Types of Man Lifts
Designed specifically to vertically hoist workers to higher areas, scissor lifts are common in the construction business to help transport or raise workers form one location to another. Man lifts are power-driven and provide special handholds and platforms or steps to provide safe transport. The kind of construction work being done would decide precisely which type of man lift will be used in a project.
Electrically Insulated Man Lifts
Electrically insulated man lifts are a type of lift that is preferred for working in close proximity to electrocution hazards, based on Man and Material Lift Engineering. The electrically insulated man lifts offer protection to personnel against accidental electrocution. These type of machines are in compliance with 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 that serve to reduce ground fault.
Scissor Lifts
Scissor lifts are a special kind of aerial man lift that is meant to transport personnel vertically to difficult-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. 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 could be either manually or hydraulically lifted. Hydraulic systems enable the scissor lifts to descend with just a release of hydraulic pressure, rather than relying on power. Because 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
The man lift has a large range of weight capacities, with some man lifts capable of holding lots of individuals, while some models can only hold a single individual. Platform lifts and scissor lifts are more beneficial for transporting a lot of people, because boom lifts have less space located in their bucket.