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Your existing lift, like most things in life, needs to move with the times.

Changes in life styles, change of use and changes in legislation and customer expectations mean ever changing requirements.

There is also an ever changing design and development of equipment to counteract the aging of control equipment and older style and operating door gear etc.

Most lifts can be updated and upgraded and generally modernised as well as an internal face lift. This can transform the lift from the comfort of the ride, the accuracy of the floor levelling to the reliability of the controls.

VVF drive units and programmable microprocessor control panels give floor accuracies to within 2 mm regardless of load in the car. This also dramatically reduces the stresses and strains on the motor/gearbox unit, brake and all associated equipment. A variable frequency voltage is applied to the lift motor to give variable speed and smoother rides, with almost undetectable acceleration and deceleration meaning you would not know you had moved, were it not for the floor indicator.

The lift slows to the floor level and stops before the braking unit holds the car in place. This replaces the brake trying suddenly to stop the lift when either fully loaded or empty at the same place in either direction.

Door operators with the same technology gives door operation with smooth and variable speed operation.

Infra red doors
We can install full height infrared detector beams to the lift car doors. This will reduce the risk of trapping and the possibility of damage to the lift doors.

The system will cover the car entrance with infrared beams at every 100mm in height, particularly useful for children or wheel chair users, and should any of the beams be broken the lift doors will automatically re-open. The lift doors will then not try to close until the beams are once again cleared of obstruction.

Car Finish
We can redecorate and apply a new finish to the inside of the lift car, fix a hand rail either to one side wall or the back wall, as is most appropriate. We can use a corded carpet to finish the car walls. A non slip linoleum finish to the car floor. Replace the car ceiling with a false ceiling or paint white with spot lights for illumination. Whatever you envisage we can provide.

Fit load restrictor
To prevent overloading of the lift car we can fit a load restrictor. The sensor needs to be fitted and wired into the control panel and then weight tested to calibrate the maximum load the lift can be allowed to operate with. This calibration needs to be repeated every 12 months maximum to comply with current legislation.

Lockable Isolator
The lift machine room must contain a main switch for each lift, capable of interrupting/breaking the highest current involved in the normal conditions of use of the lift. The switch must have a stable open and closed position and must be capable of being locked off in the open position, with the use of a padlock or equivalent, to ensure no inadvertent operation by unauthorized persons.

Hydraulic operation for quieter operation and low cost for low height movements.

Health and Safety
To comply with BS 5655, Safe Working on Lifts and the HSE’s latest recommendations, your lift needs to be a safe place to work. Not just for the service engineer, but for the inspector, any emergency crew or ancillary equipment personnel.

We can fit emergency equipment, emergency lowering equipment, fire evacuation controls, shaft lighting, emergency lighting and safety features for their protection.

We also guard all moving items of equipment, paint all moving parts and fit safety stops next to traction machinery, lift pit car top etc.

Pit Ladder
There should be a permanent means of access provided inside the lift well, which is easily accessible from the landing door to permit competent persons to descend safely to the floor of the pit. This shall not project into the clear running space of the lift equipment.

A pit prop should be provided for safe working beneath the lift car. The distance from the floor of the lift well to the lowest part on the underside of the lift car should be no less than 500mm. The length of the pit prop should incorporate the pit depth and still provide this clearance.

E.g. Lift pit to bottom of lift well 1200mm + 500mm clearance to underside of car = 1700mm total length of prop/jack

Please contact us to discuss your requirements.