Industrial lifts have traditionally been used in production and manufacturing settings to help raise and lower supplies, workers, and merchandise. The scissor lift, also called a table lift, is an industrial lift that has been modified for retail and wholesale settings.
The majority of customers, 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 which performs like a lift truck. In a non-industrial kind of setting, the scissor lift is ideal for completing jobs that need the mobility or speed and moving of supplies and people above ground level.
The scissor lift is unique, able to raise employees straight up into the air. Instead, the scissor lift platform rises when the linked and folding supports under 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 unit's size and the purpose.
The rough terrain scissor lifts can either be powered by an electric motor or by hydraulics, although, it could be a bumpy ride for the employee in the lift going to the top. The scissor lift design keeps it from traveling with a constant velocity, rather than traveling slower with more extension or traveling faster during the middle of its journey.
An extremely common 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 that are often associated with this class of scissor lift.