Limited Use Limited Access Elevator Specifications

Part I SYSTEM DESCRIPTION

Type: Direct or Roped Hydraulic Elevator
Capacity: 1400#
Speed: 30 fpm.
Landings: 1, 2,3,4,5
Openings: In line, Front and Rear, Front and Side
Travel: 25'
Doors: 3' 0” x 6'8” primed
Operation: Microprocessor -selective collective
Power Supply: Elevator contractor to confirm power supply
Hoistway: See Technical Specifications.
Power Supply: Elevator contractor to confirm power supply
Cab: Per specification (Standard)
Pit and Overhead: See Technical Specification
Guide Rail: 8#

CAB

Cab to be manufacturer's standard design with extruded aluminum sills.

•  Ceiling: White finish panel with two down lights wired in parallel. Lights to be protected by ½” egg crate diffusers
•  in a drop aluminum frame.
•  Handrail: #4 Stainless Steel finish flat handrail.
•  Panels: Plastic laminate panels, removable from inside the car.
•  Flooring: Provide ¾” plywood flooring with finish flooring by others.
•  Door Surround: All other fascia shall be of a decorative nature or #4 stainless steel finish.

SIGNAL AND OPERATING FIXTURES

Provide operating fixtures compliant to ASME A17.1, ADA and other applicable codes. Standard operating fixtures with # 4 stainless steel finish include:

•  Car operating Panel (COP): Panel contains Floor selector buttons, Door Open, Door Close, Alarm, Push/Pull Stop and Push to talk buttons as well as a keyed on off light switch and panel mount emergency light.
•  Car position Indicator (C.P.I.): Provide a digital car position display in C.OP. Provide audible signal to indicate car is passing a floor or stopping at a floor.
•  Hall Directional Arrows” Provided car directional arrows in hall stations

CONTROLLER

•  Provide a microprocessor selective collective controller designed to control all operating functions of the elevator.

B) The controller shall consist of:

•  PLC module with removable input-output terminal strips
•  Power Factor Relay
•  3.5 HP or greater motor starter with overload protection.
•  Battery lowering circuit for emergency lowering
•  Surge protection device
•  Auxiliary AC to DC power supply
•  Peripheral interfaces to accept wiring harness from pump unit, cab and shaft.

POWER UNIT ASSEMBLY

 A) Dimensional Data: 26” length x 16 ½”width x 36” height
Oil Volume: 34.2 gallon max.
Dynamic Volume: 18.4 gallon
Pipe Size: ¾”, NPT, Schedule 80
Dry Weight: 220.5 #

B) Pump: Screw

C) Motor: CSA and NRTL/C approved 208/230 VAC, single phase, 60 Hz 3.5 hp, submersible, capacitive start
25 amp and 1740 RPM

D) Valve: CSA and NRTL/C approved 2 speed with adjustable up acceleration, transition, down speed, leveling speed and pressure compensation. Pressure compensation shall provide constant speed down within 10% of contract speed regardless of load. Provide factory per-adjustment. Provide pressure relief safety system and low pressure sensing cut off switch, pressure gauge, manual lowering and shut off valve.

E) Tank: Provide a fabricated and welded tank. Tank lid will be of a bolt on design to enable filling. Tank lid will be depressed around the valve body to direct any valve seepage back into the tank. Tank will have vibration reducing isolation feet.

F. Muffler: In line submersible muffler designed to maintain noise level within the machine room

G. Wiring Harness: Provide a wiring assembly or harness of a plug in type from valve and motor terminal to the controller.

JACK ASSEMBLY

•  Subject to compliance with specified requirements of ASME A17.1 referencing standard hydraulic jack assemblies.

•  Provide plunger of round and polished tubing with welded stop ring for positive containment of plunger at upper limit of elevator travel.

•  Provide cylinder fabricated of seamless steel pipe or tubing of adequate thickness to sustain maximum working pressure when lifting gross load at rated speed for specific travel distance.

•  Provide heavy-duty steel cylinder head welded to cylinder with gland designed for replacement packing to inhibit oil leakage. Head should contain a drip ring to capture excess oil and a plastic fitting to connect a hose for collection of excess oil into pan located on pit floor.

•  Provide complete with 1” rupture valve as required by code.

FIXED HOISTWAY EQUIPMENT

•  Guide Rails:

•  Provide machine standard ‘T' section guide rails with grooved joints.

•  Use not less than ¾” thick steel machined fishplates with four (4) bolts per rail.

•  All guide rails shall be erected plumb and parallel to a maximum deviation of 1/8” plus or minus 1/16”

•  Provide hoist way structure for installation of elevator equipment, hoistway doors and wiring harnesses.

•  Brackets and Inserts:

1. For concrete and concrete block hoistways, furnish rail brackets and inserts and an insert location drawing to construction manager.

2. Brackets: Shall be used to support the rail from the hoistway inserts. The rail shall be attached to the brackets by rail clips

3. Provide additional rail backing where the vertical distance between supporting frame is greater than 10' and no intermediate support framing on drawing.

TERMINAL-STOPPING DEVICE

A) Provide an electro-mechanical switch or switches that will disconnect power from the controller in the event the car should travel Into designated refuge space in the overhead and pit.

B) Additional mechanical stopping devices will be provided which upon installation, will prevent the car from traveling onto the designated refuge space in the overhead and pit.

STOP SWITCH

A) Provide a readily accessible switch, in the pit and the overhead, for stopping and maintaining the elevator “out of service”.

B) Additional mechanical stopping devices will be provided which when installed will prevent the car from traveling into the designated refuge space in the overhead and pit.

SAFETY EDGE:

A) The elevator door is equipped with an adjustable, current ramping device to detect any obstruction within the opening and reopen the doors for a preset time period.

B) Provide electric contacts on top of the doors to prevent the operation of the elevator when elevator doors are open.

HOISTWAY ENTRANCE STRUCTURES

A) Hardware: Each hoist way entrance shall be equipped with 2 panels, side opening doors with removable guides, to provide a clear opening of 36”. Entrances shall include, frame, doors, sills, toe guards, hangers, tracks, door-closed switch and mounting hardware.

1. Frames: Provide frames shall be of fabricated steel comprised of header and jamb sections welded at all corners and securely fastened to sills.

2. Finish: All doors, frames and associated pieces shall be epoxy primed.

3. Sills: Provide at each opening, extruded aluminum sills incorporating a groove or track to receive the door panel guides as well as means to securely fasten or anchor assembly to floor construction.

4. Toe Guards: Provide toe guards of galvanized steel, extending down and towards the wall on a 70 degree angle from sill nosing.

CAR FRAME (SLING) AND PLATFORM

•  Provide car frame (sling) consisting has formed and structural steel members, which are securely fastened with bolts and/or welded with a factor of safety as required by the ASME and CSA codes.

•  Provide steel frame platform with galvanized steel fire barrier and ¾” wood floor.

TOP OF CAR OPERATOR

Provide installed, all necessary lighting, switches and switch assemblies needed for the proper operation of the car during the inspection process as per all applicable codes.

EMERGENCY LIGHT AND ALARM:

Provide installed, emergency lighting and Alarm system. Equipment and installation shall comply with ASME A17.1.

DOOR OPERATOR

A) Provide a gearless motor driven AC operator of VVVF(Variable Voltage, Variable Frequency) design to open and close the car and hoistway doors when the car arrives at each landing.

B) Operator is to be of two-speed design, allowing the doors to operate smoothly, without slamming in both directions and cushioning the final movement.

•  Each door panel shall utilize two point suspension hangers on the top and two adjustable and replaceable track guides on the bottom.

D) The car doors and the hoistway doors shall open as the car stops at the landing and close before the car can leave the floor.

ELECTRIC WIRING

•  Provide all wiring, conduit, raceways, traveling cable, and harness required for operation of the equipment.

•  Provide pre-wired, plug-in wiring harness on all aspects of the installation with the few exceptions where moving parts require field wiring.

•  Provide all traveling cables and hangers.

•  Where the main elevator disconnect device is not located in the machine room or is located outside the view of the hoistway machine, provide necessary auxiliary disconnect means to meet the requirements of the code.

•  When the disconnect is the manual off position the main line disconnect shall be designed to disable the emergency lowering of the car.

AUTOMATIC RELEVELING

Provide the elevator car with a floor-leveling device, which shall automatically bring the car to a stop within 3/8” any floor for which a stop has been initiated, regardless of load or direction of travel. Provide an automatic re-leveling device, which shall be of such design as to automatically return the elevator to floor level in the event the elevator should creep down to a predetermined distance below floor level. This device shall be operative at all floors served, whether the hoistway door or car door is open or whether the emergency stop switch has been initiated, provided there is no interruption of power to the elevator.

SIGNAGE

Provide labeling and identification of various switches and components required by code for safe and convenient use. Provide instructions, information and identification or warnings to all users. Signage as required by local, others should provide regional and country codes.

FIRE SERVICE

Provide emergency fire fighter service in accordance with Phase I (Phase II optional) outline in ASME A17.1 safety code for elevators. Smoke and heat sensors, wiring to elevator controller in machine room and lobby enunciator's to be provided.

PART II GENERAL SCOPE

DESCRIPTION

Work Included: Work in this section includes labor, materials, tools, equipment and services required to manufacture, deliver, furnish and install the hydraulic elevator, complete as shown on the drawings, as specified herein, and/or as required by job conditions.

CODES AND DEFINITIONS

A) Supply all equipment and do all work in accordance with building codes, bylaws, regulations and requirements of the local state and federal authorities in effect at the time of the execution of the work.

B) Comply with ASME A 17-1 Elevator code requirements.

C) All terms in this specification shall have the meanings as defined in the above codes for elevators, except where otherwise defined.

SUBMITTALS

It is the contractor's responsibility to examine, measure and otherwise determine, prior to the submission of ALL DRAWINGS, that work can be performed as specified. Prior to manufacture of the elevator, the elevator company will provide the following:

•  Elevator layouts, detailing location and dimensions of the equipment, plan view of the machine room and hoistway, location of main power disconnects, pit ladder (if required), pit stop switch, pit light and switch, rail loads and pit reactions.

•  All elevator drawings to be approved by general contractor or architect prior to manufacture of elevator.

RELATED WORK BY OTHERS

•  General Conditions: All necessary protections and guards at hoistway entrances during installation of equipment, cutting and patching of beams, floors, walls and masonry.

•  Concrete: Legal hoistway, concrete slabs, elevator pits, foundations for elevator and similar concrete work (standard sized are provided in the general specifications).

•  Masonry: Shaft wall and fascia above and below doors.

•  Structural Steel or Wood: Rail bracket supports including intermediate framing, where floor heights exceed 10 feet, supports for car rails, hoistway beams, and miscellaneous structural members.

•  Waterproofing: Waterproofing of pit walls and floor.

•  Gypsum Wallboard: Shaft wall and fascia above and below doors.

•  Finished Flooring: Finished flooring in elevator cab enclosure.

•  Heating, ventilating and air conditioning for the elevator machine room and smoke exhaust for the machine room where required.

•  Plumbing: Drainage for the elevator pit, sprinkler protection in elevator machine room where required.

•  Electrical: Convenience outlet light and switch in elevator pit and machine room. 208-230VAC, 30A, 1 Phase, 60Hz power supply with fused disconnect or circuit breakers in the elevator machine room. Conduit and junction boxes installed for pulling wire provided to remote locations as may be indicated on drawings. Smoke sensors in the elevator lobby, including wiring and conduit to the elevator controller in the machine room.

•  Signage: Any and all signage as required by code.

PERMITS AND TESTING

The elevator contractor shall apply for and obtain at his expense all necessary permits and perform all tests required by state elevator code authority.

SCHEDULES

Provide a schedule of delivery, starting and completion dates.

TESTING AND FINAL ACCEPTANCE

Upon completion of the installation and before the elevator is placed into service, perform acceptance inspection and test to determine that all parts of the equipment and installation conform to the specifications and referenced standard codes and that all safety equipment and protective devices function as required.

PERFORMANCE

In addition to the required testing, the equipment provided shall consistently provide the following performance:

•  Maintain elevator stops at all floors consistently within 3/16” of level, regardless of load.

•  Provide, test, demonstrate and certify system and proper operation.

CLEAN UP AND PAINTING

•  Clean elevator components; remove all construction debris, rust or other impurities.

•  All horizontal and vertical surfaces within hoistway including walls, floors, beams, ledges, brackets, vents, louvers, etc. shall be brushed down and vacuumed to remove accumulated dust and dirt.

•  Others shall do all finish painting.

WARRANTY

The elevator contractor shall guarantee that the material and workmanship of the equipment installed by him under these specifications will be first class in every respect, and that he will make good any defects except those due to improper use which may develop within twelve from the date of acceptance by the owner providing a maintenance contract with a factory trained team has been maintained. Warranty replacement only covers parts and standard ground shipment. Labor and accelerated shipping is not included. In the event a maintenance contract is not purchased with installation, the warranty is limited to twelve months from acceptance by the owner.