升降平台，是一种多功能起重装卸机械设备。升降平台可分为：固定式和移动式、导轨式、曲臂式、固定是有：剪叉式升降货梯、链条式升降机、装卸平台及附着式电动施工平台等。移动式分为：四轮移动式升降平台、二轮牵引式升降平台、汽车改装式升降平台、手推式升降平台、手摇式升降平台、交直流两用升降平台、电瓶车载式升降平台、 自行式升降平台、柴油机曲臂自行式升降平台、折臂式升降平台、套缸式升降平台、铝合金升降平台。
升降平台适用于宾馆、饭店、商场的室内装修、空间灯线、管路、门窗的维修保养及清洁，高层布展，也适用于面积或空间狭窄工房内的高空作业。
如何选购升降平台：
随着现在社会科学技术的发展，升降平台已经普及到社会生活的各个角落，运用越来越广泛，不管是建筑，土木工程，及人们的日常生活都离不开升降机械，升降机市场供不应求，从侧面可以看出，现在社会发展迅速，带动整个行业的发展以及人们的需求，然而作为购买者如何在市面选择好的升降机械成为当今重要话题。
(1)选购升降机械，不能盲目选购，要做好充分的市场调研，以及实地考察，确定其公司的规模以及其信誉程度。这是首要的也是必须的。作为购买者不能贪图一点价格的小便宜而酿成更大的遗憾。
(2)综合你所调查的资料，选择性价比比较好的升降机械，要从它的技术参数以及实用性和通用性上进行选择，通常升降机械有很多种，包括(车载式，固定式，液压，剪叉式等)每种的技术参数及用途都有些许不同，但也有许多功能有相似的地方，因此，作为顾客你要带有目的性的的选购，即你买升降机械式要做什么，以及哪种升降机械能满足你的需要并且用途多。
(3)后一点是，设备到货后，开箱验收时要检查随机技术资料是否齐全，随机配件、工具、附件是否与清单一致，设备及配件是否有损伤、缺陷等，并做好开箱验收记录。

中译英：
Lifting platform, is a kind of multifunctional lifting handling machinery and equipment. The lifting platform can be divided into: fixed and mobile, guide rail type, arm type, fixation: a shearing fork type lifting elevator, chain hoists, loading and unloading platform and attached type electric construction platform. Movable type is divided into: four wheel mobile elevating platform, two wheel traction lift platform, modified car lifting platform, hand push type lifting platform, a lifting platform, lifting platform, AC/DC accumulator vehicular type lifting platform, lifting platform, self-propelled diesel engine crank arm type lifting platform, folding arm elevating platform, a sleeve cylinder type lifting platform, aluminum lift platform.
Lifting platform suitable for guesthouses, hotels, shopping malls decoration, space light line, pipeline, the repair and maintenance and cleaning, high level exhibition, also applies to the area or narrow space studio in high-altitude operation.
How to choose the lifting platform:
Along with society the development of science and technology, lifting platform has spread to every corner of social life, more and more widely used, whether it is architecture, civil engineering, and people's daily life is inseparable from the lifting machinery, elevator market demand, from the side you can see, now rapidly developing society, drive the development of whole industry and the needs of people, but how in the market as the buyers to choose good lifting machinery has become the important topic.
(1) the purchase of lifting machinery, not blindly purchase, you should make a full market research, and on the spot investigation, determine the company's scale and the degree of credibility. This is the first and essential. As a purchaser cannot covet is a small price cheap and lead to greater regret.
(2) general you survey data, choose a good cost-effective lifting machinery, from its technical parameters and practicability and universality of choice, usually there are many kinds of lifting machinery, including(mobile, fixed, hydraulic scissors, etc.)each kind of technical parameters and use somewhat different, but there are many functional similarities, therefore, as a customer you with purpose of purchase, you bought a lifting mechanical what to do, and what kind of lifting machinery to meet your needs and uses.
(3) finally, the arrival of equipment, checking out of the box when acceptance random technical data are complete, accessories, tools, accessories consistent with inventory, equipment and accessories for damage, defects, and make the acceptance records.
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