LECS UK's CEO Dave Cooper began campaigning for statutory inspections of escalators 34 years ago and since 1998 has been calling for escalators to be included under the UK’s Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations (LOLER) necessitating mandatory independent “thorough examinations.” Here is an article he wrote in 1992! Escalator- A hazard without status He [...]
What is an authorising engineer for lifts? An NHS Authorising Engineer (Lifts) (AE) is an independent chartered engineer, like engineers at LECS UK, appointed by a healthcare organisation or NHS Trust to oversee the safety, compliance, and management of, lifts in accordance with Health Technical Memorandum 08-02 (HTM 08-02). Their responsibilities include appointing and monitoring Authorised Persons [...]
Abstract. Brake failures affect many types of equipment and while efforts have been made in standards to improve the outcome of a brake failure they still occur. The consequences of a failure can range from a near-miss to one or more fatalities. Many service technicians take the view that with the introduction of variable frequency drives [...]
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