Escalator
Escalator Internal Parts
ELEVATOR
Elevator Internal Parts
Well, there are many difference between elevator and escalator.
Escalators are necessary “moving stairs” that carrying public up or down between levels of a building. But elevator is a room type lift which hold few number of people at one time and transport people up and down between levels of building.
Elevators are used in multi storied buildings such as offices, apartments, banks, hospitals, etc. But escalator are used in malls, metro and railway station, etc.
Elevators are closed cabins abut Escalators are moving stairs.
Escalator consists of a motor driven chain on a individual track which cycle on a pair of tracks. An elevator is a type of vertical transportation that moves people or goods between levels of a building. It powered by electric motor that are attach traction cable and counterweight system just like a cylindrical piston.
Escalator are power boozer as they have to operate continuously, whereas elevators save electricity.
Elevator can carry only 10 to 15 people at one time. But escalator can carry more than 20 people at one time.
Escalators are energy guzzlers as they have to operate continuously, whereas elevators consume electricity only when in operation.
Patients, luggage, etc. can’t travel in escalator but can travel in Elevator.
Escalator does not require a specific machine room to control the system of escalator. But elevator require a specific machine room to control the elevator.
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