Types of Man Lifts
Designed specifically to vertically lift employees to higher places, 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 provide special handholds and platforms or steps to provide safe transport. The type of construction work being performed will decide precisely which type of man lift would be utilized in a project.
Electrically Insulated Man Lifts
Electrically insulated man lifts are a kind of lift that is preferred for working near electrocution hazards, based on Man and Material Lift Engineering. The electrically insulated man lifts provide protection to personnel against accidental electrocution. These type of equipment 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 which serve to reduce ground fault and fiber optic control cables.
Scissor Lifts
Scissor lifts are a special type of aerial man lift which is meant to transport employees vertically to hard-to-reach areas. The scissor lift derived its name due to the scissor type of design of the folding supports which serve to 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.
The scissor lift would either be powered manually or hydraulically. The hydraulic powered system does not rely on power, however allows the scissor lifts to descend with just a release of hydraulic pressure. Since the possibility 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 large range of weight capacities, with certain man lifts capable of holding a lot of individuals, while some models can only hold a single individual. Scissor lifts and platform lifts are more conducive for transporting many people, since boom lifts have less space located in their bucket.