Kinds of Man Lifts
Designed specifically to vertically lift personnel to higher places, scissor lifts are common in the construction business to help transport or raise employees form one place to another. Man lifts are power-driven and offer platforms or steps and special handholds to provide safe transport. The type of construction work being done would decide precisely which type of man lift would 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 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 provide fiberglass insulated booms, fiber optic control cables and are operated on nonconductive hydraulic hoses which serve to reduce ground fault.
Scissor Lifts
The scissor lift is a unique machine capable of transporting workers vertically to hard-to-reach places. The scissor lift derived its name due to the scissor kind of design of the folding supports which can lower and raise the platform. To be able to raise the lift, each one of the folding supports is opened so as 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 only a release of hydraulic pressure, instead of depending on power. 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
Man lifts are designed in a huge range of weight capacities. Certain man lifts have the capability to only hold many individuals while others have the ability to hold one person. Scissor lifts and platform lifts are more beneficial for transporting a lot of individuals, as boom lifts have less space located in their bucket.