Types of Man Lifts
Designed particularly to vertically lift personnel to higher places, scissor lifts are common in the construction business to help transport or lift personnel form one place 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 will decide precisely which 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 personnel 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 fault.
Scissor Lifts
Scissor lifts are a special kind of aerial man lift which is meant to transport employees vertically to hard-to-reach places. The scissor lift derived its name due to the scissor kind of design of the folding supports which could lower and raise the platform. To be able to hoist the lift, every one of the folding supports is opened in order 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 just a release of hydraulic pressure, rather than depending on power. Because the potential of mechanical malfunctions preventing the platform from descending to the ground rapidly 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 numerous people while others have the ability to hold one individual. Platform lifts and scissor lifts are more beneficial for transporting many people, since boom lifts have less space located in their bucket.