Job: (modernisation, installation, May 2022 repair, service)
Date of works commencing: May 2022
In June 2022, we successfully completed on modernisation works at Safestore, Holland.
Safestore is the UK’s largest and Europe’s second largest provider of self-storage. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index.
The installation took approximately 4-5 weeks.
The job consisted of works on the left and right hand electric goods passenger lifts and entailed of;
The left hand lift:
- We uninstalled & removed the existing 4 No. landing entrances in their entirety & replaced with Semi-Automatic 4 panel centre opening 30 min. fire rated entrances with a clear opening of 2000mm wide x 2100mm high complete with integral door operator.
- Finish painted
The right hand lift:
- Due to the age of the existing controller installed in the early 1960’s, the new door operators do not interface with this system, it was therefore necessary to replace the control panel to operate these doors.
- We uninstalled & removed the existing 3 No. landing entrance doors in their entirety & replaced with Semi-Automatic 2 panel centre opening 30 min. fire rated entrances with a clear opening of 1000mm x 21000mm high complete with integral door operator.
- Finish painted
- Replaced the existing control panel with a solid state VVVF controller to include rewiring of the lift shaft, motor room & lift car
- Replaced the existing hoist machine with a compatible VVVF machine complete with new hoist ropes, adapter steels and guarding.
The client was exceptionally pleased with the end products.
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Works well under way for The NHS in Harlow. This is a particularly tight program involving a full refurbishment of the asset, to include, new control system, new hoist motor, new doors and entrances & full car re-line works.
VM Elevators Ltd. Were contracted by DPS Lift Consultancy to assess and modernise a 630kg 8 person passenger MRL lift serving 8 floors in the above premises, the lift had been idle for 1 year.
Upon investigation it was found that the now defunked Carlos Silva MRL control system was non-functional and the gearless winding unit in the head of the shaft was worn beyond repair.
The control panel was replaced with a UK manufactured VVVF system that was housed in the existing cabinet at the top landing entrance, the gearless hoist machine was replaced with a VVVF unit, the overspeed governor was replaced with a unit that fully complies with BS8486-1:2007+A1:2011 incorporating part A3 for the unintended movement of the lift car with the doors open, complete rewire of the system, replacement of car operating panel and landing push stations fitted with US91-EN push buttons. The lift is now fully operational and compliant with current regulations.
This job consisted of the major modernisation of 3 x 1000kg or 13 persons goods/passenger lifts in a fully functional waste processing plant, the plant was undergoing other renovation works and so maintaining time schedules and completing tasks on time was paramount as site security and Health and Safety protocol was a major factor in our works progression.
Each of the lifts were open front and rear serving between 5 and 9 floors, the works consisted of stripping down the gear units, removing bearing housings from site for the bearings and seal to be replaced, overhauling the gearbox, replenishing oil and fitting new hoist ropes. Control panels were replaced with state-of-the-art microprocessor panels and rewire of the complete installation. Landing shutter gates were either overhauled or replaced depending on their condition, all landing entrances were fitted with fully compliant VL10 gate locks, lift car picket gates were either overhauled or replaced depending on their condition. The lift cars were relined in aluminium chequer plate, new ceilings & car lighting, new surface mounted hall pushes and digital indicators with a new flush fitting COP fitted with heavy duty US91 push buttons.
We have completed 2 lifts including test and commissioning in the allotted timescale. The client is very pleased with the end product and commended us on our attention to detail in observing site protocol and accuracy in timescale predictions.
VM Elevators were contracted by Safestore to carry out the modernisation of 2 Goods/Passenger lifts, one at 1500kg the other at 2000kg at their storage facility in Newcastle. Both lifts serve 4 floors & are open through. The works consisted of replacing the control system with a UK supplied VVVF panel, replacing the manual car & landing shutter gates with heavy duty Selcom power operated doors. The works also involved modification of the lift cars to accept new entrances, completely relining the lift cars, full rewire, replacing broken rope safeties with overspeed governor & manufacture, supply & fit new fabricated shaft front returns/headers.
