JCB Aerial Lifts Los Angeles

Aerial Work Platforms

AWP or aerial work platforms are engineered and designed to elevate workers and their tools to a particular height so as to do a task. The particular unit and manufacturer and kind of machine all varies. Before aerial work platforms were developed, all jobs which require work at high levels needed to be done with scaffolding. Therefore, the invention of aerial work platforms has increased the overall productivity of similar tasks and kept many workers safe.



There are 3 key kinds of aerial work platforms. They are scissor lifts, boomlifts and mechanical lifts. These machinery can be operated with pneumatics, mechanically using a rack and pinion system or by hydraulics or with screws. These units may be self-propelled with controls located at the platform, they may be unpowered units needing an external force to move them or be mounted to a vehicle in order to be transported.



The aerial work platform was devised by John L. Grove, an American inventor and industrialist. Nonetheless, in 1966, prior to the first model of JLG, a company known as Selma Manlift introduced an aerial lift unit.



In 1967, after selling his previous company Grove Manufacturing, John L. Grove and his wife decided to take a road trip. They decided to make a stop at Hoover Dam. While the couple was there, Grove unfortunately saw 2 workers electrocuted while they were working on scaffolding. This terrible incident led John Grove to discover an untapped market for a new product which can safely raise employees in the air for them to do construction and maintenance tasks in a better way.



John bought a small metal fabrication company and formed a partnership along with 2 friends, once he returned home from his vacation. The small company soon began designing ideas for the aerial work platform. The new business was named JLG Industries Inc. They proudly launched their very first aerial work platform in 1970 with the aid of 20 employees.

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