Kinds of Man Lifts
Designed specially to vertically hoist employees to higher places, scissor lifts are common in the construction industry to help move or lift workers form one place to another. Man lifts are power-driven and offer special handholds and steps or platforms to provide safe transport. The type of construction work being done will decide exactly what type of man lift would be utilized in a project.
Electrically Insulated Man Lifts
Based on Man and Material Lift Engineering, the man lift most preferred for working near electrocution hazards are electrically insulated man lifts. The electrically insulated man lifts provide protection to employees 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, are operated on nonconductive hydraulic hoses which serve to reduce ground fault and fiber optic control cables.
Scissor Lifts
Scissor lifts are a special type of aerial man lift that is meant to transport personnel vertically to hard-to-reach places. The scissor lift derived its name because of the scissor kind of design of the folding supports which can lower and raise the platform. To be able to raise the lift, each and every one of the folding supports is opened so as to extend the platform to higher heights.
The scissor lift would 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. As 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
Man lifts are designed in a huge range of weight capacities. Several man lifts have the capability to only hold many individuals while others have the ability to hold one individual. Scissor lifts and platform lifts are more beneficial for transporting numerous people, because boom lifts have less space located in their bucket.