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 workers form one location to another. Man lifts are power-driven and provide platforms or steps and special handholds to provide safe transport. The kind of construction work being done will decide exactly what kind of man lift will be used in a project.
Electrically Insulated Man Lifts
According to Man and Material Lift Engineering, the man lift most preferred for working in close proximity to electrocution hazards are electrically insulated man lifts. 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 provide 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 machine capable of transporting workers vertically to difficult-to-reach places. The scissor lift derived its name due to the scissor kind of design of the folding supports which serve to lower and raise the platform. In order to hoist the lift, each and every one of the folding supports is opened so as to extend the platform to higher heights.
Scissor lifts can be either hydraulically or manually lifted. Hydraulic systems allow the scissor lifts to descend with only a release of hydraulic pressure, rather than relying on power. Because the possibility of mechanical malfunctions preventing the platform from descending to the ground suddenly 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 lots of people, while some models could only hold a single individual. Scissor lifts and platform lifts are more beneficial for transporting many people, because boom lifts have less space located in their bucket.