Elevator Sheaves: Groove Profile, D/d Ratio, Rim Material and Wear Limits
A worn elevator sheave rarely announces itself. It shows up first as a ride complaint at one landin...
A worn elevator sheave rarely announces itself. It shows up first as a ride complaint at one landin...
A rail quotation usually fails for a simple reason: the drawing says T75-3/B, the guide shoe on the...
A technician is called out because the car doors "brushed" a passenger's arm on the way out. The fi...
Two weeks after a maintenance team swapped the car top inspection box on a 12-stop passenger lift, ...
When you open the hoistway door at the lowest landing and look down, you see a concrete recess that...
Picture the machine room of a 22-story office tower: two toolboxes, one grease gun, a stack of spar...
When a traction elevator loses drive traction, the car starts to accelerate downward on its own. In...
When a lift loses power between floors, the machine brake is supposed to stop the car before the sa...
Stand in a traction elevator lobby and watch the floor indicator: for every floor the cab climbs, a...
An elevator mechanic removes the inspection cover in the hoistway and locates the problem within mi...
On a service call, a landing door will not open, and a passenger is waiting inside. The technician ...
An elevator sliding guide shoe is the component that keeps the elevator car and counterweight aligne...