Elevator Safety Tips, Myths & Truths | Hybon Elevators and Escalators

Every year, there are many accident cases booked due to elevator failure or damage. Companies that offer installation and maintenance of the lift ensure that there is a regular maintenance and give knowledge to users about the safety tips and myths. There are many myths and truths about the escalators about which the user must be informed to use it safely. Companies like Hybon Elevators and Escalators provide all the safety guidelines for its customer to avoid any kind of failure or accident resulting to loss of life.

Let us check some of the safety measures on using elevators in Office or Home:

Before and after Entering Escalators:

• Never use any kind of canes or walkers while entering escalator
• Never ride on escalator barefoot or loose shoelaces
• Step on the escalator promptly with right leg to avoid falling
• Do hold the handrail while going upwards and downwards.
• Never run opposite direction of the escalators

Guidelines while boarding  elevators:

• Do check the weight and number of people it can carry, if you're in a group
• Never overload the lift as it may get stuck in midway
• Always stand aside the lift as people leaving it will get space and you can enter easily

Guidelines while riding on the elevators:

• Stand back besides when inside the lift
• Never put your hand or leg in between the door while closing
• Push or pull the alarm button to call for the assistance when stuck
• Follow the instruction written inside the lift

Escalator Myths and Truths:

Myth 1: Steps could flatten out and cause people to slide down

Truth: Every step has triangular structure having tread and riser supported on the track, which cannot  make the steps flatten

Myth 2: Escalators move too fast

Truth: Escalator moves quite slowly but the myth is believed because we stand still on the escalator and everything around fast and moving.

Myth 3: Escalators stops and re-starts by self

Truth: Escalators can only stop if there are any technical issues or someone presses Stop button.

About Hybon Elevators and Escalators

Established in 2010, Hybon Elevators over the years has become the Top 5 Lift Companies in Delhi offering different types of elevators according to the structure. Backed by the team of highly skilled and experienced technicians, the company ensures complete customer satisfaction and long term relationship.

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Most Effective Way to keep the Elevator Running

The most irritating thing to see when you enter the building is the board of 'Out of Service" at elevator gate. Walking on the staircase is the most tiring thing, especially if you want to reach on high-rise floor. Building residents always expects 100% reliable transportation service and face no inconvenience. Regular maintenance is very important to keep it running and avoid the high cost of maintenance during its failure. Companies like Hybon Elevators and Escalators offer complete low cost maintenance to ensure the running of lift without any failure.

If your lift was built in the old style and has been regularly failing to run, then it’s time to spend some money to modernize it. Postponing of elevator modernization will eventually lead to high cost of maintenance and is also prone to accident.

Some basic issues of elevator:

Basic elevator problems are system downtime and slow operation. However, other major issues are high energy use and electrical noise generation. So it is important to understand the basic problem and solving the issue.

Some of the effective ways to keep elevator running:

1. Consider Vandalism: Elevators are easy targets of natural vandals and make it impossible to prevent any kind of vandalism. The best way is to reduce the frequency of vandalism. Experts usually install vandal-resistant interiors and control panels for reducing the incidents and cost for damage.
2. Checking of Wait Times: An elevator taking long time to come down or go up can be time consuming. So it is important to check the wait times of the lift. Measuring the time spent waiting for the time spent waiting for the elevator during the peak time will certainly help in maintaining the time. Long wait and slow performance of the lift is certainly the cause of malfunction

Benefits of having regular maintenance:

1. Helps in increasing the life of the existing equipment
2. Eliminates common problems like regular halt, heavy machine sound, inoperative safety device, etc.
3.  Lessons the cost of building owners in back to back maintenance work

·        About Hybon Elevators and Escalators

Established in 2010, Hybon Elevators over the years has become the best lift company in Delhi offering different types of elevators according to the structure. Backed by the team of highly skilled and experienced technicians, the company ensures complete customer satisfaction.