MOTORS, DRIVES & CONTROLS


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Showcasing a powerful drive system used to move lifts up and down


he lift manufacturer Schindler transports more than a billion people every day. Its lifts operate in skyscrapers as well as apartment buildings, where they travel up and down all day long. Who actually


stops to think about the little motors that open and close the doors? Lifts are among the things in our daily lives that we


take for granted. We press the button, the cab arrives,  safely and reliably. Yet hidden from the passengers’   liftshaft, in the motor chamber, in the control box and in the cab itself. A motor installed in the cab is responsible for opening and closing not only the door of  demands on this motor are high: it has to be small yet powerful, energy-saving, reliable, and, most importantly, intelligent. 


developed a drive system that moves the doors and   version uses a belt drive and is able to move doors of up  


INTELLIGENT CONTROLLER   with a diameter of 90mm and a MILE encoder integrated directly on the print. It is combined with


Who stops to think about the little motors that open and close the lift doors?


  can be mounted directly to the lift cab. And this is where        calculates the optimal parameters, and corrects them    complete, and the drive is ready for use.


VALUABLE DATA     move the doors. Last but not least, its integrated controller is intelligent. In continuous operation, it collects valuable data that the technicians can access at  drive also functions as an assistant behind the scenes.  


  . 


maxon motor developed a drive system that moves the doors and meets Schindler’s listed requirements


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