Traction Elevator Machine Room Modernization - Chicago, IL

This is a building that had a 80+ year old elevator in the historic Lakeview neighborhood in Chicago, IL that was modernized in 1978 and again this year.  We walked into a building that did not have a running elevator and no data tags which makes engineering the new elevator challenging and makes installing the elevator challenging if the engineering does not have a good basis.  All in all it turned out well and the building has a great running elevator.

View from the machine room door - This says it all the service team painted the walls which gives the dreary machine room a brighter look.

[Old Machine]

[New Hollister Whitney Machine w/Smartrise Controller]

New machine - Night and day difference with the new machine, rope guard, rope gripper, painted floors.

[Old Machine]

[New Hollister Whitney Machine]

New Controls - A new Smartrise Engineering controller replaces a 1978 CJ Anderson relay logic control system. 

[Old CJ Anderson relay logic controller]

[New Smartrise Engineering controller]

New governor/placement - Before the modernization you had to walk over the governor to get in the machine room.  We stuck it in the other corner so there is one less tripping hazard in the already cramped machine room. 

[Old governor - tripping hazard]

[New HWEC governor out of the working path]

The machine room at the building turned out great!  The crew that completed this project did a great job! Did I mention the only way up to the machine room was a fire escape in the back of the building?

As always feel free to contact us at www.colleyelevator.com, email Craigz@colleyelevator.com or call 630-766-7230