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UTIL 4: MECHANICAL SYSTEM Flashcards

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Primary component of an electric elevator

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CABLE

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Primary component of a hydraulic elevator

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PLUNGER

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Also known as Cargo Lift

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FREIGHT ELEVATOR

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Used to carry light cargo and has a height of 1.20m

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DUMBWAITER

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How does a hydraulic elevator function?

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Motor and pump with tank

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How does an electric elevator function?

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CABLE

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It is the inside movable part of a hydraulic jack

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PLUNGER

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Minimum depth of an elevator pit?

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0.60m

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Another term for elevator

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Lift

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uses a permanent magnet synchronous gearless drive unit installed inside of the shaft

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MACHINE ROOM-LESS ELEVATOR

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A large clamp that anchors the car to the bldg

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SAFETIES

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Another term for spun and worm used for highrise bldgs

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GEARLESS TRACTION

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Another term for gear and worm used for mid-rise bldgs

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GEARED TRACTION

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An elevator used for 5-10 storeys

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HYDRAULIC ELEVATOR

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An elevator used for tall high-rise bldgs

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ELECTRIC ELEVATOR

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what is the load carrying unit of an elevator?

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CAR/CAB

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What governs the acceleration, speed, retardation, and stopping of an electric elevator?

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MOTOR GENERATORS (MOTOR CONTROL)

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What is a welded-link chain for hoist rope weight compensation?

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COMPENSATING CHAIN

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What is placed at the pit stopping descending car or counterweights beyond normal limit of travel?

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BUFFER

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what type of buffer is used by electric elevators?

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OIL BUFFER

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what type of buffer is used by hydraulic elevators?

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SPRING BUFFER (PLUNGER)

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The mechanical speed control mechanism of an elevator

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GOVERNOR

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the pulley on a gearless machine

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SECONDARY SHEAVE

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Inventor of the safety elevator

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ELISHA OTIS

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Guide car along rails of a hydraulic elevator
GUIDE SHOES
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used to transport cargo from floor to floor
CONVEYOR
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Minimum angle of inclination for an escalator
30°
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the welded steel frame which acts as the structural component of an escalator
TRUSS
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where is the main drive gear of an escalator located?
TOP SPROCKET
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where is the drive machine of an escalator located?
TOP SPROCKET
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It is the harness placed at both sides of the escalator steps
BALUSTRADE
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this connects the bottom sprocket to the top sprocket
ENDLESS BELT
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What do you call the steps of an escalator?
TRACK
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This temporarily stops the escalator to prevent further accident
EMERGENCY BRAKE
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less expensive arrangement of escalator
CRISSCROSS
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An arrangement of escalator used for transportational bldg
STACKED PARALLEL
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the commercial slope of an escalator
35°
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the angle of inclination for a moving ramp
12°
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Conveyor used in airports
WALKALATOR
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Linear length of a moving walk
250m
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What can moving ramp do that an escalator and elevator cannot?
MOVE TROLLEY
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What do you call the wheels that drive/turn the steps of an escalator?
SPROCKET ASSEMBLIES
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commercial term for moving walk
WALKALATOR
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commercial term for moving ramp
TRAVELATOR
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what is the purpose of brushes along the sides of an escalator?
To discourage retention of liquids & other contaminants along the sides of the escalator
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process of treating air to control temperature
AIR CONDITIONING
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A type of ACU installed through the wall
WINDOW AIR CONDITIONING UNIT (WACU)
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Minimum installation height of WACU
2.10m
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What is the condenser of a split type AC?
AIR COOLED CONDENSING UNIT (ACCU)
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What is the evaporator of a split type AC
AIR HANDLING UNIT (AHU)
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What is the floor to ceiling height for natural ventilation?
2.70m
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What is the floor ceiling height for artificial ventilation?
2.40m
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What type of AC has a condenser and evaporator?
SPLIT TYPE/MULTI-SPLIT
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What type of AC has a chiller, AHU Room, fan call units/ducts, and cooling tower?
CENTRALIZED AIR CONDITIONING (CAC)
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the discharge line of WACU
EVAPORATOR COIL
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The liquid line of a WACU
CONDENSER COIL
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AHU (inside) + ACCU (outside) (1:1)
SPLIT TYPE AC
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AHU (inside) + TONNER (outside) (many: 1)
MULTI-SPLIT AC
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What type of AC is used for smaller establishments where each room is controlled by a thermostat and is independent of each other?
VARIABLE AIR VOLUME (VAV)
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what type of AC is used for larger facilities where the room temperature cannot be controlled equipped with cooling tower at roof deck?
CONSTANT AIR VOLUME (CAV)
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AHU + FCU + ceiling & wall registers + cooling tower
CONSTANT AIR VOLUME (CAV)
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AHU + Tonner + controlled thermostat
VARIABLE AIR VOLUME (VAV)
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In a centralized air conditioning system, where is the chiller/condenser located?
MECHANICAL ROOM
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What is a heat removal device placed at the rooftop for a centralized air conditioning system?
COOLING TOWER
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In a CAC, where does the AHU distribute the cooled gas to each room (via duct system)?
CEILING REGISTERS (VENTS)
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In a CAC, Where does indoor hot air exhausted from?
WALL REGISTER
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what is a duct pipe that vents or exhaust gases from inside the building to the outside, and removes and ventilates harmful byproducts of the combusted or burned fuel from inside the building
FLUE PIPE
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Considered the flue of a kitchen
RANGEHOOD
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Considered the flue of comfort rooms
EXHAUST FANS
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What is placed on top of a door and acts as a barrier from pollution, insects, and keeps cool air inside the establishment being served?
AIR CURTAIN
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Air conditioning preferred in hospitals
CENTRALIZED AIR CONDITIONING (CAC)
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What is used to control temperature?
THERMOSTAT
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What is the best location for chiller?
BASEMENT
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Where do you locate cooling towers?
ROOF DECK
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An inlet used in CAC to provide cool air inside a room during summer
CEILING REGISTER
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An outlet used in CAC to accept hot air from a room during summer
WALL REGISTER
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Used to control humidity in comfort rooms
EXHAUST FAN
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Used to provide heat inside a room during winter
HEATER
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Mimics a CAC without the presence of a mechanical room and roof deck
VAV
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The best air conditioning system for a branch bank
VAV
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An appointment of AHU is called?
FAN COIL UNIT (FCU)
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The use of windows to allow natural ventilation is known as?
PASSIVE COOLING
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The use of mechanical equipment to allow artificial ventilation is known as?
ACTIVE COOLING
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what is the total developed length of a tubing for a split type air conditioner?
3.00m
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A cassette type unit is mounted at the?
CEILING
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A package type unit for split type is also known as?
FREE STANDING
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Asper NBCP, how many elevators would you recommend for a 10-story commercial condominium?
minimum of 2
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Where do you locate the elevator machine room?
ROOFTOP
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What fire protection system is not necessarily integrated in a building?
DRY STANDPIPE
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Where will the transformer vault be located if the ground floor is occupied for commercial viability?
MEZZANINE FLOOR
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In the elevator default system, where will the elevator car go in case of fire emergency?
GROUND FLOOR
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A cage of light metal supported on a structural frame, the top member of which the cables, that carry the car, are fastened
CAR
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The means for lifting or lowering the car usually 3-8 cables placed in parallel fastened to top of car by cable sockets passing over a motor-driven cylindrical sheave to the counterweights
CABLES
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These are rectangular blocks of cast iron stacked in one frame which is fastened to the opposite ends of the cables to which the car is fastened
COUNTERWEIGHTS
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These are vertical tracks that guide the car and the counterweights
GUIDE RAILS
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What do you call the room usually placed directly above the shaft in which the elevator machine is housed?
MACHINE ROOM
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It turns the sheave that lifts and lowers the car
ELEVATOR MACHINE
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it contains the motor generator set which supplies energy to the elevator machine, the control board, and the control equipment
MACHINE ROOM
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Who invented the first safety elevator breaks in 1852?
ELISHA GRAVES OTIS
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A device that automatically stop and maintain the elevator car within 1/2 in of the landing regardless of the change in load
AUTOMATIC TWO-WAY LEVELLING DEVICE
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In an electric elevator, this cable provides electrical power to the car and travel with the hoist
TRAVELLING CABLE
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What is the minimum height of refrigerant pipe along a building passageway?
2.30m
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What is the temperature range for comfortable cooling?
20°-24°
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What device is used to determine the air temperature of a room?
THERMOMETER
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What is a component of an HVAC system used to sense and control air temperature of a room?
THERMOSTAT
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A stream of high-velocity temperature-controlled air which is directed downward, across an opening
AIR CURTAIN
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A device designed to stop an elevator car or counterweight from descending beyond its normal limit of travel
BUMPER
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A package assembly of air conditioning components which provides for the treatment of air it is distributed to an air conditioned space
AIR HANDLING UNIT (AHU)
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Gives stability to governor ropes.
COUNTERWEIGHT
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Are fastened to car frame and counterweight at top and bottom.
GOVERNOR
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A device use for moistening the air at the desired degree
HUMIDIFIER
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What is the unit of magnetic flux?
TESLA
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A bathroom containing a water closet, a lavatory, and a bathtub.
FULL BATH
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It consists of DC motors and the shaft of which is connected directly to the brake wheel and driving sheave.
GEARLESS TRACTION
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the art and practice of heating and cooling with water
HYDRONICS
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Minimum elevator width of single slide door elevator for small commercial or residential building
0.60m
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The minimum face to face distance between elevators in three and four car grouping
2.0m
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heat is transferred through materials
CONDUCTION
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The transmission of heat energy from one place to another by circulatory movement of a mass of fluid
CONVECTION
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What mechanical equipment, coupled with a central airconditioning system, is used to dehumidify and cool the air stream injected to a conditioned space
FAN COIL UNIT (FCU)
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In elevator, it detects the obstacles during the door closing, and reopens the door if there is something. Photocell can be used together with this
SAFETY SHOE
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It prevents passengers from falling into the hoistway when they try to get out of the car which is stopped between the floors
FASCIA PLATE
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In elevator, it makes the buzzer alarm when the car is overloaded and the door remains open until overloading is eliminated
WEIGHING DEVICE
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In elevator, these prevent the excessive car travel at the highest and lowest floor
LIMIT SWITCHES
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In escalators, these stop the escalator if a foreign object becomes wedged at the guard
HANDRAIL GUARD SWITCHES
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In escalators, this is located at the bottom truss of the escalator and provided with on and off positions to stop or prevents the escalator from starting during maintenance service
DISCONNECT SWITCH
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This device, in escalators, is provided at the drive unit location to protect against accidental movement of the escalator during inspection of the drives or during general maintenance
MECHANICAL MAINTENANCE LOCKING DEVICE
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This device, in escalators, stops the escalator automatically if an abnormal current is supplied to the motor
CURRENT OVERLOAD SAFETY SWITCH
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This switch cuts off all current supply to the escalator for inspection, maintenance, or repairs.
KNIFE SWITCH
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An assembly consisting of a pulley wheel, side plates, shaft, and bearings over which a cable or rope is passed
SHEAVE
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Consist of a flyball or flyweight device designed to stop an elevator
GOVERNOR
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On elevators, a gear-driven machine having a drum to which the wire ropes that hoist the car are fastened, and on which they wind
WINDING-DRUM MACHINE
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The typical truss configuration used in the installation of an escalator
3 SECTION TRUSS
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What is the minimum distance between the handrails of escalators?
558mm
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The amount of heat which is absorbed or evolved in changing the state of a substance without changing its temperature
LATENT HEAT
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The current of air or gases
DRAUGHT OR DRAFT
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Important element of an elevator below the first level floor line that absorbs and minimize building shocks to the car
BUFFER
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That portion of the hoistway in the elevator extending from the threshold level of the lowest landing floor of the hoistway
PIT
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A geared drive machine in which the suspension ropes are fastened to and wind on a drum
WINDING DRUM MACHINE
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Vertical tracks that serves as a guide for the car and the counterweight
GUIDE RAILS
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Minimum number of hoisting ropes for traction elevators
3 HOISTWAYS
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Minimum number of hoisting ropes for drum type elevators
2 HOISTWAYS
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Minimum diameter of hoisting and counterweight ropes
30mm
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A safety device of a passenger elevator which reduces the collision shock of a car or counterweight due to over travel beyond the lowest stop. It stops the car or counterweight safely
BUFFER
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During elevator emergency to rescue passenger, this is used to open the door from the outside
OUTSIDE DOOR LATCH
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Activate by preventing the door to open during elevator car run, the door elevator will open only when the car stops at the floor
DOOR LOCK SWITCH
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Activate if the car travel faster than its travel speed, the power will turn off, and grasp the rope to operate the safety gear
MAGNETIC BREAK
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What is the width of an escalator balustrade?
min. 558mm - max. 1.20m
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Maximum width of the steps of an escalator
330mm
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Kind of glass required in an escalator's balustrade
TEMPERED GLASS
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Maximum rated speed measured along the angle of inclination
38mpm
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What is another name for machine room?
PENTHOUSE
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What kind of aircon filter would you install for naturally-ventilated public transportation and medical buildings?
MERV FILTER
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