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Aerial Work Platforms

The AWP or aerial work platform is a machine engineered and designed to raise employees and gear to a particular height for the completion of jobs. The kind of equipment varies with the particular make and unit. Before aerial work platforms were made, all jobs that need work at high levels needed to be done with scaffolding. Therefore, the invention of aerial work platforms has kept a lot of workers safe and increased the overall productivity of similar tasks.



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



John L. Grove was an American inventor and industrialist who is widely credited to devising the aerial work platform. Nevertheless, during the year 1966, before the very first unit of JLG, a company referred to as Selma Manlift introduced an aerial lift unit.



In 1967, after selling his previous company Grove Manufacturing, John L. Grove along with his wife decided to take a road trip. They decided to stop at Hoover Dam. While the couple was there, Grove unfortunately saw 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 raise workers safely in the air for them to do maintenance and construction jobs in a better way.



Once John returned home from his vacation, he purchased a small metal fabrication company and formed a partnership with 2 friends. They soon began designing ideas for the aerial work platform. The new business was called JLG Industries Inc. They proudly released their very first aerial work platform during the year 1920 with the aid of 20 workers.

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