Engineering Plant Guide
LIFT AND CRANE
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Goods Lifts
- Description
- This type of equipment is used in a variety of commercial and industrial environments. Typically, goods lifts are used for the movement of goods from one level to another in locations such as factories, shopping malls and offices.
Such equipment comprises of a car or carrier moving along a fixed vertical path with interlocked landing doors, suspension ropes or chains, electric and hydraulic drive assemblies, safety devices and electric/electronic control systems. Goods lifts are used for carrying goods only and do not carry passengers.
- Periodicity of Inspection
- 12 months
- Why Inspect It
- The main hazards associated with this equipment are the entrapment of limbs in the moving elements, malfunction of drive assemblies and carrier free fall.
The mechanical failure of critical load bearing components and excessive wear in elements of the equipment can all compromise safety to persons operating the equipment.
