Types of Man Lifts
Scissor man lifts are made to vertically hoist employees to higher areas. They are usually seen in the construction industry in order to move or lift employees form one location to another. Man lifts are power-driven and provide special handholds and platforms or steps to provide safe transport. The type of construction work being performed will decide precisely which type 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 offer protection to employees against accidental electrocution. These 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
The scissor lift is a unique machine capable of transporting employees vertically to difficult-to-reach areas. The scissor lift derived its name due to the scissor type of design of the folding supports that could lower and raise the platform. In order to hoist the lift, every one of the folding supports is opened in order to extend the platform to higher heights.
The scissor lift will either be powered hydraulically or manually. The hydraulic powered system does not depend on power, however enables the scissor lifts to descend with only a release of hydraulic pressure. Since the possibility of mechanical malfunctions preventing the platform from abruptly 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 a lot of individuals, while some models can only hold a single individual. Platform lifts and scissor lifts are more beneficial for transporting numerous people, since boom lifts have less space located in their bucket.