Usually, industrial lifts have been used in manufacturing and production environments to raise and lower work items, people and materials. The scissor lift, also known as a table lift, is an industrial lift which has been modified for retail and wholesale settings.
Most customers who have been shopping in a store late at night have almost certainly seen a scissor lift, even though they do not know they have. Basically, the scissor lift is a platform with wheels which performs similar to a lift truck. In a non-industrial environment, the scissor lift is great for completing jobs that require the speed or mobility and moving of people and materials above ground level.
The scissor lift is unique, able to hoist workers straight up into the air. Instead, the scissor lift platform rises when the folding and linked supports beneath it draw together, making the equipment 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 can either be powered by hydraulics or by an electric motor, although, 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.
An extremely popular style of scissor lift is the RT or Rough Terrain class. Typical features of the RT models comprise increased power because of the internal combustion or IC engine. The variations come in petrol, gas, combinations or diesel. This is considered necessary to handle the increased weights and steeper grades of 18 to 22 degrees that are usually connected with this specific style of scissor lift.