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System Handbook
No. E01

Boellinger Hoefe 74078 Heilbronn Germany Tel.: +49 7131 21016 011 800 blainval Fax: +49 7131 485216 www.blain.de e-mail:info@blain.de

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Hydraulic Micro Leveling Drive

Compact, Fast, Exact and Quiet

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MD Unit

MD Micro Drive MD Sample Installation

(Blain does not supply complete power units)

For Hydraulic Elevators The Blain Micro Drive for hydraulic elevators consists of a small motor, pump and valve unit in one economical assembly. Exact floor stops and releveling operations are achieved with low electrical power requirement, low noise levels and no unnecessary heating of the oil. The MD unit is mounted on or under the cover of the main hydraulic power unit, using the same oil source. It can also be used to slowly move the car independently of the main drive during installation or in an emergency.

For Traction Elevators The Micro Drive is equally effective as a seperate unit for the accurate releveling of traction elevators, where a small cylinder is integrated into the cable suspension. This eliminates the need to start the main drive when the car needs to be moved only a few centimeters.

Micro Leveling Speeds Micro leveling at approximately 1 cm/sec (2 ft./min.) is recommended from which speed positioning of the car is highly accurate and the releveling movement, usually lasting less than a second, is barely if at all noticeable by the passenger. Floor stopping accuracy of better than plus-minus 5 mm (0.2 inch) can be expected, provided the floor switch system is correspondingly accurate. Outside of 2 cm (0.8 inch) from the floor landing, the main elevator releveling system must be activated. Increased safety Exacter landing of the car eliminates the danger of passengers tripping while entering or leaving the car.

Faster Floor to Floor Times Because the Micro Drive assures final stopping accuracy, the main leveling approach speed to the floor can be increased to approximately 10 cm/sec (20 ft/min) to shorten traveling time.

Quicker Releveling When a load is added to or removed from the car causing it to shift its position, the MD Unit releveling correction begins instantaneously and usually taking less than one second to complete. There is no unwanted delay through the bypassing of oil as is the case with the hydraulic main drive.

Quieter Releveling Since the main power unit does not need to be started, Releveling with the Micro Drive unit is quiet and shorter in duration than when employing the main pump drive. This is especially important in private homes or offices, where the sound of the main elevator drive releveling in an otherwise unoccupied building can be disturbing; especially at nighttime.

Mar. 2001 Printed in Germany

BLAIN HYDRAULICS Designers and Builders of High Quality Valves for Hydraulic Elevators

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Technical Data
Type lpm
50 Hz

Hydraulic Micro Leveling Drive

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Dimensions
HM mm 175 190 200 200 215 245 265 MA mm 100 110 120 120 140 160 190 MB mm 80 90 100 100 125 140 140 MD mm 7 7 10 10 10 12 14
LG

LG gpm 50 Hz max. max. 60 Hz KW bar psi Port Size mm 0,50 1,09 1,66 2,76 4,07 6,34 0,26 0,37 0,55 1,10 1,10 2,20 3,00 5,50 200 200 180 130 180 180 180 2875 2875 2585 1870 2585 2585 2585 1/4" 3/8" 3/8" 3/8" 1/2" 1/2" 3/4" 220 290 325 330 355 410 450

MD 0103 1,0 MD 0205 1,9 MD 0411 4,2 MD 0611 6,4 MD 1022 10,6 MD 1530 15,4 MD 2455 24,0

MD MB

60 Hz supply, increases KW by 20%

Hydraulic Circuit
BV ZM

1 to 10,6 lpm
VM

BV ZM

15,4 and 24 lpm

VM
Control Valve DM

SM

Control Valve

DM

SM

6M

TM

YM
MM PM

UM

PS

9M

DM 6M SM VM BV

Solenoid Down Down Speed Adjustment Relief Valve Adjustment Check Valve Shut Off

PS ZM TM MM PM

Suction Connection Cylinder Connection Return Connection MD-Motor MD-Pump

TM

UM YM 9M

Pilot Operated Relief Valve Pilot Operated Down Valve Down Speed Adjustment

MM

PM

PS

Selection Chart
50 Hz Motors (For 60 Hz motors, add 20% to pump flow rates and MD leveling speeds) Pump Flow Rates

2,0 3/4" 1,8

1,6

Recommended max. micro leveling speed

5/8"

Micro Leveling Speed of car cm/sec

1,4

1,2

inches/sec

1/2"

Recommended MD Speed Range

1,0

3/8"

Example
0,8 1/4" Recommended min. micro leveling speed MD 2455
24,0 lpm (6,3 gpm)

0,6

0,4 1/8" 0,2 2" 0 20 40

MD 0103
1,0 lpm (0,26 gpm)

MD 0205
1,9 lpm (0,5 gpm)

MD 0411
4,2 lpm (1,1 gpm)

MD 0611
6,4 lpm (1,7 gpm)

MD 1022
10,6 lpm (2,8 gpm)

MD 1530
15,4 lpm (4,1 gpm)

3" 60 80

4" 100 120

5" 140

6" 160

7" 180

8" 200 220

9" 240

10" 260

11" 280

12" 300

The Equivalent Ram Dia. is the calculated single ram diameter which would produce the same car speed as the alternative cylinder system.

Single Ram Diameter (or Equivalent)

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Hydraulic Micro Leveling Drive

Electrical Sequence

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3 mm ( 1/8 ")

3 cm (11/4 ")

Normal run

Upper Floor Level

Normal Run 1. At the beginning of a normal up run, the friction of the system (stiction) is overcome immediately by the Micro Drive. This significantly reduces any breakaway jerk.
Coil C (EV) Coil D (EV)

2.
Coil MD

The standard control valve leveling speed no longer determines the stopping accuracy of the elevator. Therefore it can be increased to approximately 10 cm/sec. (20 ft/min), effectively smoothing out the ride and at the same time, shortening the floor to floor traveling time. The stopping accuracy of the car, determind by the Micro Drive, is improved to less than 5 mm (0,2 inch) from floor level.

Coil A (EV)

Main Motor

MD Motor

Coil B (EV)

Coil MD

3.

Car over run and releveling

Coil D (EV) Coil MD

(11/4 ") 3 cm

( 1/8 ") 3 mm

Lower Floor Level

Upper Floor Level

(11/4 ") 3 cm ( 1/8 ") 3 mm

Over Run If the car travels past the floor level, the shaftway switches would activate to re-level the car through the MD unit, in less time than it takes the car doors to open and more accurately than with the standard leveling system. Should the MD correction not be completed within 2-3 seconds, the main leveling system must be automatically actuated.

3 mm ( 1/8 ")

3 cm (11/4 ")

Lower Floor Level

MD Motor Coil A (EV) Main Motor

Car shift and releveling

3 mm ( 1/8 ") Coil MD

Up shift

Car Shift When the position of the car shifts away from floor level due to loading or unloading, cooling of the oil or valve leakage, the Micro Drive is designed to perform a correction immediately the discrepancy exceeds 3 mm.

( 1/8 ") 3 mm

Down shift

MD Motor

Important An accurate leveling switch installation is a precondition to good results.

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