Elgo LIMAX44 RED, Operating Manual

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Installation and First Start-Up
8.2 General Information
When observing some principles during the installation, LIMAX44 RED requires minimal effort during installation
and operation and has a long operating life.
One basic principle is the protection of the magnetic tape against mechanical wear. This can be achieved
through correct mounting.
Before starting with the installation in the shaft, please carefully read the chapters concerning the mounting of
the magnetic tape (

8.3) and the sensor (

8.5) in order to get an idea of the mounting possibilities and get
an idea of the critical points.
8.3 Mounting of the Magnetic Tape
8.3.1 Unguided variant
In the unguided version, the magnetic tape is glued in the groove of the elevator rail or on an additional carrier
tape with the supplied adhesive tape. The installation is dependent on and different parameters, which are de-
pendent on the manufacturer of the complete lift. ELGO cannot provide exact installation instructions for this.
NOTE!
When mounting the magnetic tape, the points concerning the align-
ment of the sensor to the magnetic tape and the bonding (

8.6.2)
must be taken into account.
WARNING!
The magnetic tape must be mounted in such a way that it cannot move
out of its original position by more than a certain amount during nor-
mal operation under consideration of environmental conditions (e.g.
temperature fluctuations) or that the tape position at any point of the
magnetic tape does not move away from its original position by more
than this amount.
In order to guarantee this, either an appropriate mechanical construc-
tion is necessary or the position of the magnetic tape must be moni-
tored with a presence detector (equivalent type as defined in

6.3).
As soon as the position exceeds a critical value, the safety circuit must
be opened immediately, as the positions read in by the sensor are no
longer correct in this case.
8.3.2 Semi-guided variant
The tape is mounted freely suspended in the shaft.

Mounting of the Tape along the Guiding Rail with Tension Weight (

8.3.2.1)
This way of mounting prevents extreme misalignments of the tape and simplifies the installation.
In principle the tape can be mounted vertically. However, experience has shown that this kind of mounting is not
absolutely suitable for the elevator. Therefore we recommend a slight horizontal offset between the tape and the
sensor. Due to this pre-tension, the steel side of the tape will always be slightly pushed against the plastic guid-
ing rails and optimal functioning is ensured. Fig. 10 on page 28 and Fig. 14 on page 31 show the correct in-
stallation position of the sensor in relation to the magnetic tape.
ELGO offers mounting kits for the fixation of the magnetic tape:

LIMAX S-RMS-WH: Mounting kit for the fixation on the rail with tension weight