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12-10-12, 10:31 PM
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Youve gone through disbelief and now are in denial. I've moved on to acceptance. Don't you think the plane impact could have caused the lift's 'spring' mechanism to have failed? Never say never: There are eyewitness reports of the elevator freefall effects in the twin towers 9/11. or this reccently: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...ere-party.html We take risks in everything we do, and getting in a lift is no different!
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13-10-12, 06:27 AM
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Also if the cable snapped it would not feed through aforementioned speed brake, the lift would just fall.
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13-10-12, 08:39 AM
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Re: INTERESTING FACT OF THE DAY
The Otis brakes work as a ratchet system on the walls of the shaft, also multiple cables hold an elevator each one capable of holding the elevator fully loaded.
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13-10-12, 08:41 AM
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A source told the paper: “The elevator went into a free-fall with the door open, and the emergency brake kicked in, stopping them between floors.' |
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13-10-12, 10:09 AM
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I have had the pleasure of watching rope shortening on a lift and one rope is the same dia and construction to a small crane rope
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19-10-12, 02:07 PM
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1000 years ago there were no glaciers or ice sheets on the planet. It was too warm.
Bloody Global warming.... oh wait... It was followed by the Little Ice Age, 400 years ago! C Last edited by Berlin; 19-10-12 at 02:10 PM. |
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19-10-12, 03:36 PM
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Most modern lifts rarely use their brakes to stop, they regulate the speed via the motor and use a electric motor map (speed profile between sensors) so the motor does all the work. The brakes are applied when the lift goes into 'standby'
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19-10-12, 03:36 PM
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19-10-12, 10:19 PM
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The USA spends more per year on porn than the entire national debt for sub-Saharan Africa!
God bless 'em that's a lot of porn! |
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20-10-12, 08:14 PM
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