Elevator door operator & cylinder replacement – Evanston, IL

We inherited a building about 2 years ago that we found with 2 broken rail brackets and some equipment that had been changed and some that was original.  The building is from late 1960’s/early 1970’s and has a controller that appears to have been replaced in the late 1980’s early 1990’s, power unit was replaced in 2001, original door operator, fixtures & cylinder.

When we took the building on for maintenance the building had high expectations of reliability so when we had a few shut downs and there was some push back about the reliability we recommended replacement of their equipment.  We had previously been to the building in 2004, 2011 & 2015 and made the same recommendations, all prior to us taking the elevator on as a maintenance customer.   While the building did not do everything we recommended we did get the opportunity to replace their door operator & cylinder.  I was at the building Friday with the consultant and everything looked and worked great.

Before pictures - Cylinder 

[Elevator pit cylinder & piston - EECO Elevator Equipment Corporation]

[Casing is sticking above pit floor - if you look closely channels sit on concrete blocks]

[Building was interested in a Life Jacket]

[Not enough room for a Life Jacket - note channel piece as platum plate - Piston too short or building was built higher than drawings indicated]

Before pictures - Door operator

[Old GAL MOD door operator - You cannot tell from this picture but there is a 24" space in back of the car]

[Old GAL MOD door operator hatch equipment]

After pictures - Cylinder 

[New EECO cylinder & Piston]

[New cylinder ordered to remove channel "adjustment" platum plate]

After pictures - Door operator

[New GAL MOVFR operator, hatch & car door equipment]

[Handrails to remove fall hazard was a freebie to the building]

The new doors run smooth as silk, car top is a safer place and the building removed their single bulk head cylinder.  On the list for future modernization is controller, fixtures & power unit and they will be set for the next 25-30 years.  I would like to say thank you to everyone involved from sales, engineering, shop and especially the crew that installed the equipment, it is a team effort from start to finish.

If you have any questions or would like additional information feel free to contact me at CraigZ@colleyelevator.com or 630-766-7230 ext. 107.