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Chapter 11
Elevator System Control Devices and
Applications
Elevator Systems • Conveyance •
Calls • Access • Special Operating
Modes • Elevator System Control
Devices • Elevator System Control
Applications
 Chapter 11 — Elevator System
Control Devices and Applications

Conveying systems
include systems to
automatically transport
people and/or
materials between
areas of a building.
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Control Devices and Applications

While passenger
elevators are the most
common type of
elevator, other types of
elevators are
specifically designed
for other functions.
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Traction elevators are

raised and lowered
through the elevator shaft
by cables operated by
electric motors.
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Control Devices and Applications

Most of the equipment

needed to operate a
traction elevator is
located in a machine
room above the
elevator shaft.
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Control Devices and Applications

Machine room-less
elevators use a design
that reduces the size of
the traction equipment
enough so that it does not
require a machine room.
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Hydraulic elevators are raised and lowered by pistons

filled with fluid.
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Holeless elevators
reconfigure the hydraulic
pistons to the side of the
elevator, reducing the
amount of equipment
space needed directly
beneath the elevator shaft.
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The governor sheave engages the emergency brake

system if the elevator falls too rapidly.
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When engaged, emergency elevator brakes wedge

up against the rails guiding the elevator car, slowing it
to a stop.
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When the elevator car is

in the correct position,
the door operating
system unlocks and
pulls open both the car
doors and the elevator
shaft doors.
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The elevator system can

respond to signals from
other building systems to
add calls, control access,
and change elevator
operating modes.
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The normal operating

algorithm of an elevator
system determines the
best sequence of stops in
order to minimize
passengers’ waiting time.
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Elevators can be used to

control access to certain
areas of a building by
either controlling the
access to the elevator or
controlling where the
elevator can stop.
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Some special elevator

operating modes help the
elevator system serve
passengers more
efficiently during certain
periods of the day.
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Phase two fire service mode functions are activated

by a keyswitch, typically inside the elevator car.
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Elevator controllers are

connected to numerous
elevator-specific control
devices to operate the
elevator system
independently.
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Call buttons are the

typical method for
passengers to select
their desired travel
direction or floor.
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Telephones or similar
two-way communication
devices are installed
inside elevator cars
for emergencies.
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In emergency fire
situations, the fire alarm
control panel signals to
the elevator controller to
recall the elevator car(s)
to a designated floor.
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Inputs from access

control systems can be
used by elevator
controllers to anticipate
waiting passengers and
automatically call
elevators to certain floors.
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Access control systems

can be used to admit only
authorized personnel to
elevators serving secure
building areas.
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When integrated with

access control systems,
elevators can be used to
secure individual building
floors by requiring
authorization for certain
floor calls from inside the
elevator car.