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Click on a word or phrase to see the definition.</p> </header> </div> </section> <section class="module module-faq" id="item-17599"> <div class="container"> <h2 style="display:none">Glossary</h2> <div class="content"> <ul class="accordion"> <li class="accordion-listitem "> <button type="button" class="accordion-trigger"> 1:1 roping </button> <div class="accordion-panel"> <div class="rtf"> <div class="details"><p> An arrangement of suspension ropes in which the car speed and rope speed are equal.</p></div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="accordion-listitem "> <button type="button" class="accordion-trigger"> 2:1 roping </button> <div class="accordion-panel"> <div class="rtf"> <div class="details"><p> An arrangement of suspension ropes in which the car speed is one half the rope speed.</p></div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="accordion-listitem "> <button type="button" class="accordion-trigger"> 3-phase power supply </button> <div class="accordion-panel"> <div class="rtf"> <div class="details"><p> Electrical power supply that provides 3-phase alternating voltage.</p></div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="accordion-listitem "> <button type="button" class="accordion-trigger"> access control </button> <div class="accordion-panel"> <div class="rtf"> <div class="details"><p> A device or system that controls access to an elevator or building.</p></div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="accordion-listitem "> <button type="button" class="accordion-trigger"> A-door </button> <div class="accordion-panel"> <div class="rtf"> <div class="details"><p> The door on the main entrance side. See also C-door.</p></div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="accordion-listitem "> <button type="button" class="accordion-trigger"> advance door opening </button> <div class="accordion-panel"> <div class="rtf"> <div class="details"><p> A system that allows car doors to start opening before the car is fully stopped on the landing. Doors start opening when the elevator car is in the door zone and the speed has decreased below the limit allowed by the safety code.</p></div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="accordion-listitem "> <button type="button" class="accordion-trigger"> Advanced Modular Door </button> <div class="accordion-panel"> <div class="rtf"> <div class="details"><p> A series of automatic doors for elevators, based on interchangeable components. Suitable for use in most elevator applications.</p></div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="accordion-listitem "> <button type="button" class="accordion-trigger"> airborne noise </button> <div class="accordion-panel"> <div class="rtf"> <div class="details"><p> Noise transmitted through the air. In elevators usually generated by the machine, ropes, control panel, doors, guide shoes and other vibrating components.</p></div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="accordion-listitem "> <button type="button" class="accordion-trigger"> alarm bell </button> <div class="accordion-panel"> <div class="rtf"> <div class="details"><p> A bell used to call attention and assistance. Operated by a pushbutton inside the car. May be located in the elevator shaft, on a suitable landing, or on the car roof.</p></div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="accordion-listitem "> <button type="button" class="accordion-trigger"> alarm button </button> <div class="accordion-panel"> <div class="rtf"> <div class="details"><p> A button for activating the alarm bell. Also activates voice connection if remote monitoring is used. Located in the car, with additional buttons on the car roof and underneath the car.</p></div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="accordion-listitem "> <button type="button" class="accordion-trigger"> alarm delay time </button> <div class="accordion-panel"> <div class="rtf"> <div class="details"><p> The time the alarm button must be pressed until the signal is registered.</p></div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="accordion-listitem "> <button type="button" class="accordion-trigger"> alarm signal </button> <div class="accordion-panel"> <div class="rtf"> <div class="details"><p> A signal generated by pushing the alarm button.</p></div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="accordion-listitem "> <button type="button" class="accordion-trigger"> announcement floor </button> <div class="accordion-panel"> <div class="rtf"> <div class="details"><p> A floor where the elevator announcer operates.</p></div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="accordion-listitem "> <button type="button" class="accordion-trigger"> anti drum element </button> <div class="accordion-panel"> <div class="rtf"> <div class="details"><p> A dampening element for reducing noise. Used for instance in car enclosures, door panels or control cabinets.</p></div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="accordion-listitem "> <button type="button" class="accordion-trigger"> ascending car overspeed protection </button> <div class="accordion-panel"> <div class="rtf"> <div class="details"><p> A safety system for stopping the uncontrolled movement of the ascending car.</p></div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="accordion-listitem "> <button type="button" class="accordion-trigger"> asynchronous motor </button> <div class="accordion-panel"> <div class="rtf"> <div class="details"><p> An electric motor where the rotating speed is not exactly fixed to the frequency of the supplied current. The difference between the frequency and rotor speed is called slip. The slip generates the motor torque.</p></div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="accordion-listitem "> <button type="button" class="accordion-trigger"> automatic car door </button> <div class="accordion-panel"> <div class="rtf"> <div class="details"><p> Automatically opening and closing car door.</p></div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="accordion-listitem "> <button type="button" class="accordion-trigger"> automatic door </button> <div class="accordion-panel"> <div class="rtf"> <div class="details"><p> Automatically opening and closing door.</p></div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="accordion-listitem "> <button type="button" class="accordion-trigger"> available car area </button> <div class="accordion-panel"> <div class="rtf"> <div class="details"><p> Area of the car measured at a height of 1 m above floor level, disregarding handrails, which is available for passengers or goods during operation of the lift. Any available area in the entrance, when the doors are closed, shall also be taken into account.</p></div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="accordion-listitem "> <button type="button" class="accordion-trigger"> balanced load </button> <div class="accordion-panel"> <div class="rtf"> <div class="details"><p> A situation when there is a weight of 30-50 % of the rated load (depending on the dimensioning principle) in the elevator car and the counterweight and car weights are equal.</p></div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="accordion-listitem "> <button type="button" class="accordion-trigger"> balancing ratio </button> <div class="accordion-panel"> <div class="rtf"> <div class="details"><p> The share (in per cent) of the elevator's rated load with which the elevator car and the counterweight are in balance.</p></div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="accordion-listitem "> <button type="button" class="accordion-trigger"> balancing weight </button> <div class="accordion-panel"> <div class="rtf"> <div class="details"><p> Mass in counterweight which saves energy by balancing all or part of the mass of the car, car sling and the rated load.</p></div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="accordion-listitem "> <button type="button" class="accordion-trigger"> balustrade </button> <div class="accordion-panel"> <div class="rtf"> <div class="details"><p> A safety barrier on the car roof that prevents from falling to the elevator shaft.</p></div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="accordion-listitem "> <button type="button" class="accordion-trigger"> base duty door </button> <div class="accordion-panel"> <div class="rtf"> <div class="details"><p> A specific range of doors intended for up to 200 000 cycles/year. See also mid duty door and high duty door.</p></div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="accordion-listitem "> <button type="button" class="accordion-trigger"> battery drive tool </button> <div class="accordion-panel"> <div class="rtf"> <div class="details"><p> Optional device which allows to drive the car with balanced load to the nearest floor.</p></div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="accordion-listitem "> <button type="button" class="accordion-trigger"> bed plate </button> <div class="accordion-panel"> <div class="rtf"> <div class="details"><p> A steel or cast-iron platform on which a machine is placed.</p></div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="accordion-listitem "> <button type="button" class="accordion-trigger"> bi-stable switch </button> <div class="accordion-panel"> <div class="rtf"> <div class="details"><p> A device that is capable of assuming either one or two stable states. It remains in one of the states until a trigger is applied. It then flips to the other stable state and remains there until another trigger is applied. See also mono-stable switch.</p></div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="accordion-listitem "> <button type="button" class="accordion-trigger"> blocking device </button> <div class="accordion-panel"> <div class="rtf"> <div class="details"><p> A mechanical safety device to block the car during installation and maintenance.</p></div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="accordion-listitem "> <button type="button" class="accordion-trigger"> blocking pin </button> <div class="accordion-panel"> <div class="rtf"> <div class="details"><p> A steel rod in e.g. the blocking device which, when slid into the hole in the blocking plate, blocks the car.</p></div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="accordion-listitem "> <button type="button" class="accordion-trigger"> blocking plate </button> <div class="accordion-panel"> <div class="rtf"> <div class="details"><p> A steel plate with holes in the blocking device. The blocking pin is slid into the holes.</p></div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="accordion-listitem "> <button type="button" class="accordion-trigger"> bottom clearance </button> <div class="accordion-panel"> <div class="rtf"> <div class="details"><p> The clear vertical distance from the pit floor to the lowest structural or mechanical part, equipment or device installed beneath the elevator car platform, except guide shoes or rollers, safety gear assemblies and platform aprons or guards, when the car rests on its fully compressed buffers. See also safety space.</p></div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="accordion-listitem "> <button type="button" class="accordion-trigger"> bottom floor </button> <div class="accordion-panel"> <div class="rtf"> <div class="details"><p> The lowest floor in a building.</p></div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="accordion-listitem "> <button type="button" class="accordion-trigger"> bottom landing </button> <div class="accordion-panel"> <div class="rtf"> <div class="details"><p> The lowest landing in a building that elevator serves.</p></div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="accordion-listitem "> <button type="button" class="accordion-trigger"> brake </button> <div class="accordion-panel"> <div class="rtf"> <div class="details"><p> An electro-mechanical device used to prevent the elevator from moving when the car is at rest and no power is applied to the hoist machine. On some types of control it also brings the car to a stop when power is removed from the hoist machine.</p></div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="accordion-listitem "> <button type="button" class="accordion-trigger"> braking force </button> <div class="accordion-panel"> <div class="rtf"> <div class="details"><p> The vertical force which stops the car as a result of safety gear operation. See also gripping force.</p></div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="accordion-listitem "> <button type="button" class="accordion-trigger"> buffer plate </button> <div class="accordion-panel"> <div class="rtf"> <div class="details"><p> A plate under the car sling where the buffer hits.</p></div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="accordion-listitem "> <button type="button" class="accordion-trigger"> building settlement </button> <div class="accordion-panel"> <div class="rtf"> <div class="details"><p> Lowering of the building as a result of sinking to the ground or shrinkage of the concrete.</p></div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="accordion-listitem "> <button type="button" class="accordion-trigger"> building supervision </button> <div class="accordion-panel"> <div class="rtf"> <div class="details"><p> Personnel and equipment for supervising technical systems in a building (climatisation, heating, elevators, access control etc.).</p></div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="accordion-listitem "> <button type="button" class="accordion-trigger"> building tolerances </button> <div class="accordion-panel"> <div class="rtf"> <div class="details"><p> Defines the tolerances for the nominal dimensions of the elevator shaft, pit, machine room, raw openings etc.</p></div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="accordion-listitem "> <button type="button" class="accordion-trigger"> built-in features </button> <div class="accordion-panel"> <div class="rtf"> <div class="details"><p> Features that are included in the basic product.</p></div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="accordion-listitem "> <button type="button" class="accordion-trigger"> bypass load function </button> <div class="accordion-panel"> <div class="rtf"> <div class="details"><p> A feature that makes the elevator car to bypass the registered landing calls when the car is recognised to be loaded over a certain limit. Usually the limit is 60...80 % of the rated load.</p></div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="accordion-listitem "> <button type="button" class="accordion-trigger"> call centre </button> <div class="accordion-panel"> <div class="rtf"> <div class="details"><p> A place where alarms and emergency calls are received. People and computers handle the information.</p></div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="accordion-listitem "> <button type="button" class="accordion-trigger"> CAN network </button> <div class="accordion-panel"> <div class="rtf"> <div class="details"><p> Controller Area Network. Bus systems which interconnect intelligent automation equipment in a peer-to-peer network. Notable application are the bus systems used in motor vehicles and in synchronising electrical drives.</p></div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="accordion-listitem "> <button type="button" class="accordion-trigger"> car area </button> <div class="accordion-panel"> <div class="rtf"> <div class="details"><p> The car floor area inclusive door sill area depending on rated load / number of passengers as specified by the safety code.</p></div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="accordion-listitem "> <button type="button" class="accordion-trigger"> car buffer </button> <div class="accordion-panel"> <div class="rtf"> <div class="details"><p> A device designed to stop a descending car beyond its normal limit of travel by storing or by absorbing and dissipating the kinetic energy of the car.</p></div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="accordion-listitem "> <button type="button" class="accordion-trigger"> car door lock </button> <div class="accordion-panel"> <div class="rtf"> <div class="details"><p> A device having two related and interdependent functions: (1) to prevent (electrically) the operation of the hoist machine unless the car door is locked in the closed position, (2) to prevent (mechanically) the opening of a car door from the car side unless the elevator car is in the door zone and is either stopped or being stopped.</p></div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="accordion-listitem "> <button type="button" class="accordion-trigger"> car emergency lighting </button> <div class="accordion-panel"> <div class="rtf"> <div class="details"><p> A battery powered light in the elevator car to serve as emergency light during power failure.</p></div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="accordion-listitem "> <button type="button" class="accordion-trigger"> car guide rail </button> <div class="accordion-panel"> <div class="rtf"> <div class="details"><p> Guide rails used to direct the travel of an elevator car in an elevator shaft.</p></div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="accordion-listitem "> <button type="button" class="accordion-trigger"> car interior </button> <div class="accordion-panel"> <div class="rtf"> <div class="details"><p> All visible elements inside the elevator car.</p></div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="accordion-listitem "> <button type="button" class="accordion-trigger"> car light </button> <div class="accordion-panel"> <div class="rtf"> <div class="details"><p> The car interior lighting.</p></div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="accordion-listitem "> <button type="button" class="accordion-trigger"> car light supervision </button> <div class="accordion-panel"> <div class="rtf"> <div class="details"><p> A function which prevents the use of an elevator when the car light voltage supply fails.</p></div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="accordion-listitem "> <button type="button" class="accordion-trigger"> car load </button> <div class="accordion-panel"> <div class="rtf"> <div class="details"><p> The actual load inside the elevator car (passengers and goods). See also rated load.</p></div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="accordion-listitem "> <button type="button" class="accordion-trigger"> car operating panel </button> <div class="accordion-panel"> <div class="rtf"> <div class="details"><p> The user interface for passengers inside the elevator car. Includes car call buttons, alarm button, door open button etc.</p></div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="accordion-listitem "> <button type="button" class="accordion-trigger"> car overload indication </button> <div class="accordion-panel"> <div class="rtf"> <div class="details"><p> A set of devices to detect and inform passengers of an overload in the elevator car. Triggers the car overload indicator.</p></div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="accordion-listitem "> <button type="button" class="accordion-trigger"> car safety gear </button> <div class="accordion-panel"> <div class="rtf"> <div class="details"><p> A mechanical device usually attached to the car sling, and designed to stop the elevator car in the event the car exceeds the allowed speed.</p></div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="accordion-listitem "> <button type="button" class="accordion-trigger"> car shell </button> <div class="accordion-panel"> <div class="rtf"> <div class="details"><p> The car structure excluding the separate (non-integrated) interior elements.</p></div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="accordion-listitem "> <button type="button" class="accordion-trigger"> car shell depth </button> <div class="accordion-panel"> <div class="rtf"> <div class="details"><p> The internal front-to-back dimension of the car shell without decorative elements.</p></div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="accordion-listitem "> <button type="button" class="accordion-trigger"> car shell height </button> <div class="accordion-panel"> <div class="rtf"> <div class="details"><p> The height measured from the unfinished floor to the lowest edge of the roof.</p></div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="accordion-listitem "> <button type="button" class="accordion-trigger"> car shell width </button> <div class="accordion-panel"> <div class="rtf"> <div class="details"><p> The internal side-to-side dimension of the car shell without decorative elements.</p></div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="accordion-listitem "> <button type="button" class="accordion-trigger"> car sill </button> <div class="accordion-panel"> <div class="rtf"> <div class="details"><p> The lower horizontal member of an elevator car entrance.</p></div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="accordion-listitem "> <button type="button" class="accordion-trigger"> car sling </button> <div class="accordion-panel"> <div class="rtf"> <div class="details"><p> The supporting frame of the elevator car, to which the guide shoes, safety gear and hoisting ropes or hydraulic cylinder is attached.</p></div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="accordion-listitem "> <button type="button" class="accordion-trigger"> controller </button> <div class="accordion-panel"> <div class="rtf"> <div class="details"><p> A device, or group of devices, which serves to control, in a predetermined manner, the apparatus to which it is connected. An elevator controller consists of drive and control functions.</p></div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="accordion-listitem "> <button type="button" class="accordion-trigger"> core elevator </button> <div class="accordion-panel"> <div class="rtf"> <div class="details"><p> The core elevator contains the pre-engineered basic components of the elevator: hoisting system, control function, drive system, car superstructure, core door system and passenger safety equipment. Accessories and decorative elements (including signalisation) are not specified.</p></div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="accordion-listitem "> <button type="button" class="accordion-trigger"> core elevator platform </button> <div class="accordion-panel"> <div class="rtf"> <div class="details"><p> A range of pre-engineered core elevators that make up the product family.</p></div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="accordion-listitem "> <button type="button" class="accordion-trigger"> counterweight </button> <div class="accordion-panel"> <div class="rtf"> <div class="details"><p> A component which ensures traction between the traction sheave and the suspension ropes and which comprises a set of weights to balance the weight of the car and a proportion of the load in the car often taken as 50 % of the rated load.</p></div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="accordion-listitem "> <button type="button" class="accordion-trigger"> counterweight area </button> <div class="accordion-panel"> <div class="rtf"> <div class="details"><p>The travelling area of the counterweight in the elevator pit, isolated by a counterweight screen.</p></div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="accordion-listitem "> <button type="button" class="accordion-trigger"> drive mode </button> <div class="accordion-panel"> <div class="rtf"> <div class="details"><p> A predefined way of operation in which the elevator runs in a certain situation. Modes include for example normal drive, inspection drive and setup drive.</p></div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="accordion-listitem "> <button type="button" class="accordion-trigger"> drive system </button> <div class="accordion-panel"> <div class="rtf"> <div class="details"><p> In rope elevators, the technical solution to provide energy to the hoisting motor and regulate its speed. In hydraulic elevators it controls the pump and the valves.</p></div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="accordion-listitem "> <button type="button" class="accordion-trigger"> dual entrance car </button> <div class="accordion-panel"> <div class="rtf"> <div class="details"><p> An elevator car with two entrances.</p></div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="accordion-listitem "> <button type="button" class="accordion-trigger"> earthquake protection </button> <div class="accordion-panel"> <div class="rtf"> <div class="details"><p> Optional structural and functional properties to protect the passengers and the elevator against damages caused by an earthquake.</p></div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="accordion-listitem "> <button type="button" class="accordion-trigger"> elevator car </button> <div class="accordion-panel"> <div class="rtf"> <div class="details"><p> A part of the elevator which carries the passengers and/or other loads.</p></div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="accordion-listitem "> <button type="button" class="accordion-trigger"> elevator control system </button> <div class="accordion-panel"> <div class="rtf"> <div class="details"><p> The devices and functional principles for executing the calls and commands given by the passengers.</p></div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="accordion-listitem "> <button type="button" class="accordion-trigger"> elevator group </button> <div class="accordion-panel"> <div class="rtf"> <div class="details"><p> An elevator group consists of two or more elevators which are sharing the same landing call buttons (and running under the same group controller). See also elevator bank.</p></div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="accordion-listitem "> <button type="button" class="accordion-trigger"> elevator shaft </button> <div class="accordion-panel"> <div class="rtf"> <div class="details"><p> The space in which the car and the counterweight, if there is one, travels; this space is usually bounded by the bottom of the pit, the walls and the ceiling of the shaft.</p></div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="accordion-listitem "> <button type="button" class="accordion-trigger"> elevator speed </button> <div class="accordion-panel"> <div class="rtf"> <div class="details"><p> The momentary speed of the elevator car in the elevator shaft. Not the same as rated speed.</p></div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="accordion-listitem "> <button type="button" class="accordion-trigger"> emergency alarm </button> <div class="accordion-panel"> <div class="rtf"> <div class="details"><p> An emergency system installed on all cars, which comprises of a bell, a pushbutton in the car and an uninterruptible source of power, usually a battery.</p></div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="accordion-listitem "> <button type="button" class="accordion-trigger"> fire fighting elevator </button> <div class="accordion-panel"> <div class="rtf"> <div class="details"><p> An option where one nominated elevator is allowed to be removed from normal group service for firemen's use.</p></div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="accordion-listitem "> <button type="button" class="accordion-trigger"> frame type door </button> <div class="accordion-panel"> <div class="rtf"> <div class="details"><p> A landing door assembly that does not cover the whole width of the elevator shaft. See also narrow frame type door and front type door.</p></div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="accordion-listitem "> <button type="button" class="accordion-trigger"> front type door </button> <div class="accordion-panel"> <div class="rtf"> <div class="details"><p> A landing door assembly that covers the whole width of the elevator shaft raw opening.</p></div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="accordion-listitem "> <button type="button" class="accordion-trigger"> goods elevator </button> <div class="accordion-panel"> <div class="rtf"> <div class="details"><p> An elevator equipped to carry goods, forklift trucks etc.</p></div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="accordion-listitem "> <button type="button" class="accordion-trigger"> goods passenger elevator </button> <div class="accordion-panel"> <div class="rtf"> <div class="details"><p> An elevator mainly intended for the transport of goods, which are generally accompanied by persons.</p></div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="accordion-listitem "> <button type="button" class="accordion-trigger"> guide rail </button> <div class="accordion-panel"> <div class="rtf"> <div class="details"><p> Steel sections with smooth guiding surfaces. The section profile is usually "T" shaped (machined, cold drawn or roll molded). Guide rails are installed in an elevator shaft to guide and direct the travel of an elevator car and its counterweight.</p></div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="accordion-listitem "> <button type="button" class="accordion-trigger"> handrail </button> <div class="accordion-panel"> <div class="rtf"> <div class="details"><p> A hand hold support in an elevator car.</p></div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="accordion-listitem "> <button type="button" class="accordion-trigger"> headroom </button> <div class="accordion-panel"> <div class="rtf"> <div class="details"><p> Part of the elevator shaft between the topmost finished floor level and the ceiling of the shaft.</p></div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="accordion-listitem "> <button type="button" class="accordion-trigger"> hoisting function </button> <div class="accordion-panel"> <div class="rtf"> <div class="details"><p> The equipment required to move the elevator car and counterweight. A defined combination of equipment required for a range of loads, rated speeds, acceleration and travel heights.</p></div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="accordion-listitem "> <button type="button" class="accordion-trigger"> JumpLift </button> <div class="accordion-panel"> <div class="rtf"> <div class="details"><p> A temporary elevator system incorporating a movable machine room. Developed to provide a fully operational elevator service during the construction period of a building. The machine room fits on to the same guide rails as the elevator car and is pinned to the building fabric by retractable needles. As the building grows in height, so the guide rail system is lengthened and the movable machine room elevatored upwards to serve the additional new floors.</p></div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="accordion-listitem "> <button type="button" class="accordion-trigger"> KONE EcoDisc® </button> <div class="accordion-panel"> <div class="rtf"> <div class="details"><p> A KONE axial synchronous motor design with permanent magnets in rotor.</p></div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="accordion-listitem "> <button type="button" class="accordion-trigger"> landing </button> <div class="accordion-panel"> <div class="rtf"> <div class="details"><p> The floor area in front of the elevator entrance.</p></div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="accordion-listitem "> <button type="button" class="accordion-trigger"> landing door </button> <div class="accordion-panel"> <div class="rtf"> <div class="details"><p> A door in the opening of an elevator shaft. Provides safe access to the elevator car.</p></div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="accordion-listitem "> <button type="button" class="accordion-trigger"> landing entrance </button> <div class="accordion-panel"> <div class="rtf"> <div class="details"><p> An assembly that includes the landing doors and any architectural finishes associated with the entrance to the elevator shaft.</p></div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="accordion-listitem "> <button type="button" class="accordion-trigger"> machine room </button> <div class="accordion-panel"> <div class="rtf"> <div class="details"><p> A room where the elevator machine and some electrification and control system components are located. Usually located above the elevator shaft.</p></div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="accordion-listitem "> <button type="button" class="accordion-trigger"> main contactor </button> <div class="accordion-panel"> <div class="rtf"> <div class="details"><p> A contactor which switches the power to the hoisting motor if 1) there is a need to run the elevator car and 2) the electric safety chain is complete (closed).</p></div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="accordion-listitem "> <button type="button" class="accordion-trigger"> main entrance floor </button> <div class="accordion-panel"> <div class="rtf"> <div class="details"><p> The floor providing the main access to a building.</p></div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="accordion-listitem "> <button type="button" class="accordion-trigger"> main power supply </button> <div class="accordion-panel"> <div class="rtf"> <div class="details"><p> The devices that provide power to the elevator. Also known as mains.</p></div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="accordion-listitem "> <button type="button" class="accordion-trigger"> maintenance access panel </button> <div class="accordion-panel"> <div class="rtf"> <div class="details"><p> A part of the elevator control system, including the user-interface intended for serviceman and switches, fuses and brake release lever.</p></div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="accordion-listitem "> <button type="button" class="accordion-trigger"> mid duty </button> <div class="accordion-panel"> <div class="rtf"> <div class="details"><p> A specified range of use, refers to the intermediate performance category. See also low duty, high duty.</p></div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="accordion-listitem "> <button type="button" class="accordion-trigger"> nudging </button> <div class="accordion-panel"> <div class="rtf"> <div class="details"><p> A system used with automatic door operation which will give a warning signal and close the doors at a reduced speed and torque. Nudging is activated if the door remains open longer than a predetermined time.</p></div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="accordion-listitem "> <button type="button" class="accordion-trigger"> out of service switch </button> <div class="accordion-panel"> <div class="rtf"> <div class="details"><p> A key operated switch which is used to take the elevator out of normal use.</p></div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="accordion-listitem "> <button type="button" class="accordion-trigger"> overspeed governor </button> <div class="accordion-panel"> <div class="rtf"> <div class="details"><p> A device which, when the elevator attains a predeterminated speed, causes the elevator to stop, and if necessary causes the safety gear to be applied.</p></div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="accordion-listitem "> <button type="button" class="accordion-trigger"> parking </button> <div class="accordion-panel"> <div class="rtf"> <div class="details"><p> A feature for a single elevator or an elevator group. With this feature, an elevator receives a signal to always return to a pre-selected landing after all the car or landing calls have been completed.</p></div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="accordion-listitem "> <button type="button" class="accordion-trigger"> passenger comfort </button> <div class="accordion-panel"> <div class="rtf"> <div class="details"><p> A wide set of features and usability issues that have an influence on the passengers' convenience or inconvenience when using the elevator. For example: decoration, signalisation, entering or exiting, waiting times, ride comfort and so on.</p></div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="accordion-listitem "> <button type="button" class="accordion-trigger"> passenger elevator </button> <div class="accordion-panel"> <div class="rtf"> <div class="details"><p> An elevator primarily used to carry passengers.</p></div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="accordion-listitem "> <button type="button" class="accordion-trigger"> pit </button> <div class="accordion-panel"> <div class="rtf"> <div class="details"><p> A portion of the elevator shaft extending from the sill level of the lowest landing to the elevator shaft floor.</p></div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="accordion-listitem "> <button type="button" class="accordion-trigger"> plumbing </button> <div class="accordion-panel"> <div class="rtf"> <div class="details"><p> A method for: a) checking the elevator shaft to ensure that it is constructed according to the requirements and b) determining the correct position of the components.</p></div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="accordion-listitem "> <button type="button" class="accordion-trigger"> power factor </button> <div class="accordion-panel"> <div class="rtf"> <div class="details"><p> Power factor defines the ratio between true power and apparent power. The power factor of a circuit is calculated based on a formula: pf = P / S, (kW / kVA).</p></div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="accordion-listitem "> <button type="button" class="accordion-trigger"> rated load </button> <div class="accordion-panel"> <div class="rtf"> <div class="details"><p> The load for which the equipment has been built. See also car load.</p></div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="accordion-listitem "> <button type="button" class="accordion-trigger"> remote alarm </button> <div class="accordion-panel"> <div class="rtf"> <div class="details"><p> An emergency alarm system working over a distance.</p></div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="accordion-listitem "> <button type="button" class="accordion-trigger"> ride comfort </button> <div class="accordion-panel"> <div class="rtf"> <div class="details"><p> Ride comfort of an elevator is defined in terms of noise level, vertical vibration, lateral quaking, acceleration / deceleration rate, and jerk.</p></div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="accordion-listitem "> <button type="button" class="accordion-trigger"> safety gear </button> <div class="accordion-panel"> <div class="rtf"> <div class="details"><p> A mechanical safety device attached to the car frame, and in some circumstances to the counterweight frame also. The device acts to stop and hold an overspeeding car or counterweight through the use of clamping jaws closing around the guide rails. The device is activated by the speed governor.</p></div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="accordion-listitem "> <button type="button" class="accordion-trigger"> shaft panel </button> <div class="accordion-panel"> <div class="rtf"> <div class="details"><p> A steel plate fixed on the shaft wall below the landing door sill and above the landing door to reduce the distance between the car door sill and shaft wall.</p></div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="accordion-listitem "> <button type="button" class="accordion-trigger"> skirting </button> <div class="accordion-panel"> <div class="rtf"> <div class="details"><p> Decorative and protective element at the bottom of the car wall.</p></div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="accordion-listitem "> <button type="button" class="accordion-trigger"> suspended load </button> <div class="accordion-panel"> <div class="rtf"> <div class="details"><p> The load that includes the weights of raw car, car interior, car door(s), rated load and car sling with all accessories. The weight does not include suspension ropes, compensation ropes or chains, rope compensation device, travelling cable or counterweight.</p></div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="accordion-listitem "> <button type="button" class="accordion-trigger"> suspension rope </button> <div class="accordion-panel"> <div class="rtf"> <div class="details"><p> The ropes suspending the elevator car and counterweight. Not the same as hoisting rope.</p></div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="accordion-listitem "> <button type="button" class="accordion-trigger"> synchronisation drive </button> <div class="accordion-panel"> <div class="rtf"> <div class="details"><p> An elevator drive mode in which the elevator drives downwards until it reaches a deceleration or synchronisation switch.</p></div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="accordion-listitem "> <button type="button" class="accordion-trigger"> technical schedule </button> <div class="accordion-panel"> <div class="rtf"> <div class="details"><p> List of data that defines elevator platforms in DL-documents.</p></div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="accordion-listitem "> <button type="button" class="accordion-trigger"> technology platform </button> <div class="accordion-panel"> <div class="rtf"> <div class="details"><p> A predefined set of core components that forms the core elevator.</p></div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="accordion-listitem "> <button type="button" class="accordion-trigger"> terminal floor </button> <div class="accordion-panel"> <div class="rtf"> <div class="details"><p> The top or bottom landing served by an elevator car.</p></div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="accordion-listitem "> <button type="button" class="accordion-trigger"> through-type car </button> <div class="accordion-panel"> <div class="rtf"> <div class="details"><p> An elevator car with two or more entrances.</p></div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="accordion-listitem "> <button type="button" class="accordion-trigger"> through-type elevator </button> <div class="accordion-panel"> <div class="rtf"> <div class="details"><p> An elevator with entrances on two opposite sides of the elevator shaft.</p></div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="accordion-listitem "> <button type="button" class="accordion-trigger"> traction test </button> <div class="accordion-panel"> <div class="rtf"> <div class="details"><p> A safety test to ensure that there is correct amount of friction between the suspension ropes and the traction sheave.</p></div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="accordion-listitem "> <button type="button" class="accordion-trigger"> triplex </button> <div class="accordion-panel"> <div class="rtf"> <div class="details"><p> Three elevators in a group.</p></div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="accordion-listitem "> <button type="button" class="accordion-trigger"> voice link </button> <div class="accordion-panel"> <div class="rtf"> <div class="details"><p> A system that provides two-way voice communication between the elevator and KONE service center.</p></div> </div> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </section> </main> <input type="hidden" id="cookiepopupversion" name="cookiepopupversion" value="v1" /> <section class="cookie-law hide bg-sand" data-host="www.kone.sg" data-cookie-url="/api/cookie" data-cookie-value-url="/api/cookievalue" id="item-8936" data-swiftype-index="false"> <header> </header> <div> <section> <div> <div><p>This site uses cookies in order to provide you with the best user experience. 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