Escalator Combplates and Its Uses

All escalators are made to conveniently transport people to reach different floors; a great way to transport especially when you need to go to a floor with heavy baggage.  Escalator is generally safe to ride and use, but there are still numerous cases of accidents being reported due to escalator riding. This is due to the fact that people take for granted riding on it. Expectedly, accidents would surely take place. This usually happens to people who care less and took for granted the safety signs near the escalators.  They surely fall into accidents.

There was an estimation of 210 billion passengers of escalators per year.  This is only limited to United States and Canada estimation. So if we take the whole world into consideration, there would be more than a trillion of passengers riding the elevator a year. This estimation is quite a large number of passengers. This only indicates more people experiencing accidents like simple tripping, or fingers being stuck, legs amputation and severe head trauma caused by falling.

One of the many important parts of an escalator is the escalator combplates. Combs in the escalators as what it is known. They call it combplates because it looks just like a comb. It is a comb-like plate piece between the stationary floor plate and the moving step. The groove at the border has a series of cleats that really look like the teeth of a comb. This escalator combplates are very important to prevent objects from getting caught in the gap between the step and the floor. 

There are so many people who think that they do not have to pay attention when riding the escalator since the escalator combplates will make everything getting on and off board safe. If you, by any chance, think like this kind of people who think like this, then you have higher chances of experiencing accidents because the escalator is just the same as with other transportation that needs more attention. Riding an escalator is just like riding a bus or a train. You should give much attention or at least receive the same amount of attention. Without the knowledge of most people, an elevator has so many heavy moving machines installed inside it. Though the escalator combplates promote safe ride, it is our own responsibility and be reminded that it does not entirely mean that passengers should mindlessly ride on it.

There are people who think that escalator combplates have a way to grab someone’s clothing or shoes that might or succumb into the accident; though there were instances and cases where the passenger’s clothes and shoes were grabbed. Why people should put the blame to the escalator? People who are wearing loose clothes or wearing soft-soled shoes and are not careful usually trip and fall during their escalator ride. They should realize that escalators do not have minds of their own. Tripping and falling happened to them because their clothing and shoes were caught by the escalators combplates or by other machineries due to their lack of attention during the ride. To have a safe escalator ride, everyone should have common sense and this should be practice every time.