How does an Escalator work?

We use it all the time but most people have never actually seen the inner workings of an escalator!
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⌚Timestamps:
00:00 - Intro
00:20 - Escalators History
01:05 - How they're used
01:43 - Variations
01:57 - Inside of an Escalator
02:46 - Step Chain
03:41 - Escalator Motor
04:28 - Comb Plate
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📼Video Summary:
I've animated the inside to give you a detailed look at the steps, step chain, gears, handrail, and the motor. My favorite part is how the steps always stay level when they're on top. In this video we also take a look at how escalators layouts such as side by side or the criss-cross configuration. And yes...they really do have spiral escalators! Maybe I'll cover that in a future video.
#b3d #Escalator #HowItWorks

[@JaredOwen]

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[@rhodolfo90]

Suggestion for next video: How does a mechanical alarm clock work?

[@prateekpanwar646]

I thought of making escalator for my physics project. Was looking for such video around 2 months ago. Finally got it

[@saumilsunilshah5663]

How's blender 2.8

[@hamidsdna321]

Jared, thanks! Great job! Would you please also consider modeling hi speed travelator. It's a moving walkway in which each segment has two parts that can expand. It slows down gradually at the beginning and at the end so people can get on and off, but the speed at the middle is always fast! I found this short video from one in Toronto, Canada. kzbin.info/www/bejne/fafJd2eKmr2tbbc

[@1tzKaii]

Jared Owen love your vids!! So fascinating! Please do “how does a stapler work “

[@Joshua_Knowles_]

There is an escalator in a mall near me that has glass sides so you can see the inside of the escalator, it's so cool

[@rr____7-j4y]

me too

[@juanda680]

They should make them all like that

[@NoneTaken]

same

[@edma06]

JD it’s dangerous

[@edma06]

Cool

[@jartexnetworkreports5599]

Am I the only one who never saw a spiral escalator?

[@psirvent8]

Oh no ! You're definitely not I think they only have them in Japan or something like that...

[@JaredOwen]

I had never seen one before researching for this video😁

[@lukasotto4300]

There's one in Caesars palace

[@lufr_7511]

Nah

[@planarian1772]

@@psirvent8 naah, they have then in many places. Just rare because they take more space than the normal straight ones.

[@suhasdotcom]

Thanks. I remember pre-internet times and how hard it was to get education about how things work and what all design principles should be used. I am thankful to people like you who spread free education on how things work by making these fabulous animations. Thanks again.

[@edwardbernays920]

Why I am seeing your comment in red?

[@suhasdotcom]

@@edwardbernays920 I am not so sure but maybe because I donated via Thanks.

[@joenest7769]

@@sweetblues3230 uh what?

[@izzdanishmohdzaki3349]

@@sweetblues3230 🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿

[@samanthaschnetzler7812]

@@sweetblues3230 you don't have any videos

[@mingDynasty29]

I think you forgot about the mostly underrated features of the escalator the" Shoe cleaner"

[@katdoestuffYT]

Yep!

[@stephend]

🤣🤣

[@kaustavchakraborty23]

😂😂

[@jakerazmataz852]

Or the leg remover. Only available on the Chinese models.

[@yourdad7682]

@@jakerazmataz852 it's very helpful to make mince meat.

[@ir2001]

Let's take a moment to appreciate the effort put into this animation

[@spinkicker27]

How to make these? AutoCAD?

[@atrudokht]

Ilham Maulana AutoCad is mainly for technical 2D drawings. For 3D modeling you can use either: 3Dsmax, Blender, Sketchup, Rhinoceros, etc. Each of them can make their own style animation and some needs plugins for more complex modifications. I’m also 3D artist myself, check my works at 3d-rendering-edsons.business.site/?

[@Kie-7077]

Nope, Want to see how on earth the curving escalator works.

[@BinaryKiller_Recoded]

Wait a minute???? There are spiral variants???? I have never heard of this madness!! I wanna see it!

[@emekmek3197]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/qX6qYqGihs5omMk ,

[@jaydenshi7745]

@@emekmek3197 stop it why did u do it

[@Rockosokyo]

Go to vages there’s a lot

[@danielculver2209]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/gZXFZ2Cai76lm7c

[@ms.pirate]

☝☝☝By the time its not edited by the guy above me, this link is real, and relatable to this comment Edit: added emojis

[@joeyager8479]

Nice animation. I did design work on escalators about 48 years ago. Wish that we could've had solid modelling back then - it would've been so much faster doing design layouts.

[@JoeAyres]

Was it a step by step process?

[@southernflatland]

@@JoeAyres One step forward, two steps back...

[@barnacleboi2595]

@@JoeAyres Lol nice pun. Great stepping stone for other people to bounce other puns off this comment.

[@lowercentenary]

​@@barnacleboi2595 I think you meant stepping step...

[@liamdegreef408]

“I’m gonna go to sleep early tonight” Me at 3 am:

[@electro5175]

liam De Greef I was looking for this comment xD😂😂

[@QS1597]

It’s currently 21:30 lol

[@andrewj3177]

@@QS1597 4.52 here😭

[@umar7151]

I'm not sleep yet it's 5Am

[@RowOfMushyTiT]

Sheeet was 3 am when i read this

[@mohammedarmaan4553]

Everyone: show us the spiral escalator

[@seol3075]

No one *

[@adamstrickland6749]

Jordan Hicks 39 people*

[@levilion4267]

@@seol3075 53 people*

[@toot5005]

59 people*

[@lukedhoffman12]

@@seol3075 77 people

[@vasya20]

Escalator lore

[@TheDigitalThreat]

So simplistic while at the same time a great piece of engineering.

[@NoName-fn5ek]

Tell me im not the only one who doesnt know Spiral escalators exist

[@clashwithanonymous3979]

No

[@alistair5309]

I didn't know either lol

[@edgaryh]

So you still dont know?

[@kommissarlive9773]

Well straighten it before it escalates

[@NoName-fn5ek]

@Luan Santos Sorry to burst your bubble but if look at the other replies, I can surely say I wasn't the only one. Try harder to make a joke next time bud :)

[@rez188]

"it's hard to imagine a modern world without the escalator" So stairs?

[@XavierAncarno]

IKR 🤣

[@DrWhom]

Yes but airports and warehouses would look very different

[@awardiente]

Levitation my g

[@SirKolass]

What are stairs?

[@salzy2]

Lifts?

[@alcoholic2412]

An escalator can never break, it can only become stairs---Steven Wright

[@Willzilla]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZnOXpn6wbbCVaLc dont think this really applies.

[@mosh1986]

it can eat people though.

[@Haarschmuckfachgeschafttadpole]

That's actually from Mitch Hedberg

[@Yaboibarel]

@@mosh1986 so can most things

[@dogwalker666]

The belt can snap and fall off.

[@johnhickman106]

I just saw the mechanism up-close for the first time today in a shopping mall in Poznan, Poland. The exterior is made with clear plexiglass so that you can see the details. Very neat and that's what brought me to this video today.

[@keitatsutsumi]

I’ve noticed that the handrail seems to always move slightly faster than the steps, why is that?

[@Bitrey]

Because that prevents you from falling backwards

[@richardwolfendale8783]

That just depends on the size of the cogs and gears you use to connect the handrail to the motor

[@Spavlia]

It is intended to keep riders alert so that they occasionally have to shift their grip.

[@ChristopherPayneMUA]

I was about to post this exact same thing.

[@iannickCZ]

Focus people.

[@MarcoPurovesi]

Me: ”I’m going to go to sleep now” Me one hour later:

[@izyaboi9844]

Me: "ok im gonna study" *Me 15 mins later*

[@PABLOARTUROCAAMALPERES]

Me too 🤣

[@alistair5309]

Potato!

[@KliK465]

Me too! And it's 6am so I think it would be the last one (но это не точно)

[@crazeaters1646]

Same!

[@Travecation]

I still remember how I was mesmerized the first time I saw these moving stairs as a kid

[@CZghost]

I'm not sure about escalators in US, but here in Europe, the handrail moves slightly faster than the stairs. This is intentional, because it keeps you aware of your surroundings and thus keeps you awake. If you fell asleep on the escalators, you might end up in hospital after a rather curious accident.

[@thetan7063]

How does anyone fall asleep on escalator? It's less than 30 seconds ride not an hour

[@VantaDraws]

@@thetan7063You never know

[@KoenigPixel]

thats not true in germany they move at the same speed so idk what youre talking about

[@StarReveurMA]

My shoes: Dirty The side escalator brushes: Allow me to introduce ourselves

[@renaldsunset]

***Mingot Army*** so it’s not only me

[@mahamoudirshad875]

I believe that’s the real purpose for it

[@rishi_1003]

Grammar 100

[@Vk_1111]

@@rishi_1003 grammar *

[@rishi_1003]

@@Vk_1111 Destruction 100

[@CollectionFreak]

4:20 is actually not true. The handrail and steps dont move at the same speed. The handrails move a tiny bit faster to make sure that the person standing on the steps is always pulled forward and not backwards when a lot of people are holding on to the railing! To prevent you from falling backwards

[@omniyambot9876]

CollectionFreak thanks

[@adzrulzamri2116]

Now i know

[@C.I...]

Surely a toothed belt would let it be the same speed?

[@CaptainLoony]

In Japan handrails work exactly the way the video teaches them. It must be an American thing.

[@thomasrichardson8327]

C. H. Look up, gear ratios :P

[@davids9027]

Please continue making these excellent visual explanations of how things work

[@starbase218]

Actually most escalators (that I used anyway) will have the handrail moving a bit faster than the steps. I looked it up and one reason I found has to do with wear, over time reducing the handrail speed. So this way, they get a better service life out of it. Another reason I found is safety. It would actually go faster on escalators going up, and slower on ones going down (which I think is also what I’ve seen). If someone who counts on the handrail for balance falls, they’d fall on the escalator upwards. I think my father (who was a maintenance technician in a large department store) actually mentioned the safety reason to me.

[@AreaofInterestTV]

What goes around comes around

[@chucho2OO5]

I see what you did there

[@Geoffr524]

If that weren’t true then you would have totally random stairs or stairs deleted at the end.

[@tylnozcn27]

Indeed

[@shamsmsma9159]

kzbin.info/door/LkkcELrmONsFDvxpz00FWA

[@littlestlxyla4718]

“What goes around comes back around (yeah)”.

[@Betoruffo]

Me at 3AM “I don’t need sleep, I need answers”

[@andres_26_yt31]

Me too xD

[@andres_26_yt31]

Me at 2:56 am :v I'll we go to sleep

[@suprinky4326]

Same!!!!!!!!!!!

[@uncleg4783]

Ok Sheldon Cooper :)

[@anurupabarua1429]

Wow! Thanks for sharing this video.

[@SWExplore]

Jared, you are amazing!! I recall as a young boy riding on an escalator that had steps made of wood! It was in an old department store called 'Ogilvy's' in Montreal Canada in the late 50s.

[@herbderbler1585]

"It's really important that the handrail move at the exact same speed as the steps." Anyone who has ever held on to the handrail the whole way knows that's not exactly true.

[@TheEmeraldSword04]

I'm sure engineers are trying their best to perfect it.

[@FXP1688]

Yes they are slightly faster on purpose to prevent somebody from falling backwards.

[@godfreypoon5148]

We occasionally run it in the opposite direction. For the lulz.

[@Alcosmos_]

@Yebina Katya shush spammer

[@downstream0114]

@@FXP1688 At our local mall the one going downward jerks slightly forward.

[@korprikall9000]

KZbin: "how does an escalator work?" Me at 3:47 am: "I don't need sleep I need answers!

[@abtix]

Its 3:51 rn😭

[@cardenas5285]

Lol i'm not the only one

[@EnnTomi1]

3:22am for me right now. holy.

[@ra_alf9467]

2:55 pm for me right now, I'm from Indonesia

[@ashrafulhaque8759]

Animation as good as it gets. Excellent job! Thanks.

[@fsj197811]

Cool, thanks for sharing. :)

[@deroffiziellekoala9954]

See ya in 4 years when this is on the startpage again

[@angelux079]

No

[@SupremeLeaderKimJong-un]

We have escalators that lead to the world’s deepest metro

[@papalouie5517]

Oh not again you

[@onemusicalboi9583]

Yea again not you

[@richardwolfendale8783]

😂

[@williamwashburn7665]

Hmm suspicious much

[@colliestar27]

Oh thanks Kim, interesting fact

[@chrisalex82]

This is actually interestung

[@screwsnutsandbolts]

Superb videos 👍

[@Jaymac720]

“It’s really important that the hand rail move at the *exact same speed* as the steps” which they often don’t

[@AshesOfEther]

I have never been on an escalator where the hand rail moved at the wrong speed.

[@Jaymac720]

Tobias SN every escalator I’ve been on, the handrail moves slightly too fast

[@mirhasanoddname]

In some escalators you can definitely feel it and see it too. In one I used many times after 1 minute your arm is straight in front of you because of the handrail going faster

[@johnathanjormungand]

In a subway station's their speed's don't match *ON PURPOSE* . For example, if u moving upstairs, handrail will be *faster* , than steps rail -> you'll be forced to _lean forward_ (if u hold on to it) -> you, most likely _do not fall_ on your back, even if u fall asleep. Same principle on going downstairs...

[@marjunamaya8343]

Its simply known as "My hand's treadmill"

[@13thravenpurple94]

Great work THank you

[@marwynnsworld9390]

0:06 Yes. I have. In Japan, they have these glass escalators in malls where you can see through them. It was the first time seeing them for me. I’ve seen the insides of this thing already. Looks so cool by the way!

[@nicolaignazio]

"Some escalators can be longer or shorter" Mind blowing

[@waity5856]

I have seen a 30m one

[@KingHyperUltra]

Ive seen 10cm before

[@LudwigvanBeethoven2]

Yeah I was like what's inside man... come on!🤦‍♂️

Just like my...............hair.

[@angerock49]

Yeah I think that part was just an excuse to show off his animation haha

[@ThunderFortune]

This was everything I wanted to know about escalators. Thank you 👍🏻

[@GeorgesCanadianVentures]

Fantastic, always enjoy your excellent productions, all of them!

[@ElectricFuture]

I’ve always been a bit sketched out by the cracks in between steps on an escalator. don’t want to get sucked in 😱

[@kangarookicker6995]

It’s happened. It’s quite scary.

[@myhyyrr]

my shoe lace stuck inside between 2 steps....and I thought it's done I have reached the final destination untill I pulled it out again

[@Nxtn]

@@myhyyrr That happened to me too, always tie your shoes before going on an escalator.

[@vetterplane]

@@GamingwithPortals well i did have another account before my present account here. But I created another account since my old was hacked

[@zachariawarren7342]

i had my hand stuck in the side when i was 6, severe tendon damage and scars till today no lost fingers tho

[@uva3911]

escalator lore

[@LivYi]

Well done! Your video taught me a lot. Thank you 🙏😊

[@brainswapper]

Thank you for such a comprehensive explanation and animation!!!!

[@samwilder6708]

At a science centre in my city, the escalator is encased in glass so we can see the components!

[@lunchworm]

Mr. Narwal do you live in CLE?

[@HenryTheHedgeWizard]

Are you from Toronto? I've been to the Toronto science centre many times and seen the glass escalator in the entrace hall.

[@lunchworm]

Aidan Murphy nah I guess it’s just a thing many science centers do

[@jesswahyudi7652]

Spiral escalators have me questioning how I’ve never even heard of them

[@M-N00]

I saw one in china recently, I had no need to ride it but of cause I did, it was highlight of my time there

[@dhillon5660]

@@M-N00 China

[@mlad-scab6763]

me too, when I saw them in this video I was surprised

[@bushraqureshi8940]

@@M-N00 .रबकककरह५प&बजररहहबब५ललर

[@TransportationONLY]

Jess Wahyudi they’re pretty interesting to ride on I think it’s mainly there for aesthetics wise but it functions

[@amidfujitaelevatorescalator]

Thanks For Information 🙏

[@chrisalex82]

this has some looore

[@MrSuretrue]

Thank you Jared. You are doing great service.

[@lilboy216]

i dont need sleep I NEED ANSWERS

[@felipel.r.637]

Apart from the perfect 3D modeling, the narrative, the fluidity of the camera movement, the voice-over... what a beautiful piece of art! Came here from the oscillating fan video. Thank you for all the effort you made making these videos.

[@JaredOwen]

Wow, thank you!

[@cubertmiso]

Love the 3D modeling. Would like to see even more detailed version without the intro fluff that takes 50% of the video.

[@freedomhigh2160]

Love seeing stuff like this !

[@TradingFeline]

4:46 I can tell. You put a lot of work and effort into these videos.

[@JPChoirs]

"They are just big meat grinders" - Actual Escalator Technician

[@ceqt1490]

Yes, I agree 👍

[@jwalster9412]

do you know the rough price of a escalator

[@bigcasso9428]

Same here I’m an apprentice, was working on one today , tighten the tension of a handrail drive chain.

[@dougerrohmer]

I'm an elevator dude, and the escalator dudes scared the crap out of me with stories of having to remove kiddies' toes from pits, etc. You hang in there, escalator dude!

[@janus2059]

Did you see that video from China where the steps collapse and she throws her toddler to safety, but she gets pulled in? It's rough

[@KaylahDemi]

I cannot get enough of these videos. Amazing

[@JaredOwen]

Hi Kaylah, I really appreciate the support! Thank you! 😊

[@fabio.511]

In our museum there is an escalator with transparent walls, very interesting :)

[@therealspeedwagon1451]

Elevator lore: a big metal box that goes up and down, it also has some spikes in the rare off-chance that the cable snaps Escalator lore:

[@78anurag]

Elevator lore: Just one giant pulley Escalator lore:

[@copperheadcritic1152]

Copied

[@oannamphuong6373]

Mr speedowagon?!

[@du_nut_tuch_me4230]

_"you didn't have to cut me off"_ _"make out like it never happened and that we were nothing"_ _"I don't even need your love but you treat me like a stranger and that feels so rough..."_

[@ryusuki9151]

Escator gameplay: mayo

[@AverytheCubanAmerican]

Can't imagine a Hong Kong without the Central-Mid-Levels escalator. Reminds me of when Mr Bean was shopping and riding the escalator but he didn't realize he was at the top of the escalator

[@LiuGondor]

Dude you comment on every video I watch

[@BinoyJS]

@@LiuGondor Yup. me too... Maybe youtube recommendations are the same for all of us... 😅

[@spiritdox9774]

Free hong kong

[@misadventurousguy3859]

@@spiritdox9774 50% Sale Hong Kong

[@B1SQ1T]

Avery the Cuban-American is that the spiral one?

[@knkennecklace7970]

This got Recommended to me =] , VERY WELL Explanation , Detail , and Showcase ^^ , Loved it 100% ;) .

[@linggiman]

I love this channel so much..Thank you Jared, you are the man.

[@sigmabrindes]

you're so incredible in your explanations using animations

[@OneTwoFive0]

Now I know I’m going to enter my local shopping center and change the gear ratio on the chain, we about to have a catapult!!!

[@cody7807]

"I like an escalator man because an escalator can never break it can only become stairs."

[@ScrumpeyBros]

escalator: blows up near the middle

[@onjohns1]

“Sorry for the convenience.”

[@WingZero172]

"You would never see an "Escalator Out of Order" sign only "Escalator temporarily stairs. Sorry for the convenience." RIP Mitch Hedberg. Lord knows he would have been insanely popular today if he was still around.

[@Americanspy-hn2kw]

I saw a video from China where it collapsed

[@BlueRGuy]

@@Americanspy-hn2kw that video where a mother get sucked into the gears final destination style?

[@kashishgupta9125]

i really love your videos. They are beautifully animated and very informative . thanks for making my semester syllabus easier

[@JonFromWA]

Now im jist waiting for Jared to make a GlaDos Portal animation video

[@Danymok]

Me when I was a kid: "Escalators work by warping in stairs from the ether only to warp them back a few seconds later, as proved by the creepy green light under"

[@kingking1223]

Hi dany

[@Danymok]

@@kingking1223 hi :)

[@odenpro1831]

Reported and disliked.

[@kingking1223]

Oden Pro Why?

[@Danymok]

@@odenpro1831 ?

[@Nico-dt5hu]

0:46 the guy on the right escalator is ascending

[@jamiescott1169]

Excellent 3D videos, I work on 3D CAD modelling so really appreciate your work

[@larryphotography]

Wow the animations were superb! Great job and very interesting video

[@sher_idan]

"Its hard to imagine the mordern world without an escalator" Dude, have you been to Wyoming?

[@hughmungus4744]

a person who has been to Wyoming a rare sight

[@sher_idan]

@@hughmungus4744 Yes! I took a flight there to visit my parents and was very dissapointed to see no escalator in the shopping centers.

[@ronaldbersamin117]

Wait, Wyoming exists?

[@awhahoo]

Ronald Bersamin He knows *Cocks shotgun*

[@st4ndg4mes87]

@@ronaldbersamin117 Always has been. *aims pistol*

[@lawa3486]

that escalated quickly!

[@307skylake7]

La Wa Haha, nice one!

[@mfaizsyahmi]

Yes, quickly towards the exit. now go.

[@JaredOwen]

😋

[@xnx304]

many thanks!

[@crocodilemasala7956]

Well explained 👍👍

[@xskyfall1537]

Escalator lore Escalator lore

[@bangtanpurplearmy5505]

Thank you so much for your explanation

[@naturallyherb]

This looks SO therapeutic to watch.

[@isabellayoungsteadt6971]

Lets be honest, half of us didn’t search this up

[@Val-yd2dn]

True but im glad I saw it

[@animeshbhattacharya9057]

But it was worth it. KZbin threw a good video this time.

[@adestaulan641]

I did not, but glad to see it

[@hennessy5458]

Let’s be honest you stole this comment 🥳🥳

[@0xjustus]

Lmao I actually did search for this and was happy to find that he had posted a video on it. I was just curious on the engineering of it after watching a video called “embarrassing phone calls on the escalator”.

[@jh.5687]

Because of the Final Destination’s Escalator Scene and the Escalator Accident Videos. I want to know what’s inside the escalator.

[@zenxd5351]

Finally someones remember fd4

[@CardZed]

Their guts are inside

[@digitalizedmind1216]

tbh same

[@jaziferret1138]

Why t h a t one- thats the worst of the seriese, so much CG-

[@NyuuMikuru1]

*• Jazzy •* Actually, a chinese woman died in one of these. You can see the video of it.

[@ic_0129]

Thanks for creating this!

[@abodisom_official]

Nice video👌

[@UndefinedUser]

Petition for Jared to make a video on how printers work: ↓

[@ZacharyWSnow]

Haha, jk. They don't.

[@thetrader7613]

Like begger

[@MrNateSPF]

@Caleb Longden Like this ↓

[@JaredOwen]

Haha - printers seem to be a requested topic! It's on my list...not sure when I'll get to it though

[@UndefinedUser]

@@JaredOwen Ok thanks :D btw you are one of my favorite KZbinrs -- keep up the great work

[@lizbethcortes7847]

I love this type of videos and I like a lot your voice

[@SVETLOZAD]

The first 2 minutes was a super helpful, thank you

[@majuxzalpis]

ESCALATOR LORE

[@flynn4694]

Let’s be honest, the escalators without individual steps are better

[@OleSveberg]

Unsalted Santa agree because you can have shopping carts on them, but the ones with steps can be alot steeper, taking up less space

[@RAYRDWallace]

Wait... How does that even work?

[@lauttero1938]

@@RAYRDWallace Taking shopping carts up an escalator? The carts have grooves in their wheels that match the grooves on an escalator. The grooves lock the carts in place

[@n_u001]

they are called movators, at least that's what Walmart calls them

[@user-ck4fm7os1w]

no it's hard

[@Ksuruliv]

Good work bro.. liked it.

[@mitchkatz4918]

pretty neat thanks!

[@Random3716]

I grew up watching Modern Marvels and How It's Made and these videos are giving me that same feeling I first had back then. Bravo!

[@FerroequinologistofColorado]

Same here

[@zzaqd]

bro sameee. mythbusters, modern marvels, how it’s made

[@justastrawberry5145]

"But have you ever seen this view?" Yes, I'm trapped in one right now, please send help

[@ATemplarIGuess]

Know Thy Enemy

[@yogeshthakkar3967]

Great work, loved your videos

[@jayjoo1866]

This is a such great video 👍

[@willoconnell1620]

See everyone in a few years when this pops up in recommenced.

[@Jake_Broer]

It popped up in mine today. Lol

[@pavan923]

Will O'Connell already is pal

[@ra_alf9467]

Hello, future

[@stevenwb]

Hi from the future

[@0_sand971]

Yep this video was in my recommended section

[@YuvarajMadha]

You showed up after a long time.

[@Ernesto__32]

It takes time to do these 3d animations

[@jemesguymon6356]

It takes time to put the videos together

[@thesovietduck2121]

He uploads every month

[@JaredOwen]

Yeah I try to post as often as I can but I'm only a one man team!

[@Ernesto__32]

@@JaredOwen take your time king🙌

[@SCTerran]

Good illustration!

[@realquadmoo]

Woah!! Spiral escalators really caught my attention, I'm very interested in how they work!!

[@davidwalker5054]

Escalators are the only mechanical device in the world that never breaks down. They turn into a flight of stairs

[@humanleader184]

despite the idiots who don't realize that and think they're stuck. lol.

[@Ak_Chaudhary]

never breaks down couldn't get it pls explain

[@psirvent8]

@@Ak_Chaudhary Actually it can break down but on the other hand you can still take it except you'll have to walk, just like you'd do on a regular set of stairs. Hence the meme "Escalator temporarily -out of service- stairs, sorry for convenience" 😉

[@h.mandelene3279]

"Escalators are the only mechanical device in the world that never breaks down. " Well.. not quite. Look up the escalator in china who "ate" a rider killing her.

[@markgigiel2722]

Mitch Hedberg.

[@ChaseDetrick]

Everyone: no one came here on purpose Me, an Enginnering student: 😳

[@internationaleducationtv4662]

Civil engineering lectures kzbin.info/www/bejne/j3i9pZR9nc2iock

[@usmantariq7997]

I'm not an engineer but I still came here on purpose. I wanted to install these things in my home for elderly's, so I wanted to get some info...

[@eggdogispog]

I came here on purpose too

[@sln7839]

It’s animated nicely