Description
This 400+ page manual has been completely revised and updated to reflect the step-by-step process of installing elevators and escalators. The book is brimming with photos of actual field installation procedures, safety techniques, and a multitude of wiring diagrams and layout drawings. This is your guide to the installation process for a traction elevator from the pit through the hoistway and into the machine room. Hydraulic elevators, escalators and a new MRL section are also included.
Below are some topics that are covered in this book. Each topic is further explored within-depth “how-to” instructions, illustrations, drawings and techniques.
- Introduction/History/Tools
- Safety
- Handling Materials, Rigging and Hoisting
- Drawings and Miscellaneous Papers
- Guide Rails
- Machine Room and Overhead Work
- Pit Structures
- Car and Counterweight Assemblies
- Cables and Ropes
- Construction Wiring
- Doors and Operators
- Accessory Parts and Scheduling Systems
- Adjustments
- Hydraulic Elevators
- Escalators
