Classifications

• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B66—HOISTING; LIFTING; HAULING
  • B66B—ELEVATORS; ESCALATORS OR MOVING WALKWAYS
  • B66B13/00—Doors, gates, or other apparatus controlling access to, or exit from, cages or lift well landings
  • B66B13/22—Operation of door or gate contacts

Definitions

• the invention relates to an elevator system according to the preamble of claim 1.
• elevator systems have so-called double doors, i.e. shaft doors as well as car doors arranged on the elevator car.
• double doors i.e. shaft doors as well as car doors arranged on the elevator car.
• Shaft doors are usually initiated through the cabin or the cabin doors.
• the respective position of the shaft and cabin doors is matched to the location of the elevator car; this means that the shaft and car doors may only be open when the elevator car stops at one of the designated entry and exit stations, ie at the level of one floor.
• the positions of both the shaft doors and the cabin doors are monitored.
• the shaft doors can usually be locked in their closed position with the aid of mechanical locking devices.
• Conventional monitoring systems monitor the position of the shaft doors with the help of safety contacts; these safety contacts detect whether the mechanical locking devices are in their locking position or their unlocking position.
• the safety contacts are closed when the locking devices are in their locking position and the shaft doors are closed.
• the safety contact te are integrated in a safety circuit, which in turn is only closed when the safety contacts are closed.
• the safety circuit is connected to the drive of the elevator system in such a way that the elevator car can only be moved up or down in normal operation when the safety circuit is closed.
• a safety circuit has inherent problems; this includes the length of the connections, the voltage drop in the safety circuit and the relatively high installation effort.
• the monitoring system does not allow specific diagnosis; This means that if the safety circuit is open, it is only determined that at least one safety contact and thus at least one locking device or at least one shaft door is open. However, it cannot be determined which or which safety contacts are open. - Preventive maintenance is not possible because none
• the status of the safety contacts is displayed; It is therefore not possible to maintain the elevator system with foresight and to replace worn safety contacts in good time, but at a point in time when the elevator system can be shut down without any problems, unless as part of a periodic revision, although in many cases one per se the elevator system is not decommissioned.
• the availability of the elevator is restricted, since an open safety contact always results in the elevator system being put out of operation, even if another solution, for example not using the affected shaft section, would be possible.
• the object of the invention is thus seen to provide an improved elevator system of the type mentioned, which on the one hand avoids the disadvantages of the prior art with regard to the safety precautions in connection with the position of the shaft doors and on the other hand is relatively inexpensive.
• the elevator system according to the invention now has a monitoring system with a standard data bus.
• the data relating to the position of the shaft doors are recorded or transferred via this data bus.
• a standard data bus with standard bus nodes is used; this can be the data bus that is already available for the transfer of process data in the elevator shaft.
• a locking sensor is assigned to each shaft door or locking device.
• the locking sensor is connected to the conventional data bus, which transmits the determined information to the control or monitoring unit.
• the control or monitoring unit evaluates the information received. This is done by the control or monitoring unit periodically polling the locking sensors, for example at intervals of 20 ms. A communication interruption in the area of the data bus or the bus node can thus be detected very quickly.
• each locking sensor, including the associated interface is tested periodically or at larger intervals, for example once every 8 or 24 hours. For this purpose, the corresponding shaft door is opened and closed again, or at least the contacts are actuated (unlocked / locked), and it is observed whether the correct data is sent to the control or.
• Monitoring unit are transmitted. This test can be carried out when opening and closing the shaft doors in normal operation. If a floor has never been reached within the specified period of 8 or 24 hours, the control unit initiates a test drive to this floor for test purposes (compulsory test). The execution of all Tests are monitored in the control unit and preferably entered in a table.
• the locking sensor and the corresponding interface are preferably designed to be safety-related. This is particularly recommended for floors to which the elevator car must not be controlled automatically, for example because a residential unit, such as a penthouse, can be accessed directly from the elevator shaft.
• safety-related is used below for control means, actuators, etc., which are relevant for ensuring personal safety and are therefore designed as components with increased functional safety.
• Such "safety-related” components are distinguished, for example, by redundant data acquisition, data transmission and data processing and / or by software-based plausibility check of the data which they record, transmit and process and / or by redundant actuators.
• Landing doors to be provided transmit information about the position or condition of the shaft door to the control, either via the data bus, which is present anyway, or by providing a safety-related design with an additional safety bus including safety nodes.
• the landing doors are preferably self-closing; that means they close automatically as soon as they are not actively kept open.
• the locks are also self-closing when the landing door is closed. Active locking is not necessary.
• the locking devices used to lock the shaft doors are preferably designed such that they can only be unlocked, opened or closed by a car door provided on the elevator car, or that they can be unlocked with a special tool and pushed open by hand can.
• the state of the shaft door and its locking device is advantageously monitored via the locking sensor arranged on this shaft door.
• locking device contacts microswitches, inductive sensors, capacitive sensors or optical sensors can be used as locking sensors.
• the control of the elevator system is preferably designed in such a way that it evaluates the query of the locking sensors in order to trigger one or more predefined reactions, in particular the detection and localization of an error, the triggering of a service call, the stopping of an elevator car or the implementation of another situation-adapted one Reaction when a person is open
• the controller can also be designed such that it evaluates the interrogation of the locking sensors in order to correct determined transmission errors by evaluating several data packets.
• the cabin door is also monitored; this allows the signals of the
• Shaft doors on the one hand and the cabin door on the other hand provide information about the functionality of the shaft doors and / or the locking sensors of the shaft doors.
• the safety of the elevator system is increased compared to an elevator system with a safety circuit in the safety system.
• the bridging of contacts is possible through software; however, it is recognizable and can be canceled after a predefined time. Security also remains if, for example, an error occurs or a service is carried out.
• the monitoring system allows specific diagnoses because an error can be localized immediately and transmitted remotely.
• Precautionary maintenance is possible because the condition of the sensors, in particular the locking sensors, can be analyzed.
• the availability of the elevator is increased.
• the safety of the elevator system can also be increased by the following measure:
• the cabin door can be monitored in a safety-related manner, which increases the informative value of the coincidence check.
• the sensor assigned to the cabin door as well as the connected data bus and the bus node must be designed to be safety-related.
• Fig. 1 shows an elevator system according to the invention with a
• the elevator system 10 shown in FIG. 1 is intended to serve three floors A, B, C.
• a shaft door 11 is present in each of the floors A, B, C.
• the shaft door 11 serves to separate an elevator shaft from the surrounding space in which an elevator car 12 with a car door 13 can move up and down.
• the elevator car 12 is moved with the aid of a Drive unit 14 and is controlled by a controller 16.
• the shaft door should only be open when the elevator car 12 is on the corresponding floor.
• the shaft door is controlled by the car door 13 of the elevator car 12, wherein in its closed position it is locked by a locking device, which is referred to below as the locking device 18.
• a contact device with a locking device contact is provided as the locking sensor 20.
• the contact device with the locking device contact is connected to the controller 16 via a data bus 22.
• the elevator car 12 is also connected to the controller 16 in terms of control.
• the elevator system 10 described above acts as follows:
• a locking sensor 20 or locking device contact 20 assigned to each locking device 18 or each shaft door provides data or information relating to the state of the locking device 18 or the shaft door.
• the data bus 22 transmits this data or information to the controller 16, which periodically evaluates the data or information obtained.
• the controller 16 queries the locking sensors 20 at short time intervals of, for example, 20 ms, so that a communication interruption in the area of the data bus 22 or the bus node can be detected very quickly. In addition to the continuous test described above, a further test takes place at longer intervals. If the elevator car 12 has completed the journey to one of the floors A, B or C, the car door opens. The landing door 11 of the floor reached is normally unlocked and opened by the cabin door 13.
• the further test is carried out approximately once in a period of 8 to 24 hours.
• the locking contact 20 is tested. If it is found to be in order, a corresponding entry is made in a table, the state 'contact in order' and the time of the test being saved. The test can be checked by entering it in the table.
• the shaft door 11 opens, but shows an unplanned behavior when it is opened, this indicates a minor error, for example, wear or contamination in the area of the doors and / or the locking device 18.
• the elevator system 10 can remain in operation at least temporarily, but it is advisable to provide for precise control and revision by service personnel as soon as possible.
• the shaft door and the locking device 18 are basically closed by the cabin door 13 and the lock is closed. Here, it is checked whether the locking contact 20 on the shaft side indicates that the shaft door 11 is closed. At the same time, the closing state of the car door 13 is monitored in a safety-related manner, which enables a coincidence check of the two closing processes and thus increases security. If the result of these two tests is positive, the elevator car 12 can be set in motion.
• the elevator system 10 can remain in operation, but a service should be considered, at least when recovery attempts have to be carried out repeatedly.
• a shaft door is open without the elevator car 12 having moved to the corresponding floor, it must be concluded that the shaft door has been opened from the outside; this can be done either by an instructed person using a special tool or without authorization using force as it is impossible is to open the shaft doors unintentionally or through incorrect manipulation.
• the opening of the shaft door 11 is only recognized via the non-safety-related data bus.
• the non-safety-related detection of this state of the shaft door 11 can, however, be regarded as sufficient, for the following reasons: first, this case occurs extremely rarely.
• the instructed persons are advised organizationally of the potential dangers and are encouraged to switch the elevator system to service mode before opening a shaft door.
• the locking contacts are checked regularly, for example every 8 hours. Fourthly, the state of the locking contacts is queried by the controller 16 with a certain frequency, so that transmission errors are filtered out and thus tolerable.
• the shaft doors 11 are designed to be self-closing.
• the elevator system immediately switches out of the normal operating mode and does not return to the same without ensuring that the shaft door 11 is actually closed. Therefore, the elevator system cannot be started by bridging the locking contacts.
• Each bolt contact is read out and checked individually. It is not only determined that a malfunction or an error has occurred, but the malfunction or the error can be localized precisely, which means that a diagnosis can be made more quickly in the event of a malfunction.
• Precautionary maintenance of the locking contacts can be carried out on the basis of such information. In many cases, this can prevent faults and errors from occurring due to failure of the locking contacts.
• the fact that open locking contacts can be located allows the elevator car to be moved to the next possible floor without running over the affected shaft door with the open contact; the passengers can therefore get out in any case and do not remain locked in for a long time. Subsequently, various reactions can take place: the elevator car can remain on the floor on which the passengers have exited, and the service personnel are called; or the elevator car - if it is located below the floor with the defective locking contact - is moved into a position in which its cabin roof is slightly below the open shaft door, so that there is a risk of a person falling through the open shaft door is removed in the elevator shaft; or the elevator car is moved at low speed and preferably accompanied by an acoustic signal to the affected floor with the open shaft door. A recovery attempt can be carried out and if this succeeds, the elevator system is ready for operation again.

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