ELEVATOR CAR FRONT
WITH CENTER OPENING DOORS
ELEVATOR CAR FRONT
WITH AN OFFSET DOOR
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Elevator code allows for up to a 5% Weight Change to an elevator without the need for additional re-balancing, testing or other adjustments to the elevator. In most elevator renovations removal of old interior cab finishes will offset the weight of new cab interior finishes. In this situation additional testing, re-balancing or adjustments are not required. In certain jurisdictions, these additional testing requirements may still be necessary, even if the elevator weight change does not exceed the 5%.
The canopy or dome is the top of the elevator enclosure. It is not the suspended ceiling. It contains an emergency exit and an exhaust fan.
An elevator cab may have either one or two Car Door(s). They will be either centered in the front wall or offset to one side of the elevator. Car door(s) are inside doors that travel with the elevator from floor to floor.
The Car Door Sill is the slotted track under the door. The doors have guides under them which run in the door sill slots to keep the bottom of the door held in the correct alignment with the cab shell.
The Car Operating Panel (COP) is used to select which floor the cab is intended to travel and is normally located on the right car return wall. If the cab has center opening doors it may have two car operating panels, each being located on either side of the cab door(s). If the elevator cab has a door offset to one side, then there will only be one car operating panel.
The Car Return Wall is located on the front wall, either side of the car door(s). This wall or walls normally contains the car operating panel. If the car doors are centered in the front wall, there are two car return walls (left and right). If the car door is offset to one side of the front wall, there is only one car return wall.
A Car Swing Panel is a car return wall that is hinged and swings open like an ordinary door. In this situation, there is no car operating panel. The elevator controls and buttons are integrated into the car return wall which swings open allowing access to the controllers for maintenance and repair.
There are generally two types of Ceiling styles and many possibilities for custom ceilings. Basic styles are grid ceiling or solid core island ceiling. Ceilings generally do not touch the cab walls, allowing a couple inches of clearance for air to circulate to the cab’s exhaust fan. They are also suspended below the cab dome/canopy by two or more inches in order to allow for light fixtures and air flow. All ceilings must have a removable section in order for rescuers to gain access to passengers through the dome top emergency exit in the event of an emergency.
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Grid Ceiling is a lightweight aluminum t-grid layout with openings that receive lay-in panels or light diffusers. If light diffusers are used then fluorescent or LED light strips are installed to illuminate the cab through the light diffusers.
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Solid Core Island Ceiling has a solid core laminated with a finished surface such as plastic laminate, stainless steel or bronze. Finishes are installed in a manner to conceal the removable section which will align with the existing dome top emergency exit. Recessed down lights are then installed in the ceiling in a quantity to adequately illuminate the elevator according to the required lighting level.