LIFT Academy
Overview
LIFT members meet regularly to commonly standardize the design, performance, and safety requirements of scissor lift equipment. (ANSI MH29.1 – Safety Requirements for Industrial Scissor Lifts)
What is LIFT?
Industrial lift equipment safely lifts people and materials in the manufacturing and distribution environment. Types of lift equipment includes, Adjustable Worker Elevation Platforms, Industral /Tilters, Lift Tables, Pallet Rotator or Pallet Inverter and Stackers.
How are Lifts used?
Lifts are used for raising, lowering, transferring, and positioning people, materials, and equipment. Lifts aim to improve the working interface between people, equipment, and materials by reducing injury, increasing productivity, and eliminating wasted motion while providing a significant return on investment. The versatility of lifts offers a solution to various challenges to optimize workflow and ensure worker safety. They can be used to lift light or extremely heavy loads from a few inches to more than 20 feet. They can be surface-mounted, pit mounted, or portable, depending on the need. In addition, lifts come in many options, including platform configurations, automation controls, raising and lowering speeds, actuation, and more.
Types of lift equipment include:
Dock Lift
A stationary or portable scissors lift is used in dock areas to transfer loads (typically wheeled loads) from a fixed elevation to a vehicle; the lift is operated from the platform, which may include the rider(s) and the operator. Most dock lifts are permanently installed in concrete pits, but some scissors-style lifts are portable for use in multiple locations, such as truck delivery areas with no elevated dock or where recessed pits are not feasible.
Lift Table
A stationary, portable, or transport scissor lift used to raise, lower, stack, convey, and/or transfer material from one elevation to another. No riders are allowed on the platform. Scissor lifts provide the most stable, dependable, and versatile method of lifting heavy loads. Because of their simplicity and few moving parts, maintenance-free bushings, and wide acceptance by customers, scissor tables provide many years of trouble-free operation for a relatively small capital investment. Scissor lift mechanisms are easily modified by narrowing, widening, combining, or stacking to achieve an extremely wide array of configurations to effectively move loads of virtually any size and/or capacity to heights of 20 feet or more. Hydraulic scissor lifts are the most popular, versatile, and economical of all actuation styles, but completely pneumatic or mechanical scissors tables are also available - depending on the demands of the application.
Scissors Lift, Mobile
A work access lift designed for lateral movement where: 1) there may be material on the lift platform, 2) there may be operators or other riders on the lift platform during lateral movement, 3) the lift platform may be in a raised position during lateral movement, and 4) the lateral movement is restricted to a predetermined path via tracks, grooves, or other physical guides.
Scissors Lift, Portable
A scissors lift designed for lateral movement from one stationary workstation to another where: 1) there is no load on the lift platform during lateral movement, 2) there are no operators or other riders on the lift platform during lateral movement, 3) the lift platform is in the fully lowered position during lateral movement, and 4) the lateral movement is unrestricted.
Scissors Lift, Transport
A lift table designed for lateral movement where: 1) there may be a load on the lift platform during lateral movement, 2) there are no operators or other riders on the lift platform, 3) the lift platform may be in a raised position during lateral movement, and 4) the lateral movement may be unrestricted.
Work Access Lift
A stationary, portable, or mobile scissors lift operated from the platform which may include rider(s) in addition to the operator; the lift may be used to transfer material from one elevation to another.
