ELEVATOR MUSIC serves to fill silence with a light, calming, somewhat familiar, aural sensation. It tends to have a reputation of not being the best quality or most modern form of music. Unfortunately, some elevators themselves can have the same undesirable characteristics, whether due to disrepair, nonperformance, or age. If your association is in need of a fresh tune to your elevator system, this article is for you.
If your elevator system is more than 30 years old, many maintenance providers will add an obsolescence clause to the contract due to a lack of available replacement parts. Manufacturers may not have a supply of original components which would necessitate installing after-market parts or sending the original boards out for repair, which can lead to extensive down time of your elevator. Aging elevator components, even with the best maintenance practices, can result in unreliable service, extensive callbacks, or entrapments and poor ride quality.
Today’s elevators also have numerous additional safety features that do not exist on systems installed prior to 2001. For example, today’s elevators have emergency brakes or rope grippers to protect passengers in the event of an overspeed condition when moving in the up direction. Prior to 2001, cars only had protection in the down direction. Post 2001 elevators also contain automatic zoned “Fire Recall” if a lobby or machine room smoke detector is activated.
WHICH COMPONENTS SHOULD BE UPGRADED?
gearless will result in improvements in ride quality, reduced floor to floor times and reduced maintenance costs.
will provide smoother, more reliable operation that will automatically adjust the torque to help close the doors if wind or light debris is inhibiting full closure.
consistent, reliable operation by eliminating the majority of mechanical relays that are susceptible to coil and contact be greatly improved due to constant call reassignment as new hall calls are added to the system resulting in
and redundancy checks of controller components provide fault log reporting to assist in troubleshooting as well as implementing many new levels of safety required by current codes.
brighter, more reliable, longer lasting lights in multiple colors that will reduce burned out bulbs and reduce maintenance costs.
to fail due to the number of times it is energized and that may result in long down times due to obsolescence of 20-30 years of reliable operation. Replacement of existing mechanical motor contactors with electronic soft starters increases reliability and reduces maintenance costs due to the elimination of high arcing contacts.
ELEVATOR SERVICE SHOULD BE MUSIC TO YOUR EARS
When your homeowners, residents, and board members step into an elevator at their home, they trust the travel will be safe and efficient. Building owners, property managers, and general contractors search for reliable elevator service providers to provide excellent communication and guarantee quality service. When researching vendors, be sure to look for providers willing to customize service to your created equal. Familiarity of these key qualities can help you decide the best service provider for your property.
MAINTENANCE
A quality elevator provider should be able to perform any maintenance task you need, whether it’s scheduled maintenance or repairing parts and components. When looking for an elevator service provider, see if they will send a representative to assess your property and determine a maintenance schedule accordingly.
What separates a strong provider from its competitors is communication. We live in a data driven world and it’s imperative that your service provider is keeping you up to date with services performed and assisting with capital planning for the future. If the current elevator company is not providing you with an annual capital plan, you may want to ask yourself if there are better choices out there.
Most scheduled maintenance is performed every month, but it really comes down to a building’s specific vertical maintenance may be monthly, quarterly, or annually and may and State regulations and ordinances, and building usage. An excellent provider should propose a maintenance schedule fit the needs of the users and the association’s budget.
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