VERTICAL TRANSPORTATION

- To provide an accessible path, leading from one level to another by targeting to meet the needs of all
target groups.

ELEVATOR
- Used in buildings having more than 4 stories

LIFT – an appliance designed to transport persons or materials between two or more levels in a vertical
or substantially vertical direction by means of a guided car or platform.

LIFT CAR – load carrying unit with its floor or platform

- car frame and enclosing bodywork

LIFT LANDING – portion of a building used for discharge of passengers or goods or both into or from
a lift car.

LIFT MACHINE – part of the lift comprising the motor and the control gear therewith, reduction
gear, brakes and winding drum or sheave by which the lift car is raised or lowered.

LIFT PIT – space in the lift well below the level of the lowest lift landing served

LIFT WELL – the unobstructed space within an enclosure provided for the vertical movement of the
lift cars and any counterweights, including the lift pit and the space for top clearance.

LIFT WELL ENCLOSURE – any structure which separates the lift well from its surroundings

PASSENGER LIFT – lift designed for the transport of passengers

POSITION AND/OR DIRECTION INDICATOR – a device which indicated on the lift landing or in
the lift car, the position of car in the lift well or the direction or both the lift car is traveling.

RATED LOAD (LIFT) — The maximum load for which the lift car is designed and installed to carry
safely at its rated speed.