Abstract: A method for determining a lead torque of an elevator system involves: generating control commands controlling an electric motor so that an elevator car coupled to a counterweight performs at least first through fourth test runs, wherein the car is moved from a first to a second position and back in successive runs and is loaded in the third and fourth runs with a weight; during movement of the car receiving current measurement data of current flowing through the motor and height measurement data indicating a height of the car; calculating at least one parameter of a calibration function defining a relationship between the current, the height, and the weight using the measurement data to obtain at least one calibration value; and calculating an adaptation value wherein the counterweight is adapted to be in equilibrium with the car using the at least one calibration value.

Abstract: A method identifies a stuck situation of an elevator car and a counterweight suspended by carrying means on a traction sheave rotated by an electric motor. The method includes: receiving a load signal of a weight of a load located in the car; determining a preliminary torque depending on the load signal; receiving a speed signal representative of an actual speed of the car); monitoring a correction torque over a specified monitoring time period, the correction torque being determined depending on the speed signal and a specified reference speed such that the actual speed of the car approximates the reference speed; identifying the stuck situation wherein the car or the counterweight remains stuck, when the monitored correction torque meets at least one specified criterion; and carrying out a specified safety measure when the stuck situation is identified.

Abstract: A method for adapting an elevator system counterweight coupled to an elevator car involves: generating electric motor control commands to move the car from first to second positions in first and third test runs and from the second to first positions in second and fourth test runs, the car being loaded with a weight only in the third and fourth test runs; receiving during the car movement motor current flow measurement data and car height measurement data relative to the first and/or second positions in successive time steps in each test run; calculating at least one calibration function parameter defining a relationship between the current, the height and the weight using the current and height measurement data in the to obtain at least one calibration value; and calculating an adaptation value for adapting the counterweight to be in equilibrium with the car using the at least one calibration value.

Abstract: An elevator system drive includes: an electric machine: a first converter electrically connected to an alternating current source and the electric machine: a drive controller controlling the drive: a drive safety circuit unit electrically connected to a safety circuit of the elevator system, to a controller of the elevator system, and to the drive controller; and at least one mechanical brake that is closed by a brake closing command from the elevator system controller. The drive safety circuit unit operates in a first operating state wherein it transmits an emergency stop command coming from the elevator system safety circuit directly and without delay to the first converter, and operates in a second operating state wherein it relays a modified emergency stop command coming from the elevator system safety circuit, with a delay, to the first converter to ensure safe braking of the elevator system even if the mechanical brakes fail.

Abstract: A safety torque off (STO) device interrupts torque generation by an elevator installation drive machine supplied by a power supply device being part of an inverter device, for example. The STO device includes a control input, signal input terminals connected to signal generation device outputs and signal output terminals connected to driver circuit inputs. Each of the STO signal input terminals is electrically connected to an associated one of the signal generation device outputs via first and second signal transmission switches connected in series. The control input is connected to first and second control units, wherein the first control unit, controlled by a control signal applied to the control input, switches switching states of all the first signal transmission switches and the second control unit, controlled by a control signal applied to the control input, switches switching states of all of the second signal transmission switches.

Abstract: A drive control method and system for controlling an inverter during power disruptions in the operation of an elevator drive includes the steps of predetermining whether a hoist motor of the elevator drive will be operating in a motor mode, a balanced mode or a regenerative mode on commencement of the power disruption, and controlling the inverter in accordance with the predetermined operating mode after commencement of the power disruption.

Abstract: A drive control method and system for controlling an inverter during power disruptions in the operation of an elevator drive includes the steps of predetermining whether a hoist motor of the elevator drive will be operating in a motor mode, a balanced mode or a regenerative mode on commencement of the power disruption, and controlling the inverter in accordance with the predetermined operating mode after commencement of the power disruption.

Abstract: A method for operating an elevator having a car driven by a motor and at least one brake to stop the car, the method including closing a brake, increasing a torque of the motor until the car moves, and registering a value indicative of the motor torque at which the car moves.

Abstract: A method for operating an elevator having a car driven by a motor and at least one brake to stop the car, the method including closing a brake, increasing a torque of the motor until the car moves, and registering a value indicative of the motor torque at which the car moves.

Abstract: An elevator, particularly for transporting passengers, has an elevator car guided in an elevator shaft a direct drive motor. The drive motor includes an active primary part at the elevator car and a passive secondary part that is fixed in the elevator shaft and is spaced from the primary part by an air gap. In order to achieve a high power capability, the drive motor is configured as a transverse flux motor that moves the primary part linearly relative to the secondary part under the influence of an electromagnetic propulsive force. The secondary part has at least one rail made of a soft magnetic material and subdivided into a plurality of segments having a predetermined length. The segments are fixed to a wall of the elevator shaft by intermediate elements.

Abstract: Emergency current supply equipment for lift installations with electric motor drives has the task of bridging over temporary drops or interruptions in main voltage and of supplying, in the event of failure of the mains supply during a lift travel, all components of the lift installation needed for an evacuation travel with energy until such time as the lift car has reached the level of a story. The energy storage unit used for that purpose comprises as the storage medium exclusively capacitors in the form of super capacitors or a combination of super capacitors and electrochemically acting batteries.

Abstract: An elevator, particularly for transporting passengers, has an elevator car guided in an elevator shaft a direct drive motor. The drive motor includes an active primary part at the elevator car and a passive secondary part that is fixed in the elevator shaft and is spaced from the primary part by an air gap. In order to achieve a high power capability, the drive motor is configured as a transverse flux motor that moves the primary part linearly relative to the secondary part under the influence of an electromagnetic propulsive force. The secondary part has at least one rail made of a soft magnetic material and subdivided into a plurality of segments having a predetermined length. The segments are fixed to a wall of the elevator shaft by intermediate elements.

Abstract: Elevator installations with electric drive systems are equipped with devices (10) to reduce the power supply connection rating which have energy storage units (11) which are formed entirely or partly from so-called supercapacitors (13). The device (10) according to the invention has the effect on the one hand that power peaks during starting and braking operations are compensated by the exchange of energy between the storage unit (11) and motor supply, and on the other hand that the power consumption occurring during a trip is also spread over a part of the at-rest time. Supercapacitors (13) as energy stores tolerate by comparison with electrochemically acting accumulators a much higher number of charging and discharging cycles at high values of current.

Abstract: Elevator installations with electric drive systems are equipped with devices (10) to reduce the power supply connection rating which have energy storage units (11) which are formed entirely or partly from so-called supercapacitors (13). The device (10) according to the invention has the effect on the one hand that power peaks during starting and braking operations are compensated by the exchange of energy between the storage unit (11) and motor supply, and on the other hand that the power consumption occurring during a trip is also spread over a part of the at-rest time. Supercapacitors (13) as energy stores tolerate by comparison with electrochemically acting accumulators a much higher number of charging and discharging cycles at high values of current.

Abstract: Emergency current supply equipment (10) for lift installations with electric motor drives has the task of bridging over temporary drops or interruptions in main voltage and of supplying, in the event of failure of the mains supply during a lift travel, all components of the lift installation needed for an evacuation travel with energy until such time as the lift car has reached the level of a storey. The energy storage unit (11) used for that purpose comprises as the storage medium exclusively capacitors in the form of supercapacitors (13) or a combination of supercapacitors (13) and electrochemically acting batteries (14).

Abstract: A method and apparatus for the low noise operation of a electrical machine driven by a pulse inverter computes the amplitudes and frequencies of the harmonics of the inverter output voltages. Through targeted setting of the modulation parameters, the frequency spectrum or the noise spectrum can be fanned out and harmonics, which would excite stator resonances, can be eliminated. Due to the independence of the modulation parameters from the modulation index (a.sub.0) and the fundamental oscillation frequency (f.sub.1), the fanning-out and the elimination has no influence on the fundamental oscillation (u.sub.GS) or on the operating point of the machine. The inverter is controlled through sinusoidal pulse width modulation (PWM) and sinusoidal pulse frequency modulation (PFM) of a triangular carrier signal (U.sub.H). By this method, the main groups of the harmonics with two ordinate numbers (n, v) are fanned out into subgroups with three ordinate numbers (n, m, v).