Types of Man Lifts
Scissor man lifts are made to vertically lift personnel to higher areas. They are often seen in the construction industry in order to transport or lift personnel form one location to another. Man lifts are power-driven and offer steps or platforms and special handholds to provide safe transport. The type of construction work being carried out would decide exactly what kind of man lift will be utilized 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 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 offer fiberglass insulated booms, are operated on nonconductive hydraulic hoses which serve to reduce ground fault and fiber optic control cables.
Scissor Lifts
Scissor lifts are a special kind of aerial man lift that is meant to transport workers vertically to hard-to-reach areas. The scissor lift derived its name due to the scissor type 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 so as to extend the platform to higher heights.
The scissor lift will either be powered manually or hydraulically. The hydraulic powered system does not rely on power, however enables the scissor lifts to descend with only a release of hydraulic pressure. Because the potential of mechanical malfunctions preventing the platform from suddenly descending to the ground 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 conducive for transporting many people, because boom lifts have less space located in their bucket.