Types of Man Lifts
Designed specifically to vertically raise employees to higher places, scissor lifts are common in the construction business to help move or raise 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 would decide exactly what kind of man lift would be utilized in a project.
Electrically Insulated Man Lifts
Electrically insulated man lifts are a kind of lift which is preferred for working in close proximity to electrocution hazards, according to Man and Material Lift Engineering. The electrically insulated man lifts offer 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 provide fiberglass insulated booms, fiber optic control cables and are operated on nonconductive hydraulic hoses that serve to reduce ground fault.
Scissor Lifts
Scissor lifts are a special type of aerial man lift which is meant to transport personnel vertically to hard-to-reach places. The scissor lift derived its name due to the scissor kind of design of the folding supports which could raise and lower the platform. To be able to raise 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 just a release of hydraulic pressure. As the potential of mechanical malfunctions preventing the platform from descending to the ground rapidly 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 individuals, while some models could only hold a single individual. Platform lifts and scissor lifts are more conducive for transporting many individuals, since boom lifts have less space located in their bucket.