Usually, industrial lifts have been used in production and manufacturing environments to raise and lower work things, individuals and materials. The scissor lift, also known as a table lift, is an industrial lift which has been modified for retail and wholesale environments.
Most customers who have been shopping in a store late at night have almost certainly seen a scissor lift, even if they do not know they have. Essentially, the scissor lift is a platform with wheels that performs like a forklift. In a non-industrial kind of setting, the scissor lift is ideal for performing jobs which need the mobility or speed and transporting of people and supplies above ground level.
The scissor lift is a unique equipment in that it does not utilize a straight support in order to lift employees into the air. Instead, the scissor lift platform rises when the folding and linked supports under it draw together, making the equipment stretch upward. When the equipment is extended, the scissor lift reaches roughly from 21 to 62 feet or 6.4 to 18.8 meters above ground. This depends on the size of the unit and the purpose.
Rough terrain scissor lifts are usually powered by hydraulics or electric motors. It can be a bumpy ride for workers in the lift going to the top. The scissor lift design keeps it from traveling with a constant velocity, rather than traveling faster during the middle of its journey or traveling slower with more extension.
The RT of rough terrain class of scissor lift are an extremely popular class of lift. RT units will usually feature increased power of the IC or internal combustion engine. The variations come in gas, petrol, combinations or diesel. This is considered necessary to handle the increased weights and steeper grades of 18 to 22 degrees that are normally associated with this particular class of scissor lift.