MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT

LECTURE – 26

MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT

AUTOMOBILE ENGINEERING SUBJECT COORDINATOR

8th Semester VAIBHAV GUPTA

Topic Covered

 Maintenance of Elevators and Lifts

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ELEVATORS AND SPECIAL LIFTS

Among the most complex and specialized in the entire plant or building, the elevator system integrates
electrical, mechanical, and in many cases, hydraulic subsystems. Elevator machinery has no close
counterpart in other building equipment. Although elevators are designed for ease of maintenance,
installation as an integral building system necessitates locating some critical assemblies and wearing
parts at various levels from the basement to the roof.

MAINTENANCE OBJECTIVES

1. Maintaining Safety:
 Maintaining a modern elevator to operate dependably and efficiently also ensures that it
will operate safely. Besides preventive care of safety devices, comprehensive maintenance
by the manufacturer also includes their periodic inspection and testing to comply with
applicable safety codes.

2. Dependability:
 If elevators must be taken out of service for essential maintenance work, it can be
scheduled to minimize interference with plant or building operations.

3. Performance:
 Preventive maintenance can contribute to productivity and profitability by keeping
elevators in operation, not only dependably and safely, but also efficiently.

4. Economy:
 “Stitch-in-time” economy is inherent in preventive maintenance. In this way, maintenance
minimizes costly emergency repairs and the even greater cost of interrupted operation.

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SAFETY INSPECTION
Hoistway inspection includes:
 All mechanical equipment such as sheaves, buffers, door closers, floor selectors,
limit switches, hoistway door hangers, closers, and door gibs: to be sure they are
intact and securely fastened to their mountings.
 Interlocks: to see that they are mechanically fastened to their base or mountings and
that the latching head is securely locked when the door is properly closed.
 Hoist and governor ropes and their fastenings: for wear or rust.
 Traveling cables: to make sure that they are properly hung and that the outer
wrapping around the electrical wires is not worn.
 Rail: for proper alignment and tightening of rail fastenings, brackets, and fish plates.
 Steadying plates: to see that the car is securely fastened to the car frame.
 Ropes: for vibration and wear.
 Guide shoes: for excessive float.
 Gibs: for wear.
 Door operators: for alignment.
Pit inspection includes:
 Oil: level in the buffer.
 Rope: stretch.
 Debris or water: leaks.
 Safety shoes are checked from the bottom of the car, in the pit.
Machine-room inspection includes:
 Motors and generators: to see that commutators are clean, properly undercut, and
equipped with the correct brushes.
 Brush holders must be clean and brushes well seated, with proper spring pressure,
the commutator free from flat spots, high bars, and pitting.
 Bearing wear: to determine if it is affecting the armature air gap and rotor
clearances.
 Brakes: to make sure that each will hold 125 percent of full load and that lifting
application is unimpaired by frozen or worn pins.

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 Brake linings: to make sure that they are securely fastened to the shoe and in good
contact with the brake pulley.
 Shafts into the pulley: for proper alignment and secure fastenings to the brake
pulley.
 Gears and bolts: to make sure they are not loose or broken.
 Worm and gear: for backlash and end thrust.
 Sheave grooves: for uneven wear or bottomed ropes.
 Gland packing: on a geared machine.
 Gear-case: oil.
 Machine fastening.
 Controllers: for correct fuse capacity, broken leads
 Switches: for residual magnetism and gummy cores.
 Safety equipment: for blocked or shorted contacts.
 Governors: to be sure that the rope is well seated in the
Hydraulic-elevator safety inspection includes:
 Cylinder-head packing and piston: to make sure the oil is not leaking excessively or
returning to the tank through a bypass.
 Hydraulic machines: to be sure that there is sufficient oil so that the car reaches the
top landing with oil left in the tank.
 Power-medium oil: for cleanliness.

ORGANISATION FOR MAINTENANCE

1. Personnel:
 Skilled labor, the major element of maintenance expense, is scarce and costly.
 Mechanics, electricians, and other craftsmen therefore need additional specialized training
and experience to maintain elevator equipment.
 Qualified elevator mechanics must understand such safety features as governors, contacts,
and interlocks, their design and operation, and how wear will affect performance.

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2. Emergency Service:
 Qualified elevator maintenance personnel can assist in emergencies that include fires,
earthquakes, and electric power failures.
 Elevator technicians are trained to protect people first and equipment second
 Some contractors are immediately aware of emergencies and can dispatch a technician
before the customer calls for assistance.

3. Do-It-Yourself Maintenance
 Plant and building operators have three options for maintaining elevators:
(1) Having the plant staff perform the necessary maintenance,
(2) Engaging an independent maintenance contractor, or
(3) Turning the maintenance responsibility over to the elevator manufacturer.
 Do-it-yourself elevator maintenance requires hiring and training specialized craftsmen,
supervising them, and supplying replacement parts and servicing equipment.

4. Contract Maintenance:
 Rather than attempting in-house maintenance of plant or building elevators, management can
elect to have the system cared for by either an independent maintenance contractor or the
service department of the company that manufactured and installed the elevators.
 Contracts may range in coverage from “oil and grease” to “full maintenance.”
 Oil and grease contracts, the simplest form of contractual service, cover oiling, greasing, and
minor cleaning of elevator equipment.
 Such contracts generally do not include replacement parts or overtime callbacks.
 Contract prices are adjusted annually in step with changes in labor cost during the year.
 Full maintenance contracts usually cover all parts and labor required to correct normal wear
and tear of the elevator system.
 Overtime emergency callback service may or may not be included, depending on individual
needs.
 Exclusions in full maintenance contracts are normally fewer than in oil and grease contracts
and the contractor’s liability is greater since he is responsible for preventive maintenance.

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