2. WHAT IS LIFT/ELEVATOR?
• An elevator/lift is a type of vertical transport equipment
that moves people or goods between floors/levels of a
building or other structure.
• Elevators are generally powered by electric motors that
either drive traction cables or counterweight systems
like a hoist, or pump hydraulic fluid to raise a cylindrical
piston like a jack.
• a machine used for carrying people and things to
different levels in a building.
3. WHAT IS CAR
SIZE OF THE CAR
• The width of car is determined by the width of
entrance, and the depth of car is regulated by loading
per sq.mtr.
• Permissible. Centre opening door are the most
practicable and most efficiency entrance with for
passenger lifts.
Where passengers ride up and down
4. QUANTITY OF SERVICE
The quantity of service is a measure of the passenger handling capacity of a vertical transport system. It is
measured in terms of the total number of passengers handled during each five minutes peak period of the day.
QUALITY OF SERVICE
The quality of service on the other hand is generally measured by the passenger waiting time of the various
floors. Quality of service or Acceptable interval
20 to 25 seconds-Excellent
30 to 35 seconds-Good
35 to 40 seconds-Fair
40 to 45 seconds-Poor
Over 45 seconds-Unsatisfactory
5. LIFT TRAFFIC
• A lift traffic analysis studies the performance of a group of lifts, based on assumptions about the expected traffic situation.
• The main performance measurements are quantitative (handling capacity) and qualitative (waiting time).
• Handling Capacity is expressed as the percentage of the building population the group of lifts can cope with over a given
time period (usually in 5 minutes).
• Waiting time is exactly that. It is the waiting time for a lift to arrive in response to pressing a call button.
• The more accurate the passenger movement can be modelled, then the more accurate will
be the results of the traffic analysis.
• Once these are modelled an accurate calculation of the lift performance can be made.
• The outputs of a traffic analysis will give an accurate indication of the quality and quantity of
lift service provided i.e. what the waiting times are and what percentage of the building
population can be transported by the lifts in a given time period.
6. CARRYING CAPACITY OF LIFTS
• The capacity of a standard elevator can vary somewhat depending on how it was built and where it is used, but in general the
range is between about 454 to 2,722 kg.
• Some of the biggest factors that influence this number are the elevator’s floor dimensions, what it’s made of, and how it is
supported.
• Standard elevators in small residential buildings or in private residences — machines that ascend no more than four or five
floors — tend to be the smallest, and as such usually have the lowest limits.
• Lifts in taller structures and those that are designed to bring people and materials up skyscrapers are usually built differently
and can typically sustain much more.
• Freight elevators tend to have the most robust capacities. Engineers usually determine the upper limits based on calculations
related to the resistance and pull of the system as a whole, and following these limits is very important to overall safety.
• Overloaded elevators can lose control and function improperly, which can lead to accidents and potentially serious injuries.
7. RATED SPEED OF LIFTS
• The speed in feet (or meters) per minute at which a device, apparatus, conveyance, elevator, etc., is designed to operate i
n the upward direction with the rated load.
• It is dependent upon quality of service required and the quality of service desired. Therefore, no set formulae for
indicating the speed can be given.
• Some general guidelines are for different buildings are as follows:
Office Building Passenger Lifts
Sl.
No.
No. of Floors Recommended
Speed
1. 4 to 5 floors 1 MPS
2. 6 to 12 floors 1.5 MPS
3. Above 12 floors Above 1.5 MPS
8. Residential Building Passenger Lifts
Sl.
No.
No. of Floors Recommended
Speed
1. 4 to 8 floors 1 MPS
2. 8 to 12 floors 1.5 MPS
3. Above 12 floors Above 1.5 MPS
Hospital Lifts (Bed cum Passenger Lifts)
Sl.
No.
No. of Floors Recommended
Speed
1. Upto 4 floors 0.5 MPS
2. 5 to 8 floors 0.75 MPS
3. Above 8 floors 1 MPS
10. ROUND TRIP TIME (RTT)
Round trip time, that is, the average time required by each lift in taking one full load of passengers from ground
floor, discharging them in various upper floors and coming back to ground floor for taking fresh passengers for
the next trip.
RTT is the sum of the time required in the following process :
a)Entry of the passengers on the ground floor,
b)Exit of the passengers on each floor of discharge,
c)Door closing time before each floor of discharge,
d)Door opening time on each discharging operation,
e)Acceleration periods,
f)Stopping and leveling periods,
g)Period of full rated speeds between stops going up, and
h)Period of full rated speeds between stops going down.
It is observed that the handling capacity is inversely proportional to the waiting time which in turn is proportional to RTT.
11. The round trip time can be decreased not only by increasing the speed of the lift but also by improving the
design of the equipment related to opening and closing of the landing and car doors, acceleration, deceleration,
levelling and passenger movement.
CALCULATION OF RTT
Calculation of R.T.T.
The most probable number of floors on which lift may have to be stopped is given by statistical formula:
Sn = n [ 1-(n-1)/n)Np]
Where
Np= Total number of passengers entering the car at ground floor (Entrance Lobby)
during peak period which is equal to car capacity.
n = Total number of floors served above ground floor.
Sn = Most probable number of stops.