Types of Man Lifts
Scissor man lifts are made to vertically lift employees to higher areas. They are commonly seen in the construction industry in order to transport or lift personnel form one location 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 done would 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 provide protection to employees against accidental electrocution. These machines are in compliance with the American National Standards Institute A92.2 Category C, 46kV Rated. These electrically insulated man lifts provide 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 difficult-to-reach areas. The scissor lift derived its name due to the scissor type of design of the folding supports that could lower and raise the platform. In order to hoist the lift, every one of the folding supports is opened in order to extend the platform to higher heights.
The scissor lift will either be powered manually or hydraulically. The hydraulic powered system does not depend on power, however enables the scissor lifts to descend with just a release of hydraulic pressure. Since 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 huge range of weight capacities, with some man lifts capable of holding a lot 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.