Industrial lifts have traditionally been utilized in manufacturing and production environments to help lift and lower supplies, employees, and goods. 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 if they did not know what it was. Basically, the scissor lift is a platform with wheels which acts like a lift truck. In a non-industrial setting, the scissor lift is ideal for performing jobs that require the speed or mobility and transporting of supplies and people above ground level.
The scissor lift is a unique equipment in that it does not utilize a straight support in order to hoist employees into the air. Instead, the scissor lift platform rises when the folding and linked supports underneath it draw together, making the machinery stretch upward. When the equipment is extended, the scissor lift reaches approximately from 6.4 to 18.8 meters or 21 to 62 feet above ground. This depends on the model's size and the purpose.
The rough terrain scissor lifts could either be powered by an electric motor or by hydraulics, however, it can be a bumpy ride for the worker inside the lift going to the top. The scissor lift design keeps it from traveling with a constant velocity, rather than traveling faster during the middle of its journey or traveling slower with more extension.
An extremely popular style of scissor lift is the RT or Rough Terrain class. Typical features of the RT models consist of increased power because of the internal combustion or IC engine. The variations come in gas, petrol, combinations or diesel. This is considered necessary to handle the increased weights and steeper grades of 18 to 22 degrees which are usually associated with this specific style of scissor lift.