lift that is meant to transport workers vertically to hard-to-reach places. The scissor lift derived its name because of the scissor type of design of the folding supports which could raise and lower the platform. In order to hoist the lift, each one of the folding supports is opened so as to extend the platform to higher heights.
The scissor lift would either be powered hydraulically or manually. The hydraulic powered system does not rely on power, however enables the scissor lifts to descend with only a release of hydraulic pressure. Since the possibility of mechanical malfunctions preventing the platform from descending to the ground suddenly 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 many individuals, while some models could only hold a single individual. Scissor lifts and platform lifts are more conducive for transporting numerous people, since boom lifts have less space located in their bucket.