Kinds of Man Lifts
Scissor man lifts are made to vertically hoist personnel to higher areas. They are usually seen in the construction business in order to move or raise employees form one place 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 done will decide exactly what type of man lift would be used in a project.
Electrically Insulated Man Lifts
Electrically insulated man lifts are a kind of lift which is preferred for working in close proximity to electrocution hazards, based on Man and Material Lift Engineering. The electrically insulated man lifts offer protection to workers against accidental electrocution. These kind of machinery follow the American National Standards Institute A92.2 Category C, 46kV Rated. These electrically insulated man lifts provide fiberglass insulated booms, are operated on nonconductive hydraulic hoses that serve to reduce ground error and fiber optic control cables.
Scissor Lifts
The scissor lift is a unique equipment capable of transporting 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 serve to lower and raise the platform. To be able to hoist the lift, each and every one of the folding supports is opened in order to extend the platform to higher heights.
Scissor lifts can be either hydraulically or manually lifted. Hydraulic systems enable the scissor lifts to descend with just a release of hydraulic pressure, rather than depending on power. Since the potential 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
The man lift has a large range of weight capacities, with several man lifts capable of holding many people, while some models could only hold a single person. Platform lifts and scissor lifts are more conducive for transporting numerous individuals, as boom lifts have less space located in their bucket.