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).
In
the extremely unlikely event all the cables snap, passengers should
not worry too much. Despite the way movies depict falling elevators,
real units have an intricate brake system that effectively halts an
elevator if it starts moving too fast.
Although there are a
large number of fail-safe systems installed in each elevator,
building management and elevator maintenance crews should not
completely rely on these fail-safes. These safety measures are most
effective when partnered with regular and thorough maintenance and
inspection.
Instruct your
maintenance crew to pay close attention to the condition of the
fail-safes. If your inspection reveals a weak point in any section of
the elevator, immediately call a machine shop that also does work on
elevators and order any necessary replacement parts.
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