Educational Focus – Chapter 16
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Introduction
Accidents caused at the elevator door entranceway are either caused by the elevator car doors or the hoistway doors. Standard 2D detectors or mechanical edges only protect passengers from the car doors. Passengers who do not break a beam or make contact with the mechanical edge as the doors are closing may either be hit or pinched by hoistway doors. In this litigious society, why not protect against both hazardous situations?