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Aerial Work Platforms

AWP or aerial work platforms are engineered and designed to elevate employees and their tools to a certain height in order to complete a job. The particular model and manufacturer and type of machine all varies. Before aerial work platforms were made, all tasks requiring work at high levels needed to be done with scaffolding. Therefore, the invention of aerial work platforms has kept a lot of employees safe and increased the overall productivity of similar tasks.



There are 3 key kinds of aerial work platforms. They are boomlifts, mechanical lifts and scissorlifts. These equipment could be operated with pneumatics, mechanically utilizing a rack and pinion system or with screws or by hydraulics. These models may be self-propelled with controls at the platform, they may be unpowered units needing an external force to move them or be mounted to a vehicle so as to be transported.



The aerial work platform was created by John L. Grove, an American inventor and industrialist. However, during the year 1966, before the first unit of JLG, a company called Selma Manlift introduced an aerial lift unit.



John L. Grove together with his wife decided to take a road trip during the year 1967. This was after selling his previous company Grove Manufacturing. They opted to stop at Hoover Dam. While the couple was there, Grove unfortunately witnessed 2 employees electrocuted while they were working on scaffolding. This terrible event led John Grove to discover an untapped market for a new product that can safely raise employees in the air for them to perform construction and maintenance jobs in a better way.



John bought a small metal fabrication business and formed a partnership with 2 friends, when he returned home from his trip. The small company immediately began designing ideas for the aerial work platform. The new business was named JLG Industries Inc. They proudly released their first aerial work platform during the year 1920 with the aid of 20 employees.

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