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Aerial Work Platforms

AWP or aerial work platforms are engineered and designed to raise employees and their gear to a particular height so as to complete a job. The specific unit and manufacturer and kind of machine all varies. Before aerial work platforms were made, all tasks requiring work at high levels had to be done with scaffolding. Therefore, the invention of aerial work platforms has kept many employees safe and increased the overall productivity of similar jobs.



There are 3 main kinds of aerial work platforms. They are boomlifts, mechanical lifts and scissorlifts. These machines are able to be operated with pneumatics, mechanically making use of a rack and pinion system or by hydraulics or with screws. 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 in order to be transported.



John L. Grove was an American inventor and industrialist who is widely credited to developing the aerial work platform. However, in 1966, before the first unit of JLG, a company known as Selma Manlift introduced an aerial lift model.



In the year 1967, after selling his previous company Grove Manufacturing, John L. Grove together with 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 tragic event led John Grove to discover an untapped market for a new product which could safely lift employees in the air for them to perform maintenance and construction tasks in a better way.



Once John returned home from his vacation, he purchased a small metal fabrication company and formed a partnership along with 2 friends. They immediately started designing ideas for the aerial work platform. The new company was named JLG Industries Inc. They proudly released their very first aerial work platform during 1970 with the aid of 20 workers.

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