Scissor Lift Uses

The thing all scissor lift models have in common is their ability to support a great deal of weight in the air, unlike smaller aerial lifts and boom lifts.

There are a great variety of ways that scissor lifts are used. Scissor lift models are designed for a wide variety to tasks, from high work platforms to heavy lifting in warehouses and storage buildings. Other common uses of scissor lifts include serving as disabled lifting platforms, dock levelers, processing stations, and stage lifts for technical or performance work.

There are several different makes and models of scissor lifts to meet the requirements of all the different ways they are used. The lift capacity of a scissor lift ranges from 100 - 20,000 kg. Some models are fixed, while others are mobile. There are a variety of ways they are powered including air/hydraulic, electrical/hydraulic, or good old fashioned manually powered. A well designed and manufactured machine can stand up to the toughest of applications and give years of safe reliable service.

The scissor lift manufactures design most of their machines with the industrial and commercial markets in mind. Whether new or used, there are a variety of uses for scissor lifts. Some of the many applications of a scissor lift include: museums that need to lift exhibit materials, dock leveling, furniture manufacturers that need to transport works in progress to different parts of the plant, moving materials from a warehouse to a showroom, to open and close fiberglass molding dies, and by tire manufactures to stack tires in their plant. Most of these jobs do not require the heavy duty scissor lifts that you see on construction sites, but rather smaller, stationary models. The thing all scissor lift models have in common is their ability to support a great deal of weight in the air, unlike smaller aerial lifts and boom lifts.

 

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