AirStair™: Continuous, Effective Protection when Holding Escalator and Moving Walkway Handrails. Increase Confidence of Users, Reduce Costs and Risks

The AirStair™ mechanism is placed in a suitable void or pit of an elevator or moving walkway application. The handrail is mechanically passed through the AirStair™ enclosed chamber, for approximately a second, significantly reducing bacteria and viruses on each revolution, faster and cheaper than ever before.

As the graphic on the left illustrates, cold plasma gas sterilizes all around the belt into all nooks and crannies, significantly reducing viruses and bacteria on each revolution. This allows users to hold onto handrails in total confidence even though thousands may have touched the handrails or belts before. 

To continue to get back to pre-pandemic levels of traffic on escalators and walkways, businesses and transport infrastructure companies must still prove to the public that it is safe to touch escalator handrails even though many thousands may have touched the handrail recently, but with two issues. 

If more people don't restart using escalators and moving walkways with the confidence we had before, businesses and vital infrastructure could face profound consequences. From less than £1.50 per day per escalator AirStair™ is a very cost effective way of demonstrating safety and reducing risk of falling, therefore potential claims, when using escalators or moving walkways.

The higher kill level of AirStair coupled with the fact that the handrail is treated every  revolution means OXONOX AirStair™ reduces the risk of transferring a high enough load  of viruses or bacteria to the user from the handrail, that could lead to a potential infection .

Being fully automatic and requiring no labour, no top up of consumables, or regular maintenance means that OXONOX AirStair™ costs much less than traditional methods while delivering much higher levels of performance

The world needed a better, manageable and more cost -effective method of increasing sterilization, and therefore reducing risk, when we are faced with transiting through busy locations to work or to play.

OXONOX AirStair™ is a complete solution and fully compliant with EN115 regulations so can be confidently used to protect the public and increase footfall immediately.

OXONOX AirStair™ offers continual effective protection every minute of every day at a competitive cost without labour, chemicals, or consumables.

AirStair™ only requires a second to eliminate all threats compared to minutes with UV light meaning that it is much more effective in the very short time the belt passes through the plasma. AirStair™ also eliminates the regular maintenance of UV light systems, the major alternative to plasma, and the cost of replacement bulbs.

OXONOX AirStair™ uses only atmospheric air and a small amount of electricity with no moving parts so is a very green and sustainable solution in comparison to all other methods.

The patented plasma ModuNOx-D generator and the filtration and scrubbing systems are all sealed units and require no maintenance. 

OXONOX sterilization system are safe to use every minute of every day and compliant with all regulations. Ultra-efficient filters and scrubbers mean that only almost germ-free air is exhausted into the atmosphere from the OXONOX AirStair™ units, ensuring compliance with all COSHH and emissions regulations. Independent emissions testing has been completed by Elements Materials Technology Environmental UK Limited.

All installations and the main operation of OXONOX AirStair™ are underneath the escalator, travelator or moving belt application, not in sight as a hazard to public or being in risk of being vandalised. This means that OXONOX AirStair™ is free from any risks to the public such as trapped fingers, and owners have no vandalization issues to contend with.