Elevator & escalator safety features

Today's lift systems adhere to strict safety codes and standards and incorporate a wide variety of features designed to help reduce the chances of accidents and give passengers a quick, dependable ride. Some of the numerous safety features offered include:

• Safety brakes
• Door sensors
• Door closing devices
• Hoistway door interlocks
• Hoistway safety switches
• Door restraints
• Emergency evacuation feature
• Pit buffers
• Emergency alarm switches
• Emergency telephones or communications devices
• Emergency lighting
• Emergency power
• Fire emergency systems.
  

Today's escalators and moving walks are designed to adhere to strict safety code requirements, and incorporate a variety of safety features designed to encourage proper ridership and prevent accidents.Some of the safety features offered include:

• Sensors to trigger automatic shutdown if a component is outside of its normal position
  
• Skirt brushes to help prevent objects from being caught in the escalator
• Handrail motion detectors
• Step integrity monitors
• Missing step monitors
• Combplate detectors
• Step level monitors
• Skirt switches
• Emergency stop buttons
• Controlled stop braking
• Understep lighting
• Yellow combfingers
• Handrail guards.