Midilift XLplus Maintenance Guide INTRODUCTION This maintenance guide is to help provide understanding of the correct maintenance schedule. Your Platform Lift has been manufactured and installed to comply with the Essential Safety Requirements of the Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC and International Standard EN 81-41 and a correct maintenance schedule will ensure that the lift will remain at these standards.
Midilift XLplus Maintenance Guide Ceiling removed Behind the ceiling lays the cabin lighting and terminal rail for the light curtains. The ceiling must also be removed to access all items within the top of the shaft. Important note: Persons are not permitted to stand on the car roof. (16.3 Ceiling removed pg 28).
Midilift XLplus Maintenance Guide MAINTENANCE INSTRUCTION – ESSENTIAL MAINTENANCE As discussed earlier within this document, any engineer completing the service can be assumed to have had the relevant training and have a suitable knowledge of lift technology. Where further instruction is required, this will be contained in this section of the guide.
Midilift XLplus Maintenance Guide Name plate • Required standard Name plate must be securely fixed and clearly show place of manufacture, CE mark, Lift job number and product name (XL Plus). Also clearly within the cabin should be the lifts working load. For a standard XL Plus lift, this will be 400kg. If in doubt of the working load ask.
Midilift XLplus Maintenance Guide All stop switches must work correctly. All stop switches are positioned within the safety chain and when operated will remove all calls and prevent the lift from moving. The four stop switches in question are in the cabin, the pit, the test control (landing control panel) and the landing control panel itself.
Midilift XLplus Maintenance Guide 9.12 Brake operation • Required standard After running the lift for the first 2-3 journeys it will become apparent the brakes are working correctly. The lift must start and stop smoothly with out any vibrations or unexpected noises. An indication of correct brake operation will be indicated by a smooth ride.
Midilift XLplus Maintenance Guide • Required action If it is not possible to fix any of the faulty components, then make a note of type and manufacture and inform supervisor on required remedial work. 9.16 Visual inspection/light clean • Required standard It is essential that all areas are visually inspected.
Midilift XLplus Maintenance Guide 10.3 Manual release • Required standard It is essential that the manual release for the lift is in sound condition. The manual release procedure should be both displayed clearly within the upper floor controller and in the customers user guide. Follow these instructions ensuring that the system works smoothly and that power is removed from the lift.
Midilift XLplus Maintenance Guide If counterweight comes into contact with pit buffer before the ultimate limit switch operates, it is possible to remove the counterweight packers situated at the bottom of the counterweight. If all packers are removed and problem still occurs, inform customer and supervisor that lift should be taken out of service and suspension ropes should be replaced.
Midilift XLplus Maintenance Guide 11.3 Drive shaft bearings • Required standard Important note: Persons are not permitted to stand on the car roof. Access to the upper shaft work is gained by removing the cabin (4.4 Ceiling removed, pg 5) The main drive shaft support bearings (2 off), located on the bedplate at the top of the shaft, need to be checked for re-lubrication.
Midilift XLplus Maintenance Guide If the ultimate limit switch is still not functional record manufacturer and part number and inform customer and supervisor on further remedial work and recommend on lift shut down. It is of up most importance to remove this link once check is complete! Figure 2 - Ultimate limit switch 11.5 Safety gear and overspeed governor •...
Midilift XLplus Maintenance Guide The general function of the encoder and timing belt will have been assessed in the checking of the floor level. If floor levelling is correct, check all fixings are secure and belt is running smoothly within pulleys. Ensure that timing belt brackets are fixed securely and the encoder cable is clear from moving parts and free from damage.
Midilift XLplus Maintenance Guide Chains and cable must have no twisting or kinks and all anchorage points must be secure. There must be no surface wear, cracks or splits on any point of the cable and they must run clear of all fixed parts of the lift installation.
Midilift XLplus Maintenance Guide Figure 5 - Counterweight slider • Required action Tighten any loose fixings and replace where necessary. Investigate cause for missing fixings and make note. If the guard has signs of any marks, investigate the cause, this may be due to the sling clashing with the guard or the guard clashing with the counterweight.
Midilift XLplus Maintenance Guide Figure 6 - Tension pulley setup Figure 6 shows the working of the tension pulley. Beneath the front plate (removed for clarity in right hand image) two compression springs apply a downwards force (F) onto the pulley, this in turn places tension (T) into the governor rope (i.e.
Midilift XLplus Maintenance Guide If the air gap within the brake requires adjusting, this can be adjusted until it is acceptable. If for any reason the brake cannot be brought up to a suitable standard the customer and supervisor must be informed on lift shut down. 13.2 Thorough clean •...
Midilift XLplus Maintenance Guide If a lift fails to be sufficiently earthed or safety insulated, this will result in a substantial risk to the user. If immediate earth bonding cannot be achieved then the lift must be taken out of service and the customer and supervisor is to be informed on the future remedial work.
Midilift XLplus Maintenance Guide The autodialer must dial out correctly, and both the microphone and the speaker must be clear to the user and the operator. Before testing the autodialer, acquire the programmed number and inform the operator about the following test.
Midilift XLplus Maintenance Guide If selected this option will ensure the lift is brought down to ground floor on the input of the building fire alarm. Once at ground the lift should announce that the user can exit the lift using the ground floor button. At this point the only function still effective will be the operation of the ground floor button situated in the cabin.
Midilift XLplus Maintenance Guide 16 APPENDIX A 16.1 Cabin operating panel (COP) removed Using ‘COP ACCESS’ key, unlock control panel. Pull panel towards user. Lift panel off pivot bar to remove being careful not to damage controller or cables. Follow instruction in reverse order to return control panel to normal state. Ensure lock is secure and cables are free when replacing panel.
Midilift XLplus Maintenance Guide 16.2 Upper floor landing controls Using ‘UPPER FLOOR LANDING CONTROL ACCESS’ key, unlock access panel. Pull panel towards user. Lift panel upwards to remove. Follow instruction in reverse order to return panel to normal state. IMPORTANT MAINS VOLTAGE Figure 9 - Upper floor landing controls Jan 2014...
Midilift XLplus Maintenance Guide 16.3 Ceiling removed - Important note: persons are note permitted to stand on car roof Using ‘CEILING ACCESS’ key, unlock ceiling panel. Pull ceiling downwards to access (suction cups maybe be required to release). Swing ceiling downwards until hanging vertically. Follow instruction in reverse order to return ceiling to normal state.
Midilift XLplus Maintenance Guide 16.4 COP and rear wall removed To access behind the rear wall, firstly the COP must be removed (4.2 Cabin operating panel (COP) removed, pg 4) Once removed the COP trim can be taken out (Figure 11 - COP trim being removed). Fixings on the trim’s can easily be accessed.
Midilift XLplus Maintenance Guide 17 APPENDIX B 17.1 Brake lining Cut power to lift using lockable lift isolation switch Remove cowling from motor to access brake Check air gap (S ü ), this should be 0.2mm.) Is there excessive wear on lining? Is air gap ü...
Midilift XLplus Maintenance Guide 17.2 Overspeed governor activation tests – for contracts with remote test control OSG activation button only (see 17.3 for contracts without remote OSG activation) . At the upper landing control station, place shorting link between G1 and G1A terminals. Run lift in down direction and activate ‘OSG Test’...
Midilift XLplus Maintenance Guide 17.3 Overspeed governor activation tests – for contracts without remote test control OSG activation button only (see 17.2 for contracts with remote OSG activation) . At the upper landing control station, place shorting link between G1 and G1A terminals. Position lift car 1 M below floor level.
Midilift XLplus Maintenance Guide 17.4 Overspeed lift Depending on when the lift was installed, an overspeed governor test switch may be present. This switch can be used to activate the overspeed governor remotely (from the test controls box within the upper landing controller) Access the upper landing controller and check the test controls box located near the bottom of the electrical enclosure.
Midilift XLplus Maintenance Guide 17.5 Set the lift to run at 80.0 Hz Access upper landing floor controller and activate stop Press ‘FUNC/DATA’ to save switch value. ‘F 0 4’ should be displayed. Inverter should be flashing 50.0 Hz. Press ‘PRG/RESET Press ‘PROG/RESET’...
Midilift XLplus Maintenance Guide 17.7 Overload controller calibrations Press ‘MENU’ button until ‘CEro’ is shown on display. Using the ‘→’ and ‘↑’ buttons This function will zero the enter a known load into the controller. cabin. This should be greater than 50% of the rated load.
Midilift XLplus Maintenance Guide 17.9 Safety chain switch locations Shutdown keyswitch Main entrance landing station Overspeed governor switch Mounted on the overspeed governor Overspeed governor rope switch Mounted on the tension pulley assembly (pit) Pit stop switch Mounted on the base plate assembly (pit) Test controls stop switch Located in the upper landing control box Landing controller stop switch...
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