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http://dx.doi.org/10.6109/jkiice.2013.17.12.2785

A Study on the Elevator Overbalance-Ratio Control and Improved Scheme for Safety  

Lee, Ho-Cheol (Department of Electronic & Electrical Engineering, Pusan National University)
Choi, Young-Kiu (Department of Electrical Engineering, Pusan National University)
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Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering / v.17, no.12, 2013 , pp. 2785-2792 More about this Journal
Abstract
An elevator is driven by the friction between the pulley and wire rope. A balancing counter weight is connected to the elevator car with a wire rope. This structure is essential to drive elevators while it always has weight unbalance problems on each side. The overbalance-ratio of elevators may be an important factor for safety and structural efficiency; however, it is not yet clearly defined in the Requirements of Korea Elevator Inspection. This paper describes these "weight unbalance ratio" for control of elevators to reduce the number of accidents. It includes the analysis of current elevator maintenance situations and also proposes some fundamental improvement schemes for safety.
Keywords
elevator; overbalance-ratio; safety; requirements of inspection;
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