Industrial work tables previously offered little in terms of versatility. If only one work table was needed, then often just one was bought to accommodate the height of the typical worker. Unfortunately, of course, workers come in various heights, and the “typical height” table was not very user-friendly for many employees. Workers often tend to perform their tasks less quickly if what they’re working on is positioned at a height that doesn’t give them optimum visibility and reach. The invention and popularization of scissor lifts dramatically did away with this problem and enabled many thousands of workers to perform their tasks more quickly and often with greater precision than ever before. Please take a few moments to gain a brief overview of a very popular type of scissor lift – the portable scissor lift table. Doing so could easily help to increase the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of your facility.

Portable scissor lift table models are among the most utilized pieces of material handling equipment in the modern industrial workplace. Justifiably in very wide use, scissor lifts have dramatically increased the efficiency levels of many different types of businesses that have tasks involving the lifting and positioning of very heavy items. Among the most popular and cost-effective of all lift table types is the portable scissor lift. The portable scissor lift table is now essential equipment for a great many industrial businesses. A key reason for this is that its portability often makes it more versatile than stationary scissor lifts, and this versatility virtually always enables the plant or factory to operate with increased efficiency. If the work within the facility for some reason cannot be brought to them, then portable scissor lift tables can be brought to the work.

Virtually all top portable scissor lift table models are constructed of heavy-duty steel. The portable scissor lift table models are available in several different load capacities along with a number of different ranges for raised and lowered heights. As with considering the purchase of many types of industrial equipment, business managers should review their facilities’ projected requirements for a portable scissor lift before purchasing. What is the maximum load that you can ever foresee your scissor lift being required to raise? What is the maximum height that you can predict it will ever be required to reach? Clearly a huge purchasing error would be obtaining a portable scissor lift model that has less lifting capacity or a lower maximum raised height than some of your facility’s tasks will require.

Portable scissor lifts, apart from enabling a facility to operate more efficiency, also are important to cost-effectiveness in another vital aspect – that of ergonomics. Scissor lifts are key industrial safety equipment because they dramatically decrease instances of worker strain and injury due to manual heavy lifting. They significantly reduce instances of sudden back or neck injury, along with lifting-related injuries that can develop over time such as repetitive stress injuries. With this key injury-reducing aspect, portable scissor lifts, in addition to making a factory or plant more efficient, also significantly decrease medical costs as well as worker’s compensation claims due to lifting-related injuries. It is the customer’s responsibility to verify correctness of fit for applications.


Beacon Technology is a world-class provider of Portable Scissor Lift Table. Since 1949, the Beacon Brand has been serving dealers, architects, specifiers, designers, builders and buyers for commercial, industrial and government material handling equipment projects.Beacon has Portable Lift Tables that come in a wide array of co