Safety & Codes

Governors, safeties, buffers, testing procedures and the code clauses behind them.

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• Acceptance and periodic tests: what is measured, and what proves it
  The test sequence a new or altered unit must survive and the recurring tests an existing unit must keep passing - with the records that make…
• Entrapment response: the procedure, the communication and the paperwork
  What to do when people are in a stopped car - the sequence that keeps them safe, the information the responder needs, and the follow-up that…
• Escalators and moving walks: the components that generate the calls
  Step chain, handrail, comb, brake and skirt - how an escalator differs from an elevator in service terms, and where its failures concentrate.
• Pit and hoistway examination: what to look at and in what order
  A repeatable hoistway and pit inspection sequence - access, clearances, devices, housekeeping - with the findings that require the unit to come out of service.
• Service safety practice: the habits that prevent the incidents
  Lockout, car-top discipline, pit entry, rescue and the two-person rule - the working practices that decide whether a routine job becomes an incident.
• The safety chain and governor: what protects the car and how to test it honestly
  Overspeed detection, safety gear, slack rope devices, buffers and the pit switches - what each device does, how they are wired into the chain, and how…
• Which code clause applies? A practical map of ASME A17.1 and EN 81
  How the two main elevator safety codes are organised, which edition applies to an existing installation, and how to answer the question that comes up in…

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