JP2005324890A - Elevator operation control device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enhance convenience in using an elevator while the safety in elevator operation is secured, when a house with the elevator installed vibrates with a strong wind. <P>SOLUTION: An elevator car 1 is in standby when the displacement sensed by a house displacement sensing gauge 12 is no less than the reference value M1 for the time T1, and if the floor of standby is a dangerous floor as determined previously, the car 1 is controlled to move to any floor other than the dangerous floor. When the displacement sensed by the house displacement sensing gauge 12 is equal to or more than the reference value M2 for the time T1, the car 1 if in the rising operation is controlled so as not to make landing at the dangerous floor even in case a call to the dangerous floor has been registered. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to an operation control apparatus for an elevator installed in a building where large vibrations are generated by wind, such as a high-rise building.

Conventionally, in a building such as a high-rise building, for example, a large horizontal displacement may occur in the building due to the vibration of the building caused by strong winds. If the elevator continues to operate while the building is vibrating, the guide rails for the car and counterweight will be deformed, or the hoistway equipment will be damaged by the rope coming into contact with the car and the side walls of the hoistway. there is a possibility. In order to avoid this, for example, as disclosed in Patent Document 1, when the displacement of the building is detected in the interior of the building, and this displacement exceeds a certain level, the car is stopped at the nearest floor. Safety was ensured by carrying out control to stop operation and slow drive control.
Japanese Patent Publication No. 5-75670

  In a strong wind, whether or not the rope contacts the car or the side wall of the hoistway is determined by the magnitude of displacement of the rope connected to the car and the counterweight, and the positional relationship between the car and the counterweight. In other words, when the building vibrates with a certain displacement or more, it is necessary to stop or slow down the nearest floor in order to maintain the safety of the elevator operation, and the elevator without stopping or slowing down the nearest floor. There are cases where the safety of operation can be maintained.

  The displacement that is the basis for operation switching to the nearest floor stop or slow drive must be determined on the condition that the safety of the elevator operation is maintained, and this displacement is the position of the car and counterweight. If the displacement causes a contact accident with the rope depending on the change in the relationship, operation will be restricted even if the current positional relationship between the car and the counterweight is in a positional relationship where there is no possibility of a rope contact accident. As a result, the convenience of the elevator has decreased, and the traffic efficiency of the entire building has been unnecessarily reduced.

  SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide an elevator operation control device capable of improving convenience while maintaining operational safety when a building in which an elevator is installed vibrates due to strong winds. There is.

  That is, an elevator operation control apparatus according to the present invention includes a detection unit that detects a horizontal displacement of a building in which an elevator is installed, and a first detection unit that detects a displacement detected by the detection unit over a predetermined period of time. If the car is landing on a predetermined floor and the car door is closed and the call is not registered when it is above the reference value, place the car on a floor other than the predetermined floor. And a control means for performing control to move up and down.

  In the elevator operation control device according to the present invention, when the horizontal displacement of the building in which the elevator is installed is equal to or greater than a predetermined reference value over a predetermined time, the car is positioned on a predetermined floor. If the call is not registered when the car door is closed, the control of moving the car up and down to a floor other than the predetermined floor is performed, so the car operation is stopped unnecessarily. Therefore, even when the building vibrates during strong winds, it is possible to improve convenience while maintaining safety in elevator operation.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of an elevator according to an embodiment of the present invention.
This elevator is provided in a building such as a high-rise building where a large horizontal displacement occurs due to strong wind. A car 1 is attached to a sheave 2 provided on a motor shaft of a hoisting machine (not shown). It is connected to a counterweight (C / W) 3 via a wound main rope, and in the hoistway 4 together with the counterweight 3 in an upside down direction along with the rotation of the sheave 2 driven by the hoisting machine. Go up and down.

  Of the wire rope (main rope) wound around the sheave 2, the rope between the car 1 and the sheave 2 is referred to as a car-side main rope 5, and the rope between the sheave 2 and the counterweight 3 is on the C / W side. This is called the main rope 6.

  The car 1 is connected to the counterweight 3 via a compen- sion rope wound around a compen- sion sheave 7 below the hoistway 4. Of the ropes wound around the compen- sion rope sheave 7, the rope between the car 1 and the compen- sion rope sheave 7 is referred to as a car-side compen- sion rope 8, and the rope between the compen- sion rope sheave 7 and the counterweight 3 is C / W. This is referred to as a side compen- sion rope 9.

  The car 1 is connected to a car rail 10 on the side wall of the hoistway 4 via a guide shoe (not shown) provided on the car 1, and the counterweight 3 is a C / W rail 11 on the side wall of the hoistway. Concatenated with

  A building displacement detector 12 and an elevator control panel 13 are provided at the upper part of the hoistway 4. The building displacement detector 12 detects the horizontal displacement of the building. The elevator control panel 13 controls the raising / lowering of the car 1 according to the magnitude of the displacement detected by the building displacement detector 12.

  A plurality of damping frames 14 are provided in the hoistway 4 at equal intervals for suppressing horizontal displacement of the C / W side main rope 6 and the C / W side compen rope 9 due to strong winds within a certain range. It is done.

  The rope in the hoistway 4 is displaced in the horizontal direction along with the building displacement due to strong wind, and as a result, contacts the side wall of the hoistway 4 and the equipment in the hoistway 4. The type of contact rope and the contact object vary as shown in FIGS. 2 to 6 below depending on the positional relationship between the car 1 and the counterweight 3.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example in which the rope contacts the car 1 when the amplitude of the C / W side main rope 6 becomes A or more.
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example in which the rope contacts the C / W rail 11 when the amplitude of the C / W side main rope 6 becomes B or more.
FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example in which the rope comes into contact with the car rail 10 when the amplitude of the car-side main rope 5 becomes C or more.
FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example in which the rope contacts the side wall of the hoistway 4 when the amplitude of the C / W side main rope 6 becomes D or more.
FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example in which the rope contacts the side wall of the hoistway 4 when the amplitude of the car-side main rope 5 becomes E or more.
As shown in FIGS. 2 to 6, since the safety of the elevator operation cannot be maintained when the rope is in contact with the side wall of the hoistway 4 or each appliance, the operation mode of the car 1 is appropriately set. Need to be controlled.

Next, the operation of the elevator having the configuration shown in FIG. 1 will be described.
FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating an example of elevator processing operations according to an embodiment of the present invention.
First, the building displacement detector 12 outputs this information to the elevator control panel 13 when detecting the horizontal displacement of the building. The elevator control panel 13 determines whether or not the displacement from the building displacement detector 12 is equal to or greater than a predetermined reference value M3 over a predetermined time T1 (step S1).

  The time T1 is measured by a timer (not shown) provided in the elevator control panel 13. When the displacement is greater than or equal to the reference value M3 and the car 1 is moving up and down, a contact accident as shown in FIGS. 2 to 6 may occur regardless of the position of the car 1 and the moving speed. There is. When the displacement is greater than or equal to the reference value M3, even if the car 1 is stopped, if the stopped floor is a predetermined floor (dangerous floor), the contact accident described above may occur. It can happen.

  This dangerous floor is one or a plurality of floors among the floors, and is determined by the magnitude of the displacement of the rope due to the displacement of the building and the positional relationship between the car 1 and the counterweight 3.

  If it is determined as “NO” as a result of the process of step S1, the elevator control panel 13 has a displacement from the building displacement detector 12 equal to or greater than a predetermined reference value M2 (M2 <M3) over time T1. It is discriminate | determined (step S2).

  When the displacement is not less than the reference value M2 and less than M3 and the car 1 is moving up and down at a predetermined rated speed of the normal speed V2, a contact accident as shown in FIGS. 2 to 6 occurs. there is a possibility. Further, when the displacement is not less than the reference value M2 and less than M3, even when the rated speed of the car 1 is a speed V1 smaller than the speed V2, the car 1 is stopped on the dangerous floor for a short time. There is a possibility that the above-mentioned contact accident may occur. The reason why the occurrence of a contact accident is classified according to the rated speed of the car 1 is that the amount of displacement of the rope increases and decreases according to the vertical speed of the car 1. The elevator control panel 13 switches and controls the rated speed of the car 1 to one of the speeds V1 and V2.

  If it is determined as “NO” as a result of the process of step S2, the elevator control panel 13 has a displacement from the building displacement detector 12 that is equal to or greater than a predetermined reference value M1 (M1 <M2) over time T1. It is discriminate | determined whether it is (step S3).

  When the displacement is greater than or equal to the reference value M1 and less than M2, there is no call registration after the car 1 has landed on the dangerous floor and the car door (not shown) has been closed, and the vehicle has entered a standby state. In such a case, a contact accident as shown in FIGS. 2 to 6 may occur.

  If “NO” is determined as a result of the process in step S3, that is, if the current displacement is less than the reference value M1, the process returns to step S1. If it is determined “YES” as a result of the process in step S3, the elevator control panel 13 performs the control in mode 1.

  If the current displacement is greater than or equal to the reference value M1 and less than M2, if the car 1 does not enter the standby state on the dangerous floor, that is, the time required for the passenger to get on and off the dangerous floor However, when the car 1 moves to a floor other than the dangerous floor after boarding / exiting, the contact accident as shown in FIGS. 2 to 6 does not occur.

  Therefore, in the control of the mode 1, the elevator control panel 13 does not need to register a call when the car 1 is in a standby state and the floor on which the car 1 is waiting is a dangerous floor. Then, control for retracting the car 1 to the nearest floor other than the dangerous floor is performed (step S4).

  If the car 1 is moving up and down at the start of mode 1 control and a dangerous floor call has been registered, the elevator control panel 13 performs landing control on this dangerous floor as usual. If the car door is closed after this landing and there is no registered call, the car 1 is retreated to the nearest floor other than the dangerous floor as described above. By performing the process of step S4, the car 1 is not positioned on the dangerous floor for a long time, and thus the contact accident as shown in FIGS. 2 to 6 can be prevented.

  After the process of step S4, the operation of the car 1 is continued (step S5). However, if the floor on which the car 1 is located is a dangerous floor when the car door is closed after entering the car 1 and is in a standby state, the process of step S4 is performed again.

  The elevator control panel 13 constantly monitors the displacement from the building displacement detector 12 after the process of step S3, and whether the displacement from the building displacement detector 12 has become less than the reference value M1 over a predetermined time T2. It is determined whether or not (step S6). The time T2 is measured by the timer of the elevator control panel 13 in the same manner as the time T1.

  When it is determined as “YES” as a result of the process of step S6, the elevator control panel 13 cancels the control for prohibiting the waiting of the dangerous floor performed in the process of step S4 (step S7). By performing the process in step S7, the elevator control panel 13 does not perform the process in step S4 even when the car 1 enters a standby state and the floor on which the car 1 is located is a dangerous floor. Thereafter, the process returns to step S1.

Further, when it is determined “YES” as a result of the process of step S2 described above, the elevator control panel 13 starts the control of mode 2.
If the current displacement is greater than or equal to the reference value M2 and less than M3, the contact speed as shown in FIGS. 2 to 6 if the rated speed is the speed V1 and the car 1 does not stop at the dangerous floor. There is no accident. Therefore, in the control of mode 2, the elevator control panel 13 performs the processing in step S4 described above when the car 1 is in a standby state and the floor on which the car 1 is located is a dangerous floor. Similarly, control for retracting the car 1 to the nearest floor other than the dangerous floor is performed (step S8).

  Next, when the car 1 is moving up and down, the elevator control panel 13 performs control not to land the car 1 on the dangerous floor (step S9). Specifically, when the car 1 is moving up and down and a call for a dangerous floor is registered, the landing of the car 1 on this dangerous floor is prohibited.

  In the process of step S9, when both a call of a dangerous floor and a call of a floor that is not a dangerous floor are registered, the elevator control panel 13 causes the car 1 to land only on a floor that is not a dangerous floor. If only the call of the dangerous floor is registered, the elevator control panel 13 performs control to land the car 1 on the nearest floor other than the dangerous floor or on the designated floor (for example, the entrance floor). .

  Next, the elevator control panel 13 performs control to reduce the rated speed of the car 1 when the car 1 is moving up and down to the speed V1 described above (step S10). The contact accidents as shown in FIGS. 2 to 6 can be prevented by performing the processes of steps S8 to S10.

  After the process of step S10, the operation of the car 1 is continued (step S11). However, if the floor on which the car 1 is located is a dangerous floor when the car door is closed after the landing of the car 1 and enters the standby state, the process of step S8 is performed again to If a call for a dangerous floor is registered while the car 1 is moving up and down, the process of step S9 is performed again.

  Then, the elevator control panel 13 determines whether or not the displacement from the building displacement detector 12 has become less than the reference value M2 over the time T2 described above (step S12). If it is determined “YES” as a result of the process of step S12, the elevator control panel 13 cancels the stop prohibition control of the dangerous floor performed in the process of step S9, and decelerates to the speed V1 by the process of step S10. Control is performed to return the rated speed to the original speed V2 (step S13).

  By performing the process of step S13, the rated speed of the car 1 returns to its original state, and when a call for a dangerous floor is registered while the car 1 is moving up and down, landing on this dangerous floor is made. It becomes like this. Thereafter, the processing after step S6 is performed.

  If it is determined “YES” as a result of the processing in step S1, the elevator control panel 13 starts the control in mode 3. In the control of mode 3, when the car 1 is in a standby state and the floor on which the car 1 is located is a dangerous floor, the elevator control panel 13 is similar to the process in step S4 described above. Control is performed to retract the car 1 to the nearest floor other than the dangerous floor (step S14).

  When the car 1 is moving up and down, the elevator control panel 13 performs control not to land the car 1 on the dangerous floor in the same manner as in the process of step S9 even when the danger floor call is registered. (Step S15) In the same manner as the process of Step S10, control is performed to reduce the rated speed of the car 1 to the speed V1 (Step S16).

  After the process of step S16, when the car 1 is moving up and down, the elevator control panel 13 determines whether the car 1 is currently present, regardless of the registered call, in order to immediately stop the operation of the car 1. Control is performed so that the car 1 is landed on a floor other than the dangerous floor, or a predetermined floor for landing (for example, the entrance floor) which is the nearest floor of the floor located.

  In order to notify the passengers of the operation during such control, that is, the control operation for ensuring safety during strong winds, a strong wind control indicator lamp (indicated in the car 1) Control to turn on (not shown) is performed (step S17). The passenger can easily grasp that the elevator is performing the strong wind control operation by confirming the lighting of the strong wind control indicator lamp.

  Then, the elevator control panel 13 confirms that the car 1 has safely landed by the control operation in the strong wind after the car 1 has landed on the nearest floor or designated floor other than the dangerous floor (step S18). In order to notify the passenger, control is performed to turn on a strong wind control completion indicator lamp (not shown) provided in the car 1 (step S19). The passenger can easily recognize that the elevator 1 has safely landed by the control operation for strong wind by confirming the lighting of the strong wind control completion indicator lamp.

  Then, the elevator control panel 13 performs control for stopping the operation of the car 1 that has been landed by the processing of step S18 (step S20). Specifically, control is performed so that the car door opened after landing and the hold floor (not shown) on the landing floor are not closed, and the hall call button or the destination opening registration button (not shown) in the car 1 is shown. Even if the operation (1) is performed, the elevator 1 is not controlled to move up and down according to these calls.

  Here, the elevator maintenance company performs inspection and recovery work of the elevator. Specifically, after checking whether or not each elevator device has failed due to strong winds, when it is confirmed that there is no failure, a reset switch (not shown) provided in the elevator control panel 13 is operated. Keep it.

  Then, the elevator control panel 13 determines whether or not the displacement from the building displacement detector 12 has become less than the reference value M3 over time T2 (step S21). If “YES” is determined as a result of the process in step S21, the elevator control panel 13 is turned on in the processes in steps S17 and S19 if the above-described reset switch is operated (YES in step S22). The strong wind control display lamp and the strong wind control completion display lamp are turned off (step S23), and the suspension control performed in the process of step S20 is canceled (step S24).

  By performing the process of step S24, hall calls and car calls of floors other than the dangerous floor are registered as normal, and the car 1 is moved up and down by performing control to limit the rated speed to the speed V1. However, if a call for a floor at the dangerous floor is registered, it is invalidated or the car 1 is controlled to land on the nearest floor or a designated floor of the dangerous floor. Thereafter, the processing after step S12 is performed.

  As described above, in the elevator according to the present embodiment, the displacement of the building is such that there is a risk of a rope contact accident in a state where the car 1 is waiting on a predetermined danger floor, and driving. If the displacement is such that there is no danger of a rope contact accident without stopping the vehicle or limiting the rated speed, the car 1 is waiting on the dangerous floor instead of stopping the operation or limiting the rated speed. In this case, only the control for moving the car 1 to another floor is performed. Further, the displacement of the building is such that there is a risk of a rope contact accident when the car 1 is stopped on a predetermined danger floor for a short time or when it is moving up and down at a normal rated speed, and If the displacement is such that there is no risk of a rope contact accident without stopping the operation, only the prohibition of landing on the dangerous floor and the restriction of the rated speed are performed without stopping the operation. By performing such control, unnecessary operation stop and rated speed restriction are not performed according to the magnitude of displacement, and convenience can be improved while maintaining safety in elevator operation. .

  In the embodiment described above, when the displacement becomes greater than or equal to the reference value M2, as the control of mode 2, the standby and landing on the dangerous floor are prohibited and the control of limiting the rated speed to the speed V1 is performed. However, the reference value M4 between the reference values M2 and M3 is newly defined, and the displacement of the reference value M2 or more and less than M4 causes the car 1 to wait or stop on the dangerous floor in order to prevent the contact accident described above. If the displacement is a displacement that must be prohibited and does not limit the rated speed of the car 1 without causing a contact accident, the rated speed is limited even if the displacement is greater than or equal to the reference value M2. There is no need.

  That is, when the displacement is equal to or greater than the reference value M2 over time T1, the control for prohibiting waiting and stopping of the car 1 at the dangerous floor is performed as the control of mode 4, while the displacement is the reference value over time T1. Control is performed so that the rated speed is maintained at the speed V2 unless M4 or more. When the displacement becomes greater than or equal to the reference value M4 over time T1, the control of mode 2 is to restrict the rated speed of the car 1 to V1 after prohibiting waiting and stopping of the car 1 on the dangerous floor. If it is made to perform, the operation efficiency of an elevator can be improved.

  Then, when the displacement becomes less than the reference value M4 over the time T2, unless the displacement becomes less than the reference value M2 over the time T2, only the control for returning the rated speed is performed, and the displacement becomes the reference value M2 over the time T2. If the control for canceling the stop prohibition of the dangerous floor is performed when the number becomes less than, the operation mode can be restored.

  Moreover, although embodiment described above was set as the structure which applied this invention to the elevator which installed the winding machine in the upper part of a hoistway, ie, the elevator which provided the machine room, it is not restricted to this, For example, other than the upper part of a hoistway It is also possible to apply the present invention to an elevator in which a machine room is not provided by providing a hoisting machine at this location.

  Note that the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment as it is, and can be embodied by modifying the constituent elements without departing from the scope of the invention in the implementation stage. Moreover, various inventions can be formed by appropriately combining a plurality of constituent elements disclosed in the embodiment. For example, some components may be deleted from all the components shown in the embodiment. Furthermore, you may combine suitably the component covering different embodiment.

The schematic diagram of the structural example of the elevator according to embodiment of this invention. The figure which showed the example which the C / W side main rope shown in FIG. The figure which showed the example which the C / W side main rope shown in FIG. 1 contacts with a C / W rail. The figure which showed the example which the car side main rope shown in FIG. 1 contacts with a car rail. The figure which showed the example which the C / W side main rope shown in FIG. 1 contacts with a hoistway side wall. The figure which showed the example which the cage side main rope rope shown in FIG. 1 contacts with the hoistway side wall. The flowchart which shows an example of the processing operation of the elevator according to embodiment of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Ride car, 2 ... Sheave, 3 ... Counterweight (C / W), 4 ... Hoistway, 5 ... Car side main rope, 6 ... C / W side main rope, 7 ... Compen rope sheave, 8 ... Car side Compensation rope, 9 ... C / W side compensation rope, 10 ... car rail, 11 ... C / W rail, 12 ... building displacement detector, 13 ... elevator control panel, 14 ... damping frame.

Claims (11)

Detection means for detecting horizontal displacement of the building where the elevator is installed;
When the displacement detected by the detection means is greater than or equal to a predetermined first reference value over a predetermined time, a call is registered when the car is landed on a predetermined floor and the car door is closed. If not, a control means for controlling the elevator car to move up and down to a floor other than the predetermined floor is provided.   2. The elevator according to claim 1, wherein the predetermined floor is a floor determined based on a magnitude of a wire rope displacement due to a displacement of the building and a positional relationship between the car and a counterweight. Operation control device. The control means includes
Even if the predetermined floor call is registered when the displacement detected by the detecting means is equal to or greater than the second reference value exceeding the first reference value over a predetermined time, the predetermined call is registered. The elevator operation control device according to claim 1, wherein control is performed so that the car does not land on the floor. The control means includes
If the displacement detected by the detecting means is equal to or greater than a third reference value exceeding the second reference value over a predetermined time and the car is moving up and down, the rated speed of the car is set in advance. 4. The elevator operation control device according to claim 3, wherein control is performed to reduce the predetermined first speed to the second speed. The control means includes
When the displacement detected by the detection means is equal to or greater than a fourth reference value exceeding the third reference value over a predetermined time, even if the car is moving up and down, the ride The elevator operation control according to claim 4, wherein control is performed such that a car is landed on the nearest floor other than the predetermined floor and the elevator is stopped after the landing. apparatus. The car is
The displacement detected by the detection means is equal to or greater than the fourth reference value over a predetermined time, and the car lands on the nearest floor other than the predetermined floor according to the control by the control means. A first notifying means for notifying that the control operation is being performed when the control operation is performed so as to move up and down;
The displacement detected by the detection means is equal to or greater than the fourth reference value over a predetermined time, and the car lands on the nearest floor other than the predetermined floor according to the control by the control means. The elevator operation control device according to claim 5, further comprising: second notification means for notifying that the control operation has ended when the control operation is completed. The control means includes
When the displacement detected by the detecting means becomes equal to or greater than the fourth reference value over a predetermined time and then the displacement becomes less than the fourth reference value over a predetermined time, the first and The elevator operation control device according to claim 6, wherein control for stopping notification by the second notification means is performed. The control means includes
When the displacement detected by the detection means becomes equal to or greater than the fourth reference value over a predetermined time and then the displacement becomes less than the fourth reference value over a predetermined time, the predetermined 6. The elevator operation control according to claim 5, wherein if a call of a floor other than the floor is registered, control is performed to raise and lower the car at the second speed or less according to the call. apparatus. The control means includes
When the displacement detected by the detecting means becomes equal to or greater than the third reference value over a predetermined time and then the displacement becomes less than the third reference value over a predetermined time, the car is 5. The elevator operation control device according to claim 4, wherein control is performed to return the rated speed of the car from the second speed to the first speed when the elevator is moving up and down. The control means includes
When the displacement detected by the detection means becomes equal to or greater than the second reference value over a predetermined time and then the displacement becomes less than the second reference value over a predetermined time, the predetermined designation is performed. 4. The elevator operation control device according to claim 3, wherein if a floor call is registered, control is performed to cause the car to land on the designated floor in accordance with the call. The control means includes
When the displacement detected by the detection means becomes equal to or greater than the first reference value over a predetermined time and then becomes less than the first reference value over a predetermined time, the predetermined floor is 2. The control according to claim 1, wherein, even if the car is positioned and the car door is closed and a call is not registered, control is performed to wait for the car on the floor at the position. Elevator operation control device.

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