Types of Man Lifts
Scissor man lifts are made to vertically lift employees to higher places. They are often seen in the construction business in order to move or lift employees form one place to another. Man lifts are power-driven and offer steps or platforms and special handholds to provide safe transport. The type of construction work being done will decide exactly what 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 employees against accidental electrocution. These equipment follow 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 because of the scissor type of design of the folding supports which serve to raise and lower the platform. To be able to hoist the lift, every one of the folding supports is opened in order to extend the platform to higher heights.
The scissor lift would 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. Since the potential 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 people, while some models can only hold a single individual. Scissor lifts and platform lifts are more beneficial for transporting numerous people, as boom lifts have less space located in their bucket.