Types of Man Lifts
Designed specifically to vertically raise employees to higher places, scissor lifts are common in the construction industry to help transport or raise employees form one place to another. Man lifts are power-driven and offer steps or platforms and special handholds to provide safe transport. The kind of construction work being done will decide exactly what type of man lift would be utilized in a project.
Electrically Insulated Man Lifts
Electrically insulated man lifts are a kind of lift which is preferred for working in close proximity to electrocution hazards, according to Man and Material Lift Engineering. The electrically insulated man lifts provide protection to personnel against accidental electrocution. These equipment 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 which serve to reduce ground fault.
Scissor Lifts
Scissor lifts are a special kind of aerial man lift that 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 that can raise and lower 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.
Scissor lifts can be either manually or hydraulically lifted. Hydraulic systems allow the scissor lifts to descend with just a release of hydraulic pressure, rather than depending on power. Since the possibility of mechanical malfunctions preventing the platform from suddenly descending to the ground is eliminated, hydraulic systems make safer scissor lifts at the end of the day.
Capacity
The man lift has a large range of weight capacities, with some man lifts capable of holding many people, while some models can only hold a single individual. Platform lifts and scissor lifts are more beneficial for transporting many individuals, as boom lifts have less space located in their bucket.