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Architect's and Consultant's Specification
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Architect's or Consulting Engineer's Specifications for the Otis 2000 range of bed passenger
elevators. Please refer to Otis for information regarding other products.

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 INDEX OF MAIN SUBSYSTEMS

Drive
Electric machine above Machine
Motor
Motion Control
Drive Performance
Hydraulic 4 : 2 Valve block
Motor pump
Motion Control
Drive Performance
Car
Car Frame
Car Enclosure
Car Ceilings
Car Floor
Car Operating Panel
Car Lighting
Car Wall Finishes
Car Fixtures
Car Door

Operational Control
SAPB
DCL
Duplex DCL
Simplex FCL
Duplex FCL
FCL Group

Landings
Landing Doors and Frames
Landing Fixtures

Hoistway Equipment
Guide Rails
Counterweight
Safety Gear
Ropes
Compensating Ropes
Buffers
Electrical Wiring

Testing
Architect's Specifications - Otis 2000 Bedlift

General Characteristics

Elevator Usage : Transportation of hospital beds, medical apparatus,

stretcher and wheelchair patients.

No. of Cars :

Load : 1250 kg - 1600 kg - 2000 kg

Speed : .... m/s

Rise : .... m

No. of Floors : ....

No. of Entrances : Front .... Rear ....

Control : Electric Simplex, Duplex, Group

Hydraulic Simplex
(FCL) (DCL) (SAPB)

Drive : Electric Variable Frequency/2 Speed AC

Hydraulic Electronic/Solenoid valve

Machine Room Location : Above/Adjacent to/Remote from the shaft at level ....

Starts Per Hour : Electric 240,150,120

Hydraulic 120, 60, 45
+
Levelling Accuracy : Electric /- 3mm, 5mm, 20mm
+
Hydraulic /- 6mm

Hoistway Dimensions : Width, Depth (mm)

Car Dimensions (inside) : Width, Depth, Height (mm)

Type of Car/Hoistway Door : 2-Speed

Dimensions of Doors : Clear Opening in mm 1100, 1300

Power Supply : Voltage, Hertz

Electric Machine Above

Machine

The machine shall be of the worm geared traction type specifically designed for elevator
service. The phosphor-bronze worm wheel and cast traction sheave are mounted on a
common shaft. For quietness of operation, the electro-mechanical brake shall be operated
from a DC supply.

Motor

The motor shall be of the squirrel cage induction type, specifically designed for lift motion
control.

Motion Control

VF Drive A Closed Loop Variable Frequency A C drive with motion and velocity
profile control shall be provided. This micro-computer based speed
control system shall incorporate a digital closed loop feedback system
ensuring the actual elevator speed is in line with the dictated pattern
during all phases of travel, namely acceleration, full running speed and
deceleration. All phases of travel shall be controlled regardless of load
or direction of travel.

2 Speed AC A 2 speed AC motion control system shall be provided. The floor

approach speed shall be 25% of the full speed.

Acceleration and Deceleration

VF Only The acceleration and deceleration values shall be easily adjustable on

site by qualified personnel and shall not exceed 1.2m/s2.

Flight Time

The elevator manufacturer will specify and guarantee the floor to floor time for a 3 metre
floor run.

Stopping Accuracy

VF Only The stopping accuracy shall be to within +/- ....... mm before loading or
unloading the car. The mechanical brake shall not be operated before
the car has been electrically stopped.

2 Speed AC The stopping accuracy shall be to within +/- ...... mm for all normal
loading conditions.
Re-levelling

VF Only To compensate for rope stretch under various load

conditions, an automatic relevelling system is to be
furnished to ensure the car stays within the floor levelling
zone at all times.

Hydraulic Drive

Valve Block

The drive unit shall be specifically designed for lift duty and consists of a valve block, a
pump/motor unit and oil tank.

All valves shall operate within accurately machined and hardened bores designed to ensure
long life and consistent operation. The valve block shall also include a pressure relief valve,
a manual lowering valve and an automatic pressure compensation valve.

Motor Pump

The pump/motor unit shall be oil immersed, ensuring smooth, quiet operation of the lift. A
triple screw pump shall be used to limit oil pulsation. It shall be driven by a coupled A.C.
induction motor. The motor shall be protected by thermistor units embedded within the
motor windings. The pump shall include a filter which prevents passage of impurities from
the tank to the pump. The pump/motor unit shall operate only when the lift is travelling
upwards, when oil must flow from the tank to the cylinder.

The oil tank shall have a capacity of at least 1.5 x the total oil used in the system and be
designed for efficient heat dissipation. It shall be mounted on resilient rubber isolation pads
to minimise the transmission of vibration and noise to the surrounding structure.

Motion Control

Solenoid Valve The precision-made valve block shall control acceleration,

contract speed and deceleration of the lift. It shall receive
signals from the lift controller which will energise solenoids on
the valve block. These solenoids shall open and close pilot
valves that control the flow of oil to or from the cylinder which
is moving the lift.

Otis Advanced The precision-made valve block shall control acceleration,

Valve System contract speed and deceleration of the lift, within a closed loop
system.

The system shall be set up to have ideal floor to floor speed

profiles adjusted to be specific for each installation, an
electronic valve shall be used to manage the levelling phase of
the speed profile.
 Lift position shall be monitored via a shaft encoder with the car
speed calculated by a logic board using the encoder signals.
When a slow downsignal is received from the main controller
the logic board shall evaluate the delay time to operate the
electronic valve. The valve shall then be closed by a DC motor
controlling precisely the deceleration and levelling of the lift.

Flight Time

The elevator manufacturer will specify and guarantee the floor to floor time for a 3 metre
floor run.

Stopping Accuracy

The stopping accuracy shall be within +/- 6 mm for all normal loading conditions.

Relevelling

To compensate for rope stretch under various load conditions, an automatic relevelling
system is to be furnished to ensure the car stays within the floor levelling zone at all times.

Car

Car frame

A car frame fabricated from formed steel members shall be provided with adequate bracing to
support the platform and car enclosure.

Electric The car safety gear shall be mounted on the members of the frame and
operated by an overspeed governor. Guide shoes shall be
mounted on top and bottom of the car frame to engage the guide rails
and ensure smooth car operation.

Hydraulic The car safety gear shall be mounted on the members of the frame and
operated by a slack rope device. Guide shoes shall be mounted
on top and bottom of the car frame to engage the guide rails and ensure
smooth operation.
Platform

The car platform shall be of all-steel construction.

Car Enclosure

The car enclosure shall be made of steel.

Car Wall Panels

The walls shall be textured skinplate coloured (white) (grey) (cream) (blue).

or The walls shall be of stainless steel with a (220 brushed) (buffalo skin) finish.
Car Ceiling

The car ceiling shall be flush finished white skinplate (RAL 9016).

or The car ceiling shall be curved, in white (RAL 9016).

Car Flooring

The flooring shall be of hardwearing antibacterial and anti-static Taralay material coloured
(blue) (grey).

Car Operating Panel(s)

The Car Operating Panel(s) shall be of convex design located within the car wall in
accordance with Handicapped Code requirements and shall be finished in (white skin plate)
(stainless steel 220 finish). The car panel(s) shall include circular micro movement buttons
for entering floor calls, door open and alarm.

A position indicator providing a digital (numeric) (alpha numeric) display shall be included.
The position indicator shall utilise LCD technology.

The panel shall also include:

Emergency Car Lights.

Loudspeaker grill with inter-communication unit.

Independent service key switch.

Car overloaded indicator.

Fan key switch.

Car Lighting

Lighting shall be provided by concealed fluorescent tubes mounted vertically around the car
operating panel.

Car Fixtures

A flat profile satin aluminium handrail shall be provided on (one) (two) side
wall(s).

or shock absorbing handrails shall be provided on (one) (two) (three) side

wall(s).
A low level satin finish aluminium bumper rail with rubber protection bands
shall be located on (one) (two) (three) side walls.
 A ventilation fan shall be provided.

A half height mirror shall be provided.

Car Door and Return

The car entrance shall be provided with a two-speed type horizontal sliding door. The door
shall be hung on rollers with a steel track and guided at the bottom by non-metallic shoes
sliding in a threshold groove.

The car doors and / or return finish shall be (white vinyl) (stainless steel 220 finish)
(stainless steel Buffalo Skin finish).

Door Operator

DO 2000 A closed loop variable frequency controlled door operator shall be

provided to drive the car and landing doors fully automatically.

The open and close speed profile shall be software based and re-
programmable via a test tool.

In the event of the door meeting an obstruction during closing, re-

opening will occur by way of a motor slip detection device.

The time interval for which the elevator doors remain open when a car
stops at a landing shall be independently adjustable for response to car
calls and response to hall calls.

The maximum time to completely open and completely close the doors
shall be ..... seconds.

The manufacturer shall guarantee a complete door time of ..... seconds.

The maximum door noise measured one metre from the landing
entrance shall not exceed ..... dBA.

The maximum door noise measured one metre from the car door shall
not exceed ...... dBA.

Passenger Door Protection

Lambda II Detector An electronic infra-red screen curtain type detector shall be

provided. This shall provide protection across the full width
and height of the entrance. Interruption of the curtain beams
shall cause the doors to re-open.

Operational Control

Single Automatic Push Button

The car shall be furnished with a single set of buttons, one for each floor served. Registration
of a call by momentary pressure on a button shall cause the corresponding call to be entered.

It shall then not be possible to enter further calls until the first call is answered. On arrival at
a floor the doors shall open for a pre-determined time and then close. Once closed the car
will be free to answer any single landing call if no further car call is entered.

Simplex Down Collective Microprocessor Control

The operation shall be Simplex Down Collective Automatic, with one button in the car for
each landing and one button at each landing. All stops registered by the momentary pressure
of the car buttons shall be made in he order in which the landings are reached after the
buttons have been pressed but irrespective of the sequence in which calls were registered.
Stops registered by the momentary pressure of the buttons at the landings shall be made in he
order in which the landings are reached in he down direction of travel after the buttons have
been pressed. All landing calls shall be answered when the car is travelling in the down
direction, except in he case of the terminal floor calls which shall be answered as soon as it is
reached.

Load Non-Stop Option The landing calls shall be bypassed but not cancelled if the load
in the car is approximately 80% of the contract load.

Duplex Down Collective Microprocessor Control

The two elevators shall have Duplex Selective Down Collective Automatic Operation
whereby both elevators operate from a single line of single push buttons at the landings. Only
one car shall respond to any one landing call, when it is travelling normally in the down
direction.

The control shall be arranged so that, normally, one car shall be parked at the main floor and
the other a free car, at the landing last served, to answer the landing calls. Should both cars
happen to finish their calls at the main floor, the car which arrived there first shall become the
free car to answer subsequent landing calls.

When landing calls are registered the system shall calculate the response time to calls taking
into account car position, other calls registered, direction of travel, car load and distance cars
are from the call. The car than can provide the best response shall be allocated the call.

Either car shall always respond to its own car button calls regardless of the direction of the
landing calls. When either car is taken out of service for any reason, the other car shall
automatically answer all calls from the landings and its own car buttons.

Simplex Full Collective Microprocessor Control

The operation shall be Full Collective automatic type with one button in the car for each
landing level served; and UP and DOWN buttons at the intermediate landings and a single
button at each terminal landing. All stops registered by the momentary pressure of the car
buttons shall be made in the order in which the landings are reached after the buttons have
been pressed but irrespective of the sequence in which calls are registered. Calls registered
by the momentary pressure of the buttons at the landing shall be made in he order in which
the landings are reached in each direction of travel after buttons have been pressed. All UP
landing calls shall be answered when the car is travelling in the UP direction and all DOWN
landing calls shall be answered when the car is travelling in the DOWN direction, except in
the case of the terminal floor calls which shall be answered as soon as it is reached.

Duplex Full Collective Microprocessor Control

The two elevators shall have Duplex Full Collective automatic operation whereby both
elevators operate from a single line of push buttons at the landings, with up and down button
at the intermediate landings and a single button at each terminal landing. Only one car shall
respond to any one landing call, and that car shall be the car nearest in time to the call and set
for the direction of travel for which the car has been registered.

The control shall be arranged so that, normally, one car shall be parked at the main floor, and
the other a free car, at the main floor, and the other a free car, at the landing last served, to
answer the landing calls. Should both cars happen to finish their calls at the main floor, the
car which arrived there first shall become the free car to answer subsequent landing calls.

When multiple calls are registered on landings the system shall allocate the calls in a manner
that provides the best overall response time having taken into account the following; relative
position of each car to calls, direction of travel relative to a call, car calls already entered,
load in car.

Either car shall always respond to its own car button calls regardless of the direction of the
landing calls. When either car is taken out of service for any reason, the other car shall
automatically answer all calls from the landing and its own car buttons.

Full Collective Multi-Car Group Control

The group of lifts shall employ a Full Collective Group Supervisory control system.

The system shall operate by storing the car and landing calls with the former being answered
in a pre-determined order irrespective of the sequence of registration and the latter, allocated
through a microprocessor based supervisory program.

Without calls in the systems, cars shall be parked at pre-determined floors with one car at the
main landing and the other cars being evenly dispersed throughout the building. When
landing calls are entered into the system the supervisory program shall gather data from each
car in order to determine its current availability for a call and its time to respond to it. In
order to calculate response to it. In order to calculate response time the following shall be
considered.

- Distance from call.

- Hall calls already allocated to a car.
- Car calls already registered.
- Direction of travel.
- Car parked or running.
- Car fully loaded.
- Car on normal or special service.
- Coincident calls.

Calls shall be allocated and reallocated to keep the call with the best suited car. Scanning
shall take place at least 5 times per second. The landing calls shall be by-passed but not
cancelled if the load in a car is approximately 80% of contract load.

A key operated independent service switch shall be fitted in each car to enable operation from
the car buttons only, independent of the other cars.

The car and landing doors shall open automatically on arrival at the landing in answer to
either a car or landing call and remain open for an adjustable time period.

When a car is at a landing, the doors shall reopen by operating the door open button, landing
button or door safety edge.
Landings

Landing Door and Frames

Complete automatic two-speed type sheet steel entrances shall be furnished and installed for
each landing.

The door panels shall be (prime coated) (finished in linished stainless steel 220 grit).

A small decorative frame, finished in (prime coat) (stainless steel) shall be provided.

Landing Fixtures

DCL At each landing a hall push button shall be provided. When a call is
registered by momentary pressure on a landing button, that button shall
become illuminated and remain illuminated until the call is answered.
The illumination shall be by light emitting diodes, displaying green for
up and red for down.

FCL At each terminal landing, a push button fixture shall be provided and at
each intermediate landing, a button fixture shall be provided containing
UP and DOWN push buttons.

When a call is registered by momentary pressure on a landing button,

that button shall become illuminated and remain illuminated until the
call is answered. The illumination shall be by light emitting diodes,
displaying green for up and red for down.

Key Switch A separate (key switch) (key switch integral with the hall button
fixture) shall be provided at landing(s) ............................ for
(emergency hospital service) (express theatre service) (car to main
landing service).

Hall Position Indicator

A digital hall position indicator shall be installed at ........ (all landings). The indicator shall
have a (numeric) (alpha numeric) capability.

Hall Lantern

A (separate) hall lantern (integral with the hall position indicator) shall be provided at all
landings. When a car is stopping at a landing, the lantern indicating the direction in which
the car is travelling shall become illuminated prior to arrival of the car.

Gong A gong shall sound to announce the arrival of the car. The gong shall have
different tones for UP and DOWN direction.

Hoistway Equipment

Guide Rails
Machined steel "T" rails shall be provided as guides for the car (and counterweight). The
stem section of all guides shall be tongued and grooved to provide matched joints. The guide
rail shall be securely fastened and accurately installed onto the building structure.

Counterweight

A structural steel frame with filler weights shall be furnished to provide proper
counterbalance for safe operation.

Safety Gear The counterweight frame shall be equipped with mechanical safety
gear.

Ropes

The ropes shall be of steel and of suitable size, construction and number to ensure the proper
operation of the elevator and give satisfactory wearing qualities.

Compensating Rope

Compensation shall be provided to compensate for the weight of the hoist.

Buffers

Speed 1.0m/s or less Suitable energy accumulation type buffers shall be provided for
car and counterweight.

Speed 1.6m/s upwards: Car (and counterweight) buffers shall be of energy dissipating
oil type.

Electric Wiring

All necessary insulated wiring and trunking together with necessary fittings, will be provided,
except as specified as work by others.

Testing

The completed installation shall be tested in compliance with BS5655 Part 10 and a test
certificate issued to the client.