Types of Man Lifts
Designed specially to vertically lift personnel to higher areas, 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 provide platforms or steps and special handholds to provide safe transport. The type of construction work being done would decide exactly what kind of man lift would be used in a project.
Electrically Insulated Man Lifts
Electrically insulated man lifts are a kind of lift which is preferred for working near electrocution hazards, according to Man and Material Lift Engineering. The electrically insulated man lifts offer protection to personnel against accidental electrocution. These 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 error and fiber optic control cables.
Scissor Lifts
Scissor lifts are a special kind of aerial man lift that is meant to transport workers vertically to hard-to-reach places. The scissor lift derived its name because of the scissor type of design of the folding supports that can lower and raise the platform. In order to hoist the lift, each and 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 rely on power, however enables the scissor lifts to descend with just a release of hydraulic pressure. Since the possibility of mechanical malfunctions preventing the platform from suddenly descending to the ground is eliminated, at the end of the day, hydraulic systems make safer scissor lifts.
Capacity
Man lifts are designed in a huge range of weight capacities. Certain man lifts have the capability to only hold numerous people while others have the ability to hold one individual. Platform lifts and scissor lifts are more beneficial for transporting a lot of people, as boom lifts have less space located in their bucket.