Types of Man Lifts
Designed specially to vertically raise workers to higher areas, scissor lifts are common in the construction industry to help transport or lift workers form one place to another. Man lifts are power-driven and provide steps or platforms and special handholds to provide safe transport. The kind of construction work being done will decide precisely what kind of man lift will be utilized 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 personnel against accidental electrocution. These machinery are in compliance with the American National Standards Institute A92.2 Category C, 46kV Rated. These electrically insulated man lifts offer fiberglass insulated booms, are operated on nonconductive hydraulic hoses that serve to reduce ground fault and fiber optic control cables.
Scissor Lifts
The scissor lift is a unique machine capable of transporting personnel vertically to difficult-to-reach areas. The scissor lift derived its name because of the scissor kind of design of the folding supports that can lower and raise the platform. To be able to hoist the lift, every one of the folding supports is opened so as 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 potential of mechanical malfunctions preventing the platform from descending to the ground suddenly 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. Certain man lifts have the capability to only hold numerous people while others have the ability to hold one person. Platform lifts and scissor lifts are more beneficial for transporting numerous people, since boom lifts have less space located in their bucket.