Types of Man Lifts
Designed specially to vertically lift employees to higher places, scissor lifts are common in the construction business to help 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 type of construction work being done would decide exactly which type 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 in close proximity to electrocution hazards are electrically insulated man lifts. The electrically insulated man lifts offer protection to workers against accidental electrocution. These type of machinery 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 places. The scissor lift derived its name due to the scissor kind of design of the folding supports that serve to 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 only a release of hydraulic pressure, rather than depending on power. Because the potential of mechanical malfunctions preventing the platform from suddenly 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. Some man lifts have the capability to only hold numerous individuals while others have the ability to hold one person. Scissor lifts and platform lifts are more conducive for transporting numerous people, since boom lifts have less space located in their bucket.