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#20315 - 04/26/17 12:10 AM Alimak Rack and Pinion Elevators  
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ABE Offline
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Does anyone have any experience working on these things? Do they use common parts and are they easy to get from the OEM? Are they ok to work on and perform testing on?

I've worked on a few rack and pinion elevators from other manufactures in the past but not Alimak.

Thanks

#20316 - 04/26/17 01:21 AM Re: Alimak Rack and Pinion Elevators [Re: ABE]  
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I had 3 i use to service 20 years ago. I may have some info on them. I'll look in my pile and see what I can find for you. I remember the OEM easy to work with. I can't remember what it was but there was something about the safeties I didn't like. I'll let you know what I can find.


Make good choices,

JKH
#20317 - 04/26/17 02:52 AM Re: Alimak Rack and Pinion Elevators [Re: jkh]  
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jkh, its funny that you mention the safeties; Alimak replaced the safeties on all the cars at this particular site at least once and on couple units even twice within 6-7 years.

#20319 - 04/26/17 10:43 AM Re: Alimak Rack and Pinion Elevators [Re: ABE]  
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Alimak is an easy company to work with and yes they do say to replace the safeties every 5 years or something on those lines.

#20320 - 04/26/17 10:50 AM Re: Alimak Rack and Pinion Elevators [Re: ABE]  
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The older ones do use some common parts. The newer ones they have done their best to source the parts from a proprietary perspective. Alimak will sell you anything that you want. They will not send or give out the parts books any longer to service companies. They will provide them to end user. Code requires that you follow the manufacturer guidelines. I think on their safety devices, Alimak, says five years from the date on their safety or once the safety has set four times. So when you get one of theirs check the date. There is also an aftermarket company that will rebuild the devices. Code requires that the teeth on the rack are to measured once a year also. They sell a gauge for that. It is a tedious and time consuming process. Some parts have to come from Sweden and that can take a week. They use to use the Mitsubishi PLC. If you have that copy the program and you can source the plc from other places. As Alimak will have to come out and reprogram the plc. They have came out with their own controller now. We are replacing one of theirs with a Smartrise next month. All in all they are simple and work pretty good. Karen in parts is great to work with.

Hope this helps.

#20353 - 04/28/17 10:48 PM Re: Alimak Rack and Pinion Elevators [Re: solidstate]  
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Alimak, Champion, GEDA, and PEGA provide a very good life for my family and I. Monthly maintenance is a necessity with rack and pinions. If you have any specific questions regarding rack and pinions, ask away.

#27942 - 10/04/19 07:08 PM Re: Alimak Rack and Pinion Elevators [Re: ABE]  
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need parts book on a MH-1000-1M GEDA.Any help would be a help.Thank you


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