Engineering Plant Guide
LIFT AND CRANE
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Passenger Lifts
- Description
- Passener lifts are used in a variety of commercial and industrial environments. Typically, this equipment is used for the movement of passengers from one level to another in locations such as factories, shopping malls, offices, hospitals, railway and underground stations.
Such equipment comprises of a car moving along a fixed vertical path with interlocked landing doors, suspension ropes or belts, electric and hydraulic drive assemblies, safety devices and electric/electronic control systems.
- Periodicity of Inspection
- 6 months
- Why Inspect It
- The main hazards associated with this equipment are the entrapment of limbs in the moving elements, malfunction of drive assemblies, tripping and car free fall.
The mechanical failure of critical load bearing components and excessive wear in elements of the equipment can all compromise safety to persons using the equipment.
