Safe operation of escalators and moving walks
SAFed's guidelines for the safe operation of escalators and moving walks was published in May last year. In the first of a two-part feature, Vince Sharpe reviews key elements for owners and operators
Thorough examination of escalators and moving walks
In the second of his two-part feature, Vince Sharpe reviews key elements of SAFed's new guidelines for the safe operation of escalators and moving walks aimed at the competent person carrying out thorough examinations
Uplifting engineering
Modern lifts are taking advantage of recent electronic and electromechanical technology advances to improve efficiency and cut emissions. Brian Tinham examines the background
Cost versus risk
Here's a thing. Suppose you've got condition monitoring in place on plant: if you find some equipment trending towards failure, what should you do? Or suppose you haven't gone the condition monitoring route, so you're running planned maintenance: how do you know you've got it right? For that matter, suppose plant is getting close to its recommended overhaul, but operations wants to keep going to the next major shutdown, what advice can you give?