Kinds of Man Lifts
Scissor man lifts are made to vertically lift employees to higher places. They are commonly seen in the construction business in order to move or lift workers form one place to another. Man lifts are power-driven and offer special handholds and platforms or steps to provide safe transport. The type of construction work being done will decide precisely what kind of man lift will be utilized in a project.
Electrically Insulated Man Lifts
According to Man and Material Lift Engineering, the man lift most preferred for working near electrocution hazards are electrically insulated man lifts. The electrically insulated man lifts provide protection to workers against accidental electrocution. These equipment 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 hard-to-reach places. The scissor lift derived its name due to the scissor type of design of the folding supports that can raise and lower the platform. In order to raise the lift, every one of the folding supports is opened in order to extend the platform to higher heights.
The scissor lift would either be powered hydraulically or manually. The hydraulic powered system does not depend on power, however enables the scissor lifts to descend with just a release of hydraulic pressure. As 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 person. Scissor lifts and platform lifts are more conducive for transporting numerous individuals, since boom lifts have less space located in their bucket.