Saturday, February 29, 2020

End of Life/Obsolete elevator equipment – ERM Elevator Research Manufacturing & Oliver Williams

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This is the 2 nd in our series of end of life/obsolete elevator control systems.   This one is a big one for Colley Elevator, we installe...
Saturday, February 22, 2020

End of Life/Obsolete elevator equipment – Vertitron VH 40 & VH 80

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From time to time we have elevator control systems that we used for a period of time in our geographic area that reach their end of life. ...
Saturday, February 15, 2020

History of Elevator Firefighters Emergency Operation

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I have wanted to share this information for some time.   This is the history of Elevator Firefighters Emergency Operation.   It is interes...
Sunday, February 9, 2020

Elevator cylinder hole collapse – Undermining building

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Colley Elevator does a lot of cylinder work, probably the most in the City of Chicago/State of Illinois.   We have experienced a lot of di...
Sunday, February 2, 2020

Traction Elevator modernization – Indian Head Park, IL

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A number of years ago we got invited to bid the door equipment replacement at a building in Indian Head Park, IL.   We visited the bui...
Sunday, January 26, 2020

Elevator Preventative Maintenance – How often should my elevator technician come by?

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Back ground - We have been getting a tremendous amount of calls for maintenance proposals and more than ½ the time the reason is that the...
Sunday, January 19, 2020

Immediate Stop Use Notice: Guardian SRL-LEs with Stainless Steel or Web Lifelines

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This notice is intended to communicate product information regarding Guardian Fall Protection leading edge - compatible self-retracting lif...