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Vertical Transport
Vertical Transport
Vertical Transport
Vertical Transportation:
Elevators & Escalators
Vertical Transportation:
The term 'vertical transportation' refers to different types of
equipment that can be used to move building users and
equipment between different levels of a building.
Vertical transportation systems (VTS) include all kinds of
transportation media within buildings, such as
lifts,
escalators,
hydraulic hoists,
passenger conveyors, etc.
It may be considered the most important building services
system for high-rise buildings.
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Lift/Elevator:
A lift or an elevator is a transport device used to move goods or
people vertically.
Types of Elevator:
There are many different types of elevators which can be used in
different applications, serving different purposes.
Usage
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Passenger lift:
Passenger lift is designed to move people between floors of a
building.
Hospital lift:
A lift normally installed in a hospital, dispensary, or any other
healthcare facility.
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Types of Elevator:
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Hydraulic Elevator:
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(a) Basic single-wrap rope arrangement. In (b) and (c), the rope
passes over the traction sheave T and sheave S, doubles back over T,
and then extends past S to the counterweight CW. This double-wrap
arrangement provides additional traction at the drive sheave. (d)
Roping arrangement for a basement machine room.
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Escalator:
A moving staircase – a transport device for carrying people
between floors of a building.
The installation also includes a handrail on each side of the steps that moves at
the same speed as the steps.
At the top and bottom of the escalator, the steps collapse on each other, creating a
flat platform.
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Features:
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