Description

SJEC Escalator Handrail Belt

An escalator is a moving staircase that carries people between floors of a building or structure. It consists of a motor-driven chain of individually linked steps on a track that cycle on a pair of tracks that keep them horizontal.

Escalators are often used around the world in places where lifts would be impractical, or they can be used in conjunction with them. Principal areas of usage include department stores, shopping malls, airports, transit systems (railway/railroad stations), convention centers, hotels, arenas, stadiums, and public buildings.

Escalators have the capacity to move large numbers of people. They have no waiting interval (except during very heavy traffic).