Kinds 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 move or raise employees form one location to another. Man lifts are power-driven and offer special handholds and platforms or steps to provide safe transport. The type of construction work being carried out would decide precisely what kind of man lift will be used in a project.
Electrically Insulated Man Lifts
Electrically insulated man lifts are a type of lift that is preferred for working near electrocution hazards, based on Man and Material Lift Engineering. The electrically insulated man lifts provide 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, are operated on nonconductive hydraulic hoses that serve to reduce ground fault and fiber optic control cables.
Scissor Lifts
Scissor lifts are a special type of aerial man lift that is meant to transport personnel vertically to hard-to-reach places. The scissor lift derived its name because of the scissor kind of design of the folding supports that can lower and raise the platform. To be able to raise the lift, each one of the folding supports is opened in order to extend the platform to higher heights.
The scissor lift will either be powered hydraulically or manually. The hydraulic powered system does not depend on power, however enables the scissor lifts to descend with only a release of hydraulic pressure. Because 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 a lot of individuals, while some models could only hold a single person. Platform lifts and scissor lifts are more conducive for transporting many people, as boom lifts have less space located in their bucket.