Commercial Inspection Services
MODERNIZATION & INSPECTION SERVICES
OREGON COMMERCIAL ELEVATOR INSPECTION SERVICES MADE EASY
The State of Oregon requires all commercial elevators to be inspected every six months by a licensed contractor who is approved by the state. Sturm Elevator is licensed and approved to conduct your required inspections to insure your elevator is in compliance with the law and operating safely for anyone who uses it.
Sturm Elevator offers open-ended service agreements for our commercial elevator inspection customers. This takes the guesswork out of scheduling your inspections. With our open-ended service agreement you simply agree to have Sturm Elevator come out as need to perform the required inspections. You don’t need to call us or try to make an appointment. We’ll call you ahead of the inspection, confirm a date and time and perform the inspection with minimal interruption to your business. You can cancel at anytime, but with this agreement we make it easy for you to be in compliance with Oregon code.
For your elevator inspection call Sturm Elevator at 503-284-2003. Be sure to ask about setting up an open-ended service agreement so you never have to worry if you’re current and in compliance with Oregon codes.
KEEPING YOUR ELEVATOR OPERATING IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE LAW
In compliance with Oregon code for Electric Elevator Minimum Maintenance & Test Standards, Sturm Elevator will conduct an extensive inspection on your commercial elevator. The safety of your guests and staff is paramount, our commercial elevator inspection services will reveal any areas requiring attention or improvement. Below you’ll find just one checklist we use to inspect your elevator.
Machine/ Control Room/ Space Inspections (8.11.2.1.2)
Weather exposure on equipment
Access means
Amount of headroom
Necessary means for testing to take place
Test and inspection panel
Receptacles and lighting
Machine room or control room enclosure spaces
Cleanliness of room/space
Machine/ control room ventilation
Fire extinguisher
Ducts and pipes wiring
Equipment guards
Disconnect switch and elevator machines numbering
Stop switch
Control and disconnecting means
Grounding and fusing of controller wiring
Static control
Fastening and supports for machinery
Drive machine brakes
Traction drive machines
Flexible connections and bearings of gears
Winding drum machine
Chain drive or belt machine
Generator for motor
Regenerated power absorption
Traction sheaves
Deflector and secondary sheaves
Rope fastenings
Stopping devices for terminal
Operating devices
Speed switch and seal with governor
Counterweight and car safeties
Code data plate
Emergency brake
DC sources for AC drives
Slack rope device
Wiring diagrams
Pit Inspection (8.11.2.1.5)
Lighting, pit access, the condition and presence of a stop switch
Runby and bottom clearance
Counterweight and car buffer
Final terminal halting devices
Normal terminal halting devices
Traveling cables
Governor-ropes tension devices
Compensating sheaves, ropes and chains
Car platform and frame
Guiding member and safeties for car
Control or machinery area
Pit working areas
Weather effect on equipment
Supports and fastenings the are part of machinery
Guarding of auxiliary equipment form exposure
Pit inspection operation
Outside Hoistway Inspections (8.11.2.1.4)
Car platform guard
Hoistway doors
Vision panels
Hoistway door locking devices
Hoistway access
Hoistway doors power closing device
Sequence operation
Hoistway enclosure
Parking devices for elevator
Blind hoistways for emergency doors
Counterweight hoistway that is separate
Standby power selection switch
Testing means
Test panel and inspection
Weather exposure
Top-of-Car Inspections (8.11.2.1.3)
Stop switch on top of car
Car outlet and top light
Operating device and working platform on top of car
Deflector, overhead and car sheaves
Stopping devices for normal terminal
Stopping devices for final terminal
Broken tape switch, rope or chain
Devices for level the car
Crosshead data plate
Emergency exit on the top
Counterweight buffer and counterweight
Counterweight safeties
Emergency and floor identification numbering
Hoistway Construction
Smoke control in hoistway
Ducts, pipes and wiring
Recesses, projections, windows and setbacks
Clearances for the hoistway
Multiple hoistways
Junctions boxes and traveling cables
Gate and door equipment
Frame and stiles for car
Fastening and equipment for guide rails
Governor rope
Hitch plate and wire rope fastening
Compensating and suspension rose
Compensation and chains and ropes
Control/ machinery space
Car top working areas
How exposed the equipment is to weather
Supports and fastening for machinery
Auxiliary equipment guarding from exposure
Inside Car Inspections (8.11.2.1.1)
Device to reopen device
Switches to stop elevator
Car operating control devices
Landing sill and car floor
Lighting in car
Emergency signal in car
Gate or door on car
Force with which door closes
Gate or door power opening
Gate or door power closing
Glass car doors and car vision panels
Car enclosure
Emergency exit
Car ventilation
Device symbols for operating and signs
Data plate, platform area and rated load
Power operation for standby
Opening restriction of hoistway doors or car
Car ride
Stopping accuracy
Control Space or machinery space
Amount of working area in the car
Access panel for electrical equipment
Firefighters’ Emergency (8.11.2.1.6)
Working Platforms (8.11.2.1.7)
Platforms for working
Retractable stops
Inspection operation