NEW LIFT MACHINES FOR MRLs - IMPROVED ACCESSIBILITY FOR MAINTENANCE AND EMERGENCY OPERATIONS

摘要

With the spreading of MRL lifts, there is growing evidence within the Coordination Committee of the Notified Bodies -Lift and the representatives of the Member States at the Standing Committee Meeting for the implementation of the Lift Directive that many of the new type of lifts need to be improved in some major issues, such as: (1) Easier accessibility to the drive machine for the emergency operations. (2) Safe access to the working places for adjusting, repairing, replacing of machine parts, even when the machine is out of operation. (3) Need to have available hand winding wheel for rescue of trapped passengers in any load conditions. (4) Readily available means for the operations of easy disengagement of the safety gear, as traditionally possible when the machine is placed in a machine room.