"Robin Mayes" wrote in message ...
"Boltar" wrote in message
om...

Given that I'm an engineer by trade whose worked on machinary thats a
*teensy*
bit complex than the glorified conveyor belts known as escalators I think
I
have half a clue about how complex they are to fix - ie not very. But in
good
old british tradition we keep getting spin about how they're so damn
complex
it takes months to fix and so bloody forth. Bull****. They're about as
simple
a bit of machinary as you can find, the REAL reason is LU and their sub
contractors couldn't organise a proverbial ****-up with less than 6 months
advanced notice.

Oh that'd be fun, wouldn't it, having contactors working between a machine
they're taking apart and one running! Grinding machines might just play
havoc with the fire alarm systems, bringing in steps and metal panels would
sure please the insurers too!

Wtf are you talking about?

Take apart escalator and shipping to factory - 1 week approx.

Refurbish and test at factory, well lets be kind and say 3 weeks.

Ship back to staton, rebuild and test - 2 weeks.

Thats 6 weeks and I've been pretty generous with the time. What exactly do they
do with the other 4.5 months out of the 6 it generally takes themn to fix these
things??

B2003