Types of Man Lifts
Scissor man lifts are made to vertically lift personnel to higher areas. They are commonly seen in the construction industry in order to transport or raise personnel form one location 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 performed will 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 provide protection to employees against accidental electrocution. These kind of machines follow 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 error.
Scissor Lifts
Scissor lifts are a special kind of aerial man lift that 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 that could lower and raise the platform. In order to hoist the lift, each one of the folding supports is opened in order to extend the platform to higher heights.
The scissor lift will either be powered manually or hydraulically. The hydraulic powered system does not depend on power, however allows the scissor lifts to descend with only a release of hydraulic pressure. As the potential of mechanical malfunctions preventing the platform from suddenly descending to the ground is eliminated, hydraulic systems make safer scissor lifts at the end of the day.
Capacity
The man lift has a huge range of weight capacities, with certain man lifts capable of holding a lot of individuals, while some models can only hold a single person. Platform lifts and scissor lifts are more beneficial for transporting a lot of individuals, since boom lifts have less space located in their bucket.