Inventions are made to help man to withstand the fast moving cycle of life. We are on the era of innovation and robotics. Artificial intelligence and different advance sciences, all of this invention and equipment are build to let mankind have an easy and comfortable life. We always want a fast moving life, a faster way of travel, fast food, a faster internet connection; we always want things that we need in an instant. We want to be comfortable at the same time moves faster. That’s why equipments like elevators, escalators and moving walkways are widely used all around the globe. Escalators are used to move pedestrian traffic in places where elevators would be impractical. It may be just a moving staircase but it saves you lots of time when traveling inside a building or shopping centers, it also helps people find places like exits and exhibit areas.
The invention of the escalator maybe the most useful invention that many people uses every day. Every invention or equipment must be safe especially if lots of people will be using it. That’s why escalator uses comb plates. Escalator combplates is a section or steel plate with teeth that mesh with step cleats at the boarding and landing areas. As you will notice that each step gets to the end of the escalator, the grooves thread into the escalator combplates at either the top or bottom so that shoes, luggage or other objects are push upward by its teeth, keeping it safe from getting stuck. It also prevent fingers, feet or trash and foreign objects from getting caught between the moving steps and the floor plate. Escalator combplates are used in moving walkways in the transition area between the steps, moving parts and the fixed parts in the areas of the entrance and exit landings. It is very important to have an exact positioning of the steps, as the steps pass through the comb plates. The escalator combplates is place between the moving steps and the stationary floor plates. It is called comb plates because its edge has a series of cleats that resemble the teeth of a comb. The teeth of the comb plates match the cleats on the edge of the steps to minimize the gap between the stair and the landing in which helps to prevent objects from getting stuck in the gap. To increase the safety of the passenger using the escalator the natural yellow color of the material provides a good visual warning of the transition between fixed and moving parts. As another safety feature of the escalator a round light is installed on the interior panel at the boarding and landing areas. They also installed comb light to provide lighting at comb level at the terminal ends of an escalator for increased illumination, this can be seen on train stations, or outside escalators where heavy traffic flow of passenger is always seen.
We always want fast service, fast travel, easy and comfortable; inventions and future equipment was made to make this possible but we must keep in mind that our safety must be our primary concern.
The invention of the escalator maybe the most useful invention that many people uses every day. Every invention or equipment must be safe especially if lots of people will be using it. That’s why escalator uses comb plates. Escalator combplates is a section or steel plate with teeth that mesh with step cleats at the boarding and landing areas. As you will notice that each step gets to the end of the escalator, the grooves thread into the escalator combplates at either the top or bottom so that shoes, luggage or other objects are push upward by its teeth, keeping it safe from getting stuck. It also prevent fingers, feet or trash and foreign objects from getting caught between the moving steps and the floor plate. Escalator combplates are used in moving walkways in the transition area between the steps, moving parts and the fixed parts in the areas of the entrance and exit landings. It is very important to have an exact positioning of the steps, as the steps pass through the comb plates. The escalator combplates is place between the moving steps and the stationary floor plates. It is called comb plates because its edge has a series of cleats that resemble the teeth of a comb. The teeth of the comb plates match the cleats on the edge of the steps to minimize the gap between the stair and the landing in which helps to prevent objects from getting stuck in the gap. To increase the safety of the passenger using the escalator the natural yellow color of the material provides a good visual warning of the transition between fixed and moving parts. As another safety feature of the escalator a round light is installed on the interior panel at the boarding and landing areas. They also installed comb light to provide lighting at comb level at the terminal ends of an escalator for increased illumination, this can be seen on train stations, or outside escalators where heavy traffic flow of passenger is always seen.
We always want fast service, fast travel, easy and comfortable; inventions and future equipment was made to make this possible but we must keep in mind that our safety must be our primary concern.