Kinds of Man Lifts
Designed specifically to vertically lift workers to higher places, scissor lifts are common in the construction industry to help move or raise employees form one location to another. Man lifts are power-driven and provide special handholds and steps or platforms to provide safe transport. The kind of construction work being performed will decide exactly which type of man lift would 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 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, fiber optic control cables and are operated on nonconductive hydraulic hoses which serve to reduce ground error.
Scissor Lifts
The scissor lift is a unique machinery capable of transporting employees vertically to hard-to-reach areas. The scissor lift derived its name because of the scissor type of design of the folding supports that could raise and lower the platform. To be able to hoist the lift, every one of the folding supports is opened in order to extend the platform to higher heights.
Scissor lifts can be either manually or hydraulically lifted. Hydraulic systems enable the scissor lifts to descend with only a release of hydraulic pressure, rather than relying on power. Since the potential of mechanical malfunctions preventing the platform from descending to the ground abruptly is eliminated, hydraulic systems make safer scissor lifts at the end of the day.
Capacity
The man lift has a huge range of weight capacities, with some man lifts capable of holding many people, while some models can only hold a single individual. Platform lifts and scissor lifts are more beneficial for transporting numerous individuals, as boom lifts have less space located in their bucket.