Kinds of Man Lifts
Designed specifically to vertically lift personnel to higher places, scissor lifts are common in the construction business to help move or lift personnel 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 performed would decide exactly what type of man lift will be used in a project.
Electrically Insulated Man Lifts
According to 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 provide protection to workers against accidental electrocution. These kind of machinery are in compliance with 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 which 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 difficult-to-reach areas. The scissor lift derived its name due to the scissor kind of design of the folding supports which could raise and lower the platform. In order to raise the lift, every one of the folding supports is opened in order to extend the platform to higher heights.
Scissor lifts could be either hydraulically or manually lifted. Hydraulic systems enable the scissor lifts to descend with just a release of hydraulic pressure, instead of depending on power. Since the potential of mechanical malfunctions preventing the platform from abruptly descending to the ground is eliminated, hydraulic systems make safer scissor lifts at the end of the day.
Capacity
The man lift has a huge range of weight capacities, with certain man lifts capable of holding many people, while some models can only hold a single person. Platform lifts and scissor lifts are more conducive for transporting many people, because boom lifts have less space located in their bucket.