Kinds of Man Lifts
Designed specially to vertically lift employees to higher places, scissor lifts are common in the construction business to help transport or lift workers form one place 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 exactly what type of man lift would be used in a project.
Electrically Insulated Man Lifts
Based on 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 machines follow the American National Standards Institute A92.2 Category C, 46kV Rated. These electrically insulated man lifts provide 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 employees vertically to difficult-to-reach places. The scissor lift derived its name because of the scissor kind of design of the folding supports that could lower and raise the platform. To be able to hoist the lift, each one of the folding supports is opened in order to extend the platform to higher heights.
The scissor lift would either be powered hydraulically or manually. The hydraulic powered system does not rely on power, however enables the scissor lifts to descend with only a release of hydraulic pressure. 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. Several man lifts have the capability to only hold numerous individuals while others have the ability to hold one person. Scissor lifts and platform lifts are more conducive for transporting many people, as boom lifts have less space located in their bucket.