RETROFITTING AN ELEVATOR MACHINE WITH PRIMARY AND SECONDARY BRAKING

A method is disclosed of retrofitting an elevator machine with primary and secondary braking, the machine being disposed on a machine support frame in an elevator machine room, and engaging one or more ropes for providing selective movement of an elevator car disposed in an elevator shaft, the machi...

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Hauptverfasser: Swaybill, Bruce P, Richter, Jesse R, Mendrala, Gary P, Eschenbrenner, John, O'Seep, Gregory M, Koenig, Christopher H, Williams, Robert K, Derwinski, Patricia, Davis, Daniel B, Hubbard, James L, Hardesty, Martin J
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Sprache:eng ; fre ; ger
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Zusammenfassung:A method is disclosed of retrofitting an elevator machine with primary and secondary braking, the machine being disposed on a machine support frame in an elevator machine room, and engaging one or more ropes for providing selective movement of an elevator car disposed in an elevator shaft, the machine having a drive sheave including a cylindrical brake drum, and brake components including dual brake arms; the method including: removing the brake components; affixing flanged disc segments about the drum and interlocking the flanged disc segments to form a brake rotor; and mounting respective brake calipers to frame mounts for providing primary and secondary braking to the elevator machine.