Types of Man Lifts
Designed particularly to vertically raise workers to higher places, scissor lifts are common in the construction industry to help transport or lift personnel form one location to another. Man lifts are power-driven and offer special handholds and steps or platforms to provide safe transport. The kind of construction work being done will decide exactly which type of man lift would be utilized in a project.
Electrically Insulated Man Lifts
Electrically insulated man lifts are a type 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 offer protection to workers 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, are operated on nonconductive hydraulic hoses that serve to reduce ground error and fiber optic control cables.
Scissor Lifts
Scissor lifts are a special kind of aerial man lift which is meant to transport workers vertically to difficult-to-reach places. The scissor lift derived its name because of the scissor type of design of the folding supports that could raise and lower the platform. In order 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 manually or hydraulically lifted. Hydraulic systems enable the scissor lifts to descend with only a release of hydraulic pressure, instead of depending on power. Since the potential 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 large range of weight capacities, with several man lifts capable of holding lots of individuals, while some models can only hold a single individual. Platform lifts and scissor lifts are more beneficial for transporting numerous people, because boom lifts have less space located in their bucket.