MECHANICAL EQUIPMENTS OF BUILDING

(Vertical Transportation)

ELEVATORS hoisting mechanism

Two Types: Electric & Hydraulic
Electric E. tall buildings/DC motor operated
Hydraulic E. plunger (antennaeic/movable rod)
ELEVATOR TRACTION MACHINES
1. Gearless spun and worm
2. Geared gear and worm
Electric E. : cable
Hydraulic E: plunger

ELECTRIC E. MAJOR PARTS

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Car/Cab load carrying unit

Cable rope; 4 - 6 in no.
Drive machine power unit
Counterweights balances the weight/40% of capacity load
Guide Rail - bracket
Shaft/Hoistway hatchway/hatch
Penthouse machine room above hoistway
Elevator Pit from sill level of the lowest landing
Control Equipment electrical panel

ELECTRIC E. OTHER PARTS

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Control Panel electrical panel; controller

Motor Generators (Motor Control);Generator Field Control

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Guide Shoes
Compensating Chain welded-link chain for hoist rope weight

governs acceleration, speed, retardation, stopping of elevator

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compensation
Buffer stops descending car or counterweights beyond normal limit
of travel
Governor mechanical speed control mechanism
Secondary Sheave pulley on a gearless machine
Safety large clamp; anchors the car to the building

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Limit Switches
Operating Device

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HYDRAULIC E. MAJOR PARTS

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Car/Cab
Plunger inside movable part of a hydraulic jack
Spring Buffer elev. w/ speed less than 200 fpm
Guide Shoes guide the car along the guide rails
Guide Rails
Shaft/Hoistway
Elevator Machine Room
Elevator Pit
Control System

ELECTRIC E. OTHER PARTS

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Floor Stop and Limit Switch

Creepage and Leveling Car Switch
Car Gate Switch
Gate Valve
Controller
Motor & Pump with Tank

ESCALATOR
The angle of inclination of an escalator shall not
exceed 30 from the horizontal (NBC Sec.1302)
32 wide 90/min. (normal)
48 wide 120/min. (rush hours)
MAJOR PARTS
1. TRUSS welded steel frame
2. SPROCKET ASSEMBLIES
3. DRIVING MACHINES
4. BALLUSTRADE ASSEMBLY
5. HANDRAILS
6. ENDLESS BELT

ESCALATOR
OTHER PARTS
1. Tracks
2. Emergency Brake
3. Controller
4. Emergency Stop Button
5. Key Operated Control Switches
ARRANGEMENT
1. Crisscross
2. Parallel

Heating, Ventilating & Air Conditioning

(HVAC) process of treating air to control its temperature
TYPES OF AC:
1. WACU thru the wall
2. Split Type (Condenser & Evaporator)
3. Centralized (Ducting/Mechanical Room)

Fire Code of the Philippines (PD1185)

Div. 1 5) Outlets. Every standpipes shall be equipped with

a sixty four (64) millimeter outlet not less than sixty one (61)
centimeter not more than one hundred twenty two (122)
centimeters above the floor level of each story.
2) Size. The size of the standpipes shall not be less than
sixty four (64) millimeters in diameter when the height of the
riser is fifteen (15) meters or more above the source and
shall not be less than fifty one (51) millimeters in diameter
when the height of the riser is less than fifteen (15) meters
above the source.

Fire Code of the Philippines (PD1185)

4) Water Supply. The wet standpipe shall deliver not less

than one hundred thirty two (132) liters of water per minute
and not less than one and eight-tenths (1.8) kilos.
5) Outlets. Each standpipe shall be equipped with an
approved six and four-tenths (6.4) centimeters outlet not
less than sixty one (61) centimeters nor more than one
hundred twenty two (122) centimeters above the floor of
each story.