Indoor platform lifts, everything you should know

Indoor platform lifts stand out for their high productivity, although this is only one of their many advantages. Below, we offer you a small guide with all the information you should know about indoor lifting platforms.

Main advantages of indoor platform lifts

The advantages of indoor lifting platforms are many and varied:

Indoor platform lifts are Eco-friendly

Indeed, indoor platform lifts are environmentally friendly because they are manual, hybrid or electric. They use energy in an extremely efficient way, to reduce the negative impact of a product that is usually used on a daily basis and whose harmful effects do not go unnoticed by the workers.

Perfect for construction, installation, or maintenance of building interiors

These indoor lifting platforms are generally used for construction, installation, or maintenance tasks inside buildings. We highlight again its high productivity.

If you want to do simple work on stable ground, this is the ideal choice. The stability data is given because this type of device does not allow a displacement of more than one meter.

Wide variety of indoor lifting platforms

In our article on lifting platforms for work at height, we mentioned the classification of the types of indoor lifting platforms, explaining that, sometimes, different systems are combined to achieve much more versatile and efficient tools.

In the case of indoor lifting platforms, there is a wide variety of them that we will present below.

Types of Indoor Lifting Platforms

As for combinations of indoor lifting platforms, there are three main types:

• Electric scissor lifts with vertical lift.
• Electric articulated platforms.
• Telescopic platforms or vertical mast with telescopic arm and rapid lifting advance.

Before entering one by one in each of them, we are going to leave a preliminary piece of information that will avoid confusion: all the platforms that we are going to explain reach heights from 6 to 20 meters in height and can support loads of between 350 and 450 kilograms.

Now, starting from this base, we are going to analyze the characteristics of each of the platforms.

Electric Scissor Lifts

These lifting tools for work at height, called electric scissors , due to their mode of operation, aim to support indoor work in which the ground on which it is going to be supported is not greater than 2%. If the slope is greater, the use of stabilizing jacks would be essential.

This platform is one meter long and generates less energy consumption compared to the outdoor model.

Electric Articulated Platforms

This platform stands out for being versatile. That is the word that defines it. And this versatility is given because it can be used both indoors and outdoors.

Another very remarkable fact is that electric articulated platforms are highly compact and robust. They reach from 11 to 16 meters in height and can support a weight of between 200 and 300 kilograms.

When it comes to working, you can quickly notice that they are more efficient in terms of consumption than other options. And it is precisely because of their electric nature that they are quieter and emit fewer gases to the outside.

Vertical mast platforms

They are used to work indoors with ceilings or walls that have a high height. The purpose of vertical mast platforms is to allow access to one person to perform hard-to-reach work at great heights. Also for tasks in the assembly of stands, installations, facility services, painting and façade, glassware…

Which lifting platform to choose?

The type of lifting platform to choose will depend on several factors such as weight, the desired meters to access and the maximum number of load capacity, among others.

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