Engineering Plant Guide
LIFT AND CRANE
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Window Cleaning and Building Maintenance Equipment
- Description
- This type of equipment is used in a variety of commercial and industrial environments. Typically, window cleaning and building maintainence equipment is used for the raising and lowering of building maintenance personnel in locations such as shopping malls and offices.
Such equipment comprises of a carrier moving along a vertical path with suspension ropes, electric hoist and 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 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 using the equipment.
