Industrial lifts have traditionally been utilized in manufacturing and production environments to help lift and lower supplies, employees, and merchandise. The scissor lift, also called a table lift, is an industrial lift which has been modified for retail and wholesale environments.
Most clients, who have been in a store late at night, shopping the aisles, have almost certainly seen one, even though they did not realize what it was. Essentially, the scissor lift is a platform with wheels that performs like a lift truck. In a non-industrial type of setting, the scissor lift is ideal for completing jobs that require the mobility or speed and transporting of materials and individuals above ground level.
The scissor lift is a unique equipment in that it does not use a straight support in order to raise workers into the air. Instead, the scissor lift platform rises when the folding and linked supports under it draw together, making the machine stretch upward. Once the equipment is extended, the scissor lift reaches around from 6.4 to 18.8 meters or 21 to 62 feet above ground. This depends on the size of the unit and the purpose.
The rough terrain scissor lifts can either be powered by hydraulics or by an electric motor, however, it could be a bumpy ride for the worker in the lift going to the top. The design of the scissor lift keeps it from traveling with a constant velocity, as opposed to traveling faster during the middle of its journey or traveling slower with more extension.
A really common style of scissor lift is the RT or Rough Terrain class. Standard features of the RT models comprise increased power because of the IC or internal combustion engine. The variations come in petrol, gas, combinations or diesel. This is required to deal with the increased weights and steeper grades of 18 to 22 degrees which are often associated with this style of scissor lift.