Kinds of Man Lifts
Designed specifically to vertically hoist employees to higher places, scissor lifts are common in the construction industry to help move or lift workers form one place 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 carried out would decide precisely which kind of man lift will be utilized in a project.
Electrically Insulated Man Lifts
According to Man and Material Lift Engineering, the man lift most preferred for working near electrocution hazards are electrically insulated man lifts. The electrically insulated man lifts provide protection to employees against accidental electrocution. These type of machines follow the American National Standards Institute A92.2 Category C, 46kV Rated. These electrically insulated man lifts offer fiberglass insulated booms, fiber optic control cables and are operated on nonconductive hydraulic hoses that serve to reduce ground error.
Scissor Lifts
Scissor lifts are a special kind 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 type of design of the folding supports which serve to lower and raise 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.
Scissor lifts can be either hydraulically or manually lifted. Hydraulic systems allow the scissor lifts to descend with just a release of hydraulic pressure, rather than depending on power. As 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 several man lifts capable of holding a lot of individuals, while some models could only hold a single person. Scissor lifts and platform lifts are more beneficial for transporting a lot of individuals, because boom lifts have less space located in their bucket.