Block Control

System

ZONES &
ALARMS
 SET POINTS
HIGH SET POINT
Is set by pressing the
LEARN button on driller’s
control panel when the
blocks are at the desired
high stopping position.

Is set by pressing the

LEARN button on driller’s
control panel when the
blocks are at the desired low
stopping position.

LOW SET POINT

 CORNERS
CORNER UP

Calculated point at which the

block must begin to slow
down in order to stop at the
high setpoint.

Calculated point at which the

block must begin to slow
down in order to stop at the
low setpoint.

CORNER DOWN
 4’ Above high set
point will generate
alarm. The Block
Control system will
engage Baylor brake
and Friction brake to
full ON

Max Velocity
 Velocity down limits
Maximum lowering
velocity is equal to the V DN HP = Value set by DAQ
lowest of these values based on thermal
characteristics of brake.

V DN LIMIT = Fixed value

VELOCITY

VD MAX
determined by observing block
speed during lowering tests.

V DN MANUAL (old name)

T1 T2 LOWER SPEED T3 (new name) Is

Timemanually set by driller using

Drillers Control Panel.
OPERATION of M/D Totco / Baylor

Water intake must be turned on

at all times or damage may
occur to EDDY brake . If drum
warps it will affect gap between
rotor and magnets.

Water Intake

Water Control Valve

 Operational ZONES

Zone 2
ZONE “O” is the area of Hi Setpoint
operation in which a failure

Zone 1
of the eddy current brake Corner Up

would be of no immediate
consequence.

Zone 1
This zone exists only when
hoisting the blocks.

Zone 0
If the elevator is greater
than 5ft off the floor, but
lower than the Corner UP, it Corner Down
is considered to be in ZONE

Zone 2
“0”. 5 feet
Lo Setpoint
 Operational ZONES

Zone 2
ZONE “1” is an area of Hi Setpoint

operation where full

Zone 1
application of the eddy Corner Up

current brake could safely

control block speed.

Zone 1
For hoisting blocks, it is the
area above the Corner Up
point, but lower than the Hi

Zone 0
Set- Point
For lowering blocks, any Corner Down

area above Corner Down is

Zone 2
considered ZONE “1”. 5 feet

Lo Setpoint
 Operational ZONES

ZONE “2” is the area where

Zone 2
application of the eddy Hi Setpoint

Zone 1
current brake alone likely
would not be able to bring Corner Up

the blocks to a safe speed

before encountering one of

Zone 1
the set points.
When hoisting the blocks,

Zone 0
anything above the Hi Set
Point is Zone “2”.
When lowering the blocks, Corner Down

anything below the Corner

Zone 2
Down is Zone “2”. 5 feet
Lo Setpoint
 Alarm Levels

LEVEL 1
Flashing Light; Sounding Horn

LEVEL 2
Flashing Light; Sounding Horn; Full Baylor
Brake.

LEVEL 3
Flashing Light; Sounding Horn; Full Baylor
Brake; Full Friction Brake.
Alarm Matrix