Types of Man Lifts
Designed specifically to vertically raise workers to higher areas, scissor lifts are common in the construction industry to help move or raise employees form one location to another. Man lifts are power-driven and offer steps or platforms and special handholds to provide safe transport. The kind of construction work being performed will decide precisely what kind of man lift will be utilized in a project.
Electrically Insulated Man Lifts
Electrically insulated man lifts are a type of lift which is preferred for working near electrocution hazards, according to Man and Material Lift Engineering. The electrically insulated man lifts provide protection to workers against accidental electrocution. These machines 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 error and fiber optic control cables.
Scissor Lifts
The scissor lift is a unique machine capable of transporting personnel vertically to hard-to-reach places. The scissor lift derived its name because of the scissor type of design of the folding supports which could raise and lower the platform. In order to hoist the lift, each one of the folding supports is opened so as to extend the platform to higher heights.
Scissor lifts could be either manually or hydraulically lifted. Hydraulic systems enable the scissor lifts to descend with only a release of hydraulic pressure, rather than depending on power. As the possibility of mechanical malfunctions preventing the platform from descending to the ground abruptly is eliminated, at the end of the day, hydraulic systems make safer scissor lifts.
Capacity
The man lift has a large range of weight capacities, with certain man lifts capable of holding a lot of people, while some models could only hold a single individual. Platform lifts and scissor lifts are more beneficial for transporting numerous people, because boom lifts have less space located in their bucket.