Types of Man Lifts
Scissor man lifts are made to vertically hoist employees to higher areas. They are commonly seen in the construction industry in order to move or raise employees form one location 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 will decide precisely what type of man lift will be used 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, according to Man and Material Lift Engineering. The electrically insulated man lifts provide protection to workers against accidental electrocution. These type of machinery follow 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 personnel vertically to difficult-to-reach places. The scissor lift derived its name because of the scissor kind of design of the folding supports which can raise and lower the platform. To be able to raise 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 rely on power, however allows the scissor lifts to descend with only a release of hydraulic pressure. As the possibility of mechanical malfunctions preventing the platform from descending to the ground rapidly 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. Several man lifts have the capability to only hold many individuals while others have the ability to hold one individual. Scissor lifts and platform lifts are more conducive for transporting lots of people, since boom lifts have less space located in their bucket.