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Unit 3 - Vertical Movement-Lifts & Escalators

The document discusses different types of vertical transportation systems used in buildings including lifts, elevators, escalators and travelators. It describes the key components, design considerations, and types of lifts based on their mechanism and function like passenger, goods, hospital and service lifts. It also provides details about escalators including their configuration, structural components, and travelators or moving walks.

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Unit 3 - Vertical Movement-Lifts & Escalators

The document discusses different types of vertical transportation systems used in buildings including lifts, elevators, escalators and travelators. It describes the key components, design considerations, and types of lifts based on their mechanism and function like passenger, goods, hospital and service lifts. It also provides details about escalators including their configuration, structural components, and travelators or moving walks.

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LIFTS, ESCALATORS &

TRAVELATORS
LIFT
What is LIFT?

• Lifts are vertical travelling key


element in buildings, including
homes, apartments, and offices.
• However, there are so many
variations in types and styles of
lifts.
Design Consideration
There are many variables which effects
the elevator/lift system design,
however the key one’s to be specified
are:
1. No of floors to be served.
2. Floor to floor distance.
3. Population of each floor.
4. Type of building occupancy.
5. Maximum peak demand in
passengers per five minute period.
Type of LIFT on the basis of it’s mechanism

Traction Lift

Hydraulic Lift

MRL (Machine Room Less)


The elevators can be
broadly classified as :
1. Traction Elevator.

• Traction elevators
have an elevator car
and counterweight
attached to opposite
ends of hoist ropes.
2. Hydraulic Elevator.

• Hydraulic elevators, on the


other hand, are raised by
forcing pressurized oil through
a valve into a steel cylinder
located above ground or
underground.
• The pressure forces a piston
to rise, lifting the elevator
platform and car enclosure
mounted on it.
.
3. MRL(Machine room less) Elevator.

• Installation of lifts consumes a lot of


building space which is used for lift
shafts. For an efficient lift system, it
is important that it uses as little
space as possible.
• The machine-room less or MRLs are
basically hydraulic lift designs that do
not require additional machine
space. These lifts save a lot of space
and energy.
Type of LIFT on the basis of it’s functions and buildings

Passenger Lift

Goods Lift

Hospital Lift

Service Lift
Passenger Lift :A lift designed for the transport of passengers.
Plan and Section of Passenger lift
Design Size and speed consideration
Goods Lift :A lift designed primarily for the transport of goods but which may
carry a lift attendant or other person necessary for the unloading and loading of
goods.
Plan and Section of Goods lift
Design Size consideration
Hospital Lift: A lift normally installed in a hospital/dispensary/clinic and
designed to accommodate one number bed/stretcher along its depth, with
sufficient space around to carry a minimum of three attendants in addition to
the lift operator.
Plan and Section of Hospital lift
Typical Plan of Hospital lift
Design Size consideration
Service Lift (Dumb-Waiter): A lift with a car which moves in guides in a vertical
direction; has net floor area of 1 m2, total inside height of 1.25 m; and capacity
not exceeding 250 kg; and is exclusively used for carrying materials and shall not
carry any person.
Plan and Section of Service lift(Dumb waiter LIFT)
Design Size consideration

Further Reading References


ESCALATORS
AN INTRODUCTION TO ESCALATORS
An escalator is a moving staircase for transporting
people between floors of a building. It is generally
agreed that an escalator is the most efficient means to
move large numbers of people between floors.
Selection and design consideration of Escalator and Moving Walks

1. Location.
2. Physical requirements.
3. Type of segment and traffic pattern.
4. Aesthetic preferences.

Energy Efficiency and Sustainability

• As an option, escalators/moving walk should not run when there are no


passengers to move.
• In this stop mode, only the control system and the passenger detection system
are kept running.
• Improvement in total power factor of the motor drive of an escalator or
moving walk.
• Adoption of materials and practices that are environmental friendly and
sustainable shall be promoted.
Configuration Selection and design consideration of Escalator
Inclination and speed
Structural components of ESCALATOR

1. Landing platforms.

2. Handrails.

3. Escalator steps or

pellets.

4. Lower and upper

modules where

motor installs.

5. Step chain and

structural truss.
Section of ESCALATOR
Section Of ESCALATOR Pit
Face of Support Structural detail
TRAVELATORS
AN INTRODUCTION TO TRAVELATOR / AUTOWALKS
A horizontal auto walk is a conveyor belt that transports people
horizontally. Auto walks are generally provided in areas where
people need to walk long distances with luggage, baggage carts or
shopping trolleys.
An auto walk is generally flat, but can be slightly inclined.
Section of TRAVELATOR
WIDTH OF ESCALATORS =24” TO 40”
WIDTH OF MOVING WALKS= 40” TO 64”

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