Chicago Elevator Maintenance – Elevator World Oct 16’ Article

Elevator World was looking for articles on elevator maintenance for their Oct 16’ issue and I said yes, I’d love to help.  This is the article that is featured in the new Elevator World.  This is a complimentary article to the blog we do every week.

This is also a tie in to the Maintenance Control Plan[MCP] which we will be seeing become more of a hot topic in the next 6 to 18 months around the country and especially in Illinois & Chicago.

Take away – If contractors, mechanics & building owners all work together we can have safe and reliable elevators.  The picture below is an elevator we are modernizing for a building owner who has a portfolio of equipment that needs to be replaced and the only reason they are modernizing the system is because it won’t run anymore.  Now the building is depending on an elevator that is the same age, same vintage and was previously turned off before the front elevator went down because the rear elevator was “unreliable”, but now the rear elevator is the work horse.  Contractors need to continue to encourage building owners to get rid of the elevator equipment that is unreliable.  

[A mechanics dream to see on a Saturday morning, this controller should have been replaced 10 years ago]

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