Devoted to the actual process of installing elevators, both hydraulic and traction, as well as escalators. This book is brimming with photos of actual field installation procedures and a multitude of diagrams. Although published for quite some time, the information continues to be timely and valuable. The manual includes a brief history of elevators, lessons in layout drawings and reading, and describes the installation process for a traction elevator from the pit through the hoistway and into the overhead machine room. Step-by-step descriptions are included for hydraulic elevators and escalators.
Over 500 pages in this volume are devoted to the actual practice of installing elevators, both hydraulic and traction, as well as escalators. The book is brimming with photos of actual field installation procedures and a multitude of diagrams. Although published for quite some time, the information continues to be timely and valuable.
The Installation Manual includes a brief history of elevators, lessons in layout drawing and reading, and describes the installation process for a traction elevator from the pit through the hoistway and into the overhead machine room. Step-by-step descriptions are included for hydraulic elevators and escalators.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction ........... 1
2. Safety ...........26
3. Handling Materials, Rigging and Hoisting ...........42
4. Drawings and Miscellaneous Papers ...........56
5. Guide Rails ...........105
6. Machine Room and Overhead Work ...........162
7. Pit Structures ...........212
8. Car and Counterweight Assemblies ...........229
9. Cables and Ropes ...........259
10. Construction Wiring ...........280
11. Doors and Operators ...........333
12. Accessory Parts and Scheduling Systems ...........373
13. Adjustments ...........401
14. Hydraulic Elevators ...........431
15. Escalators........... 458
16. The Elevator Industry ...........495
CHAPTER 1 – INTRODUCTION
-a1 History of Vertical Transportation ...........1
-a2 Elevator Installation – General outline, One Elevator ........... 13
-a3 Elevator Installation – General Outline. Elevators in a "Bank" ...........21
CHAPTER 2 – SAFETY
-a1 General ...........26
-b1 Clothing and Equipment ...........28
-c1 Methods ...........32
-d1 Tools – Manual ...........33
-d2 Tools – Small (Power) ...........36
-d3 Tools – Heavy (Power) - Skips - Scaffolds ...........38
CHAPTER 3 – HANDLING MATERIALS, RIGGING AND HOISTING
-a1 General ...........42
-a2 Tools ...........44
-b1 Rigging ...........49
-c1 Hoisting ...........51
CHAPTER 4 – DRAWINGS AND MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS
-a1 General ...........56
-b1 Mechanical Drawing Symbols ...........58
-b2 Preliminary Drawings ...........63
-b3 Final Layout ...........66
-b4 Detail Drawings ...........71
-c1 Wiring Diagram – Symbols ...........73
-c2 Wiring Diagram – Conduit Layout ...........92
-c3 Field Wiring Diagram ...........94
-c4 Straight Wiring Diagrams ...........96
-d1 Standards and Tables ...........100
Table No. 1 – Thread Dimensions and Top Drill Sizes ...........101
Table No. 2 – Wood Screws and Nails ...........102
Table No. 3 – Machine Screws and Bolts ...........103
Table No. 4 – Steel Mill Stock ...........104
CHAPTER 5 – GUIDE RAILS
-a1 General ...........105
-b1 Plumbing Hoistways – General ...........107
-b2 Plumbing Hoistways – Steel Structures, One Elevator ...........109
-b3 Plumbing Hoistways – Steel Structures, Elevators in Banks ...........113
-b4 Plumbing Hoistways – Steel Structures, Corner-Post Elevators ...........114
-b5 Plumbing Hoistways – Concrete Structures, One Elevator ...........117
-c1 Bracket Fastenings – General ...........120
-c2 Bracket Fastenings – Steel Structures ...........122
.c3 Bracket Fastenings – Concrete Structures, Steel Inserts ...........123
-c4 Bracket Fastenings – Concrete Structures, Malleable Inserts........... 126
-c5 Bracket Fastenings – Concrete Structures, Self-Drilling Anchors ...........128
-c6 Bracket Fastenings – Concrete Structures, Expansion Shells ...........130
-c7 Bracket Fastenings – Concrete Structures, Bolts in Concrete........... 131
-c8 Bracket Fastenings – Brick Structures, Steel Inserts ...........133
-c9 Bracket Fastenings – Brick Structures, Through Bolts ...........134
– Wood Structures, Through or Lag Bolts (or Screws) ...........134
-d1 Setting Brackets – Channel Type ...........135
-d2 Setting Brackets – Bent Steel Types ...........138
-d3 Setting Brackets – Angle Types ...........140
-e1 Erecting Guides – Conventional Method ...........143
-e2 Erecting Guides – "False" Car Method (Working Platform) ...........149
-e3 Erecting Guides – European Method ...........151
-f1 Rail Gauges – Distance Boards ...........153
-f2 Aligning and Filing Guides ...........156
CHAPTER 6 – MACHINE ROOM AND OVERHEAD WORK
-a1 General ...........162
-b1 Beam Types ...........164
-b2 Steel Structures – Machine Beams ...........167
-b3 Concrete Structures – With or Without Steel Machine Beams ...........169
-b4 Machine Foundations – Machine Below........... 171
-b5 Installing Overhead Beams – Machine Below...........173
-c1 Installing Machines – Geared ...........175
-c2 Installing Machines – Base Frames for Geared Machines...........179
-c3 Installing Machines – Gearless...........180
-c4 Installing Machines – Drum Type...........183
-d1 Deflectors and Secondary Sheaves – General...........187
-d2 Deflectors and Secondary Sheaves – Sheaves Turning ON Shafts...........188
-d3 Deflectors and Secondary Sheaves – Sheaves Turning WITH Shafts...........192
-e1 Controllers ...........194
-f1 Motor Generators – Exciters...........197
-g1 Starting Panels, Relay Panels and Scheduling Equipment ...........199
-h1 Installing Governors – Vertical Centrifugal Type ...........203
-h2 Installing Governors – Flyball Type ...........206
-i1 Installing Selectors Floor Controllers, Verniers and Tape Sheaves ........... 208
CHAPTER 7 – PIT STRUCTURES
-a1 Pit Work – General ...........212
-b1 Assembling Channels for Spring Buffers ...........214
-b2 Oil Buffer Assemblies ...........216
-c1 Governor Tension Sheaves ...........219
-c2 Tension Sheaves for Selector and Floor Controller Drives ...........222
-c3 Compensating Rope Sheaves ...........225
CHAPTER 8 – CAR AND COUNTERWEIGHT ASSEMBLIES
-a1 General ...........229
-b1 Installing Car frames ...........236
-c1 Installing Car Platforms – Unit Type ...........241
-c2 Installing Car Platforms – Frame Type (Sound Isolated) ...........243
-d1 Assembling Car Enclosures – Passenger ...........244
-d2 Assembling Car Enclosures – Freight ...........247
-e1 Laying Car Floors – Rubber Tile ...........248
-e2 Laying Car Floors – Asphalt Tile ...........250
-e3 Laying Car Floors – Vinyl Tile ...........252
-f1 Assembling Counterweights – Frame Type ...........253
-f2 Assembling Counterweights – Sash Type ...........257
CHAPTER 9 – CABLES AND ROPES
-a1 Ropes – General ...........259
-b1 Ropes – Handling and Seizing ...........262
-c1 Hoist Ropes – Single Wrap Traction, 1:1 Roping ...........267
-c2 Hoist Ropes – Traction, 2:1 Roping ...........271
-d1 Governor Ropes - Installing, Car at Bottom ...........272
-d2 Governor Ropes - Installing, Car Running ...........274
-e1 Compensating Ropes ...........275
-e2 Compensating Chains ...........277
-f1 Rope Tension ...........279
CHAPTER 10 – CONSTRUCTION WIRING
-a1 General ...........280
-a2 Wiring Tools ...........289
-b1 Machine Room – Conduit ...........292
-b2 Machine Room – Troughing ...........295
-b3 Hoistway Wiring – Conduit ...........298
-b4 Hoistway Wiring – Troughing ...........302
-b5 Car Wiring – Conduit ...........304
-b6 Car Wiring – Troughing ...........306
-c1 Machine Room - Pulling Wires ...........308
-c2 Hoistway Wiring – High Rise with Conduit Risers ...........312
-c3 Hoistway Wiring – High Rise with Trough Risers ...........317
-c4 Hoistway Wiring – Low Rise ...........320
-c5 Car Wiring – Handling Wires ...........323
-c6 Ringing Out ...........324
-d1 Hoistway Wiring – Traveling Cables ...........327
CHAPTER 11 – DOORS AND OPERATORS
-a1 General ...........333
-b1 Hoistway Entrance Sill – General ...........336
-b2 Hoistway Entrance Sills – Templates ...........339
-b3 Hoistway Entrance Sills – Installation ...........341
-c1 Headers and Supports – Sliding Doors ...........344
-d1 Landing Entrance Frames – Installation ...........345
-e1 Hoistway Door Panels – Sliding Type, Installing ...........348
-e2 Hoistway Doors – Swing Type ...........351
-f1 Closers – Manual ...........353
-f2 Closers – Manual With Sill Trip ...........357
-g1 Electric Operators ...........359
-h1 Vertical Travel Gates and Doors ...........366
-h1 Toe Guards and Fascias ...........371
CHAPTER 12 – ACCESSORY PARTS AND SCHEDULING SYSTEMS
-a1 General ...........373
-b1 Car – Interior Accessories ...........374
-b2 Car – Exterior Accessories ...........380
-b3 Hoistway Switches ...........386
-c1 Landings – Hall Buttons, Lanterns and Miscellaneous ...........388
-c2 Landings – Position Indicators and Starter's Panels ...........392
-c3 Landing Switches ...........396
-c4 Scheduling Devices ...........397
CHAPTER 13 – ADJUSTMENTS
-a1 General ...........401
-b1 Brakes – General ...........403
-b2 Brakes – A.C. ...........405
-b3 Brakes – D.C. ...........407
-c1 Controllers – A.C. ...........409
-c2 Controllers – D.C. ...........412
-c3 Floor Controllers, Leveling Switches ...........414
-c4 Generators ...........417
-d1 Final Limits ...........420
-d2 Stopping Limits ...........424
-d3 Intermediate (Floor Stop) Limits ...........425
-d4 Stopping Switches ...........426
-e1 Safety Governors ...........429
CHAPTER 14 – HYDRAULIC ELEVATORS
-a1 General ...........431
-a2 Preparatory Work ...........434
-b1 Guide Rails ...........440
-b2 Installing Outer Casings, Cylinders and Plungers ...........441
-b3 Installing Machine-Room Equipment and Piping ...........453
-b4 Car Enclosures, Hoistway Doors and Wiring........... 455
-c1 Inspection and Test ...........456
CHAPTER 15 – ESCALATORS
-a1 General...........458
-b1 Escalator Equipment ...........462
-c1 Handling Materials ...........466
-c2 Installation – Truss ........... 469
-c3 Installation – Drives, Machine, Controller, Lower Tension Device, Balustrades, Sub-Decking and Handrail Guides........... 478
-c4 Installation – Incline Wiring, Track Brackets and Tracks, Skirt Guard Panel Bracket, Handrails, Lubricator, Step Chains and Steps, Comb and Floor Plates...........486
-c5 Test, Adjustments and Installation of Final Parts........... 492
CHAPTER 16 – THE ELEVATOR INDUSTRY
-a1 The Elevator Industry ........... 495