Abstract: Damper winding (13) for an elevator motor provided with permanent magnets (14). The damper winding consists of frames (16) surrounding each permanent magnet (14). Each one of the frames is electrically connected to the adjacent frame (16) or the frames are integrated together. The damper winding (13) can be used as a jig for positioning the magnets when these are being fixed to the rotor disc (6). In one of the embodiments, the magnets and damper winding are fixed to the rotor disc by a form-fit interlocking arrangement.

Abstract: An elevator motor (2) employing permanent magnets (30) attached in a circle on the surface (36) of the rotor disc (12). The rotor disc (12) forms part of both the magnetic circuit and the supporting structure of the rotor (13). The permanent magnets (30) are placed in a separate cavity formed in the stator disc and having one side open, the cavity also housing the stator windings (17). The outer cavity wall directed towards the rotor disc (12) is provided with a sealing member to close the cavity.

Abstract: The instrument panel (1) of an elevator is placed in the same opening (2) in the wall of the elevator shaft (17) as the landing door (3) of the elevator. The instrument panel (1) contains elevator control equipment and the electric drive controlling the hoisting motor of the elevator. The instrument panel (1) of the elevator is in connection with the jamb structure (4) of the landing door (3).

Abstract: In a system for starting elevator machinery driven by a synchronous motor, current is fed to the motor by a frequency converter and a traction sheave is connected to the motor to move the elevator car with hoisting ropes. The angle of the magnetic field of the stator is determined when the elevator stops. When the motor is started again, a new value of the angle of the magnetic field of the stator is determined on the basis of the change in the load signal. The frequency converter is adjusted so that a magnetic field whose direction corresponds to the new angle of the magnetic field of the stator is generated in the motor.

Abstract: Elevator machinery is fastened by its top part to a mounting beam. The mounting beam is fixed in place to side walls of an elevator shaft. The elevator machinery includes a motor, a disc brake and a transaction sheave. The beam, on which the elevator machinery is mounted, is laid in a plane perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the machinery.

Abstract: The traction sheave elevator comprises an elevator car (1) moving along elevator guide rails (10), a counterweight (2) moving along counterweight guide rails (11), a set of hoisting ropes (3) on which the elevator car and the counterweight are suspended, and a drive machine unit (6) comprising a traction sheave (7) driven by the drive machine and engaging the hoisting ropes (3). The drive machine unit (6) of the elevator is placed in the top part of the elevator shaft (15) in the space between the shaft space needed by the elevator car on its path and/or its overhead extension and a wall of the elevator shaft (15).