Types of Man Lifts
Designed specifically to vertically lift employees to higher areas, scissor lifts are common in the construction business to help move or lift employees form one location to another. Man lifts are power-driven and provide steps or platforms and special handholds to provide safe transport. The kind of construction work being carried out would decide precisely what 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 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 follow the American National Standards Institute A92.2 Category C, 46kV Rated. These electrically insulated man lifts provide fiberglass insulated booms, are operated on nonconductive hydraulic hoses that serve to reduce ground error and fiber optic control cables.
Scissor Lifts
Scissor lifts are a special kind of aerial man lift which is meant to transport employees vertically to hard-to-reach places. The scissor lift derived its name due to the scissor type of design of the folding supports that serve to lower and raise the platform. In order to hoist the lift, each one of the folding supports is opened in order to extend the platform to higher heights.
The scissor lift will 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 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 lots of people, while some models could only hold a single person. Scissor lifts and platform lifts are more conducive for transporting many individuals, because boom lifts have less space located in their bucket.