Kinds of Man Lifts
Scissor man lifts are made to vertically hoist workers to higher places. They are often seen in the construction business in order to move or raise workers form one place 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 performed will decide precisely which kind of man lift would be utilized in a project.
Electrically Insulated Man Lifts
Electrically insulated man lifts are a kind of lift that is preferred for working in close proximity to electrocution hazards, based on Man and Material Lift Engineering. The electrically insulated man lifts provide protection to employees 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 provide fiberglass insulated booms, fiber optic control cables and are operated on nonconductive hydraulic hoses that serve to reduce ground fault.
Scissor Lifts
The scissor lift is a unique machine capable of transporting workers vertically to difficult-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. In order to raise the lift, every one of the folding supports is opened so as to extend the platform to higher heights.
Scissor lifts could be either manually or hydraulically lifted. Hydraulic systems enable the scissor lifts to descend with only a release of hydraulic pressure, rather than depending on power. Because the possibility of mechanical malfunctions preventing the platform from rapidly 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 many people while others have the ability to hold one person. Platform lifts and scissor lifts are more beneficial for transporting a lot of individuals, because boom lifts have less space located in their bucket.