Types of Man Lifts
Designed specially to vertically lift employees to higher areas, scissor lifts are common in the construction business to help move or raise employees form one place 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 would decide precisely which kind of man lift would 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 offer protection to personnel against accidental electrocution. These machinery are in compliance with 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 that serve to reduce ground fault.
Scissor Lifts
Scissor lifts are a special kind of aerial man lift which is meant to transport workers vertically to hard-to-reach places. The scissor lift derived its name due to the scissor kind of design of the folding supports which can raise and lower the platform. In order to hoist the lift, every one of the folding supports is opened so as to extend the platform to higher heights.
The scissor lift will either be powered hydraulically or manually. The hydraulic powered system does not rely on power, however allows the scissor lifts to descend with only a release of hydraulic pressure. Since the potential of mechanical malfunctions preventing the platform from rapidly descending to the ground is eliminated, hydraulic systems make safer scissor lifts at the end of the day.
Capacity
Man lifts are designed in a huge range of weight capacities. Some man lifts have the capability to only hold many people while others have the ability to hold one person. Scissor lifts and platform lifts are more beneficial for transporting many individuals, because boom lifts have less space located in their bucket.