Elevator Fail-Safes Need Regular Maintenance Too

Elevators are a safe and convenient way to get to any floor of your residential or office building. Each unit is outfitted with several fail-safe mechanisms that ensure the safety of passengers in case of an accident.

Elevators typically make use of several high-tension steel cables. In truth, each elevator only needs one cable to operate properly. However, several cables are used as a fail-safe to keep the elevator suspended in the event one cable snaps (this is very unlikely to happen if the unit is well-maintained).

Getting the screws back on alignment

The propeller drive shaft is one of the most important parts of the ship. During construction, the shaft is inserted with millimetric precision into the ship and interlocked with the engines. However, the rigours of maritime travel exert all manner of force into the shaft and the slightest damage will wreck the entire assembly, even trigger an unfortunate accident. As such, aligning the shaft is a tedious but important procedure.