Kinds of Man Lifts
Designed specially to vertically hoist personnel to higher places, scissor lifts are common in the construction business to help move or raise workers form one location to another. Man lifts are power-driven and offer special handholds and platforms or steps to provide safe transport. The kind of construction work being carried out would decide precisely which 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 offer protection to workers against accidental electrocution. These machines 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 which serve to reduce ground fault.
Scissor Lifts
Scissor lifts are a special kind of aerial man lift which is meant to transport workers vertically to hard-to-reach areas. The scissor lift derived its name because of the scissor kind of design of the folding supports that can raise and lower 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 manually or hydraulically lifted. Hydraulic systems allow the scissor lifts to descend with just a release of hydraulic pressure, instead of relying on power. As the possibility of mechanical malfunctions preventing the platform from rapidly 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. Some man lifts have the capability to only hold many individuals while others have the ability to hold one person. Platform lifts and scissor lifts are more beneficial for transporting many people, as boom lifts have less space located in their bucket.