Aerial work platform
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An aerial work platform, also an aerial device, aerial lift, boom lift, bucket truck, cherry picker, elevating work platform, mobile elevating work platform, or scissor lift, is a mechanical device us
Replacing an advertising poster in London using an aerial work platform.
Articulated lift being demonstrated
An extended scissor lift
JCB S1930E Scissor Lift at Rajiv Gandhi International Airport, Hyderabad
Scissors mechanism
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A scissors mechanism uses linked, folding supports in a criss-cross 'X' pattern.
Aerial work platform
…usually only move vertically. The mechanism to achieve this is the use of linked, folding supports in a criss-cross X pattern, known as a pantograph (or scissor mechanism). The upward motion is achieved by the application of pressure to the outside of the lowest set of supports, elongating the crossing pattern, and…
An example of a simple scissor lift