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Examples:
# For a 300ft/m elevator to move 15 ft, it will take 6.4 seconds.
# For 400ft/m elevator to move 150 ft
#* The first 30 ft takes 7.0 seconds
#* The remaining 120 ft takes 18 seconds, calculated by: 120ft / 1.5 seconds/10ft = 18 seconds




Hydraulic elevators operate at a top speed of 200fpm
Hydraulic elevators operate at a top speed of 200fpm

Revision as of 07:48, 19 May 2013

Acceleration and Velocity

The total amount of time it takes for a traction elevator car to start, move, and stop a given amount of distance at different elevator speeds can be generalized from the table below.

A typical traction elevator accelerates at <3.5fps for <= 400fps, and >4.5fps for > 500fpm.

Speed (ft/m) vs. Height (ft) 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 20 30 10ft+
100ft/m 7.6 8.2 8.8 9.4 10.0 10.6 11.2 14.2 20.2 6.0
150ft/m 6.7 7.1 7.5 7.9 8.3 8.7 9.1 11.1 15.1 4.0
200ft/m 5.8 6.1 6.4 6.7 7.0 7.3 7.6 9.1 12.1 3.0
300ft/m 5.2 5.4 5.6 5.8 6.0 6.2 6.4 7.4 9.4 2.0
400ft/m 4.8 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.4 5.6 5.7 6.5 7.0 1.5
500ft/m 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 5.2 6.4 1.2
700ft/m 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 5.2 6.1 0.86
1000ft/m 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 5.2 5.8 0.6

Examples:

  1. For a 300ft/m elevator to move 15 ft, it will take 6.4 seconds.
  2. For 400ft/m elevator to move 150 ft
    • The first 30 ft takes 7.0 seconds
    • The remaining 120 ft takes 18 seconds, calculated by: 120ft / 1.5 seconds/10ft = 18 seconds


Hydraulic elevators operate at a top speed of 200fpm