GSA Courthouse Management Group
Mechanical Lift Analysis
courthouse facilities where apprehension in utilizing the lifts was noted in surveys during
site visits. (For the survey and site visit findings for each location, see Section Five.)
MAINTENANCE
Service Access
Standards for the provision of service access requirements for all system components
must be developed and included in the design criteria. A distinction should be made
between service requirements for system operational control components and those
related to the platform supports and system frame. The former would require the vast
majority of the service during the life of the system.
Electronics and electrical system elements, other than those included at the operational
panel mounted on the lift enclosure, should be remotely located in an electrical or
communications closet containing other equipment related and adjacent to the courtroom.
All the lift systems investigated have similar limited access requirements for component
servicing. Their generic requirements include:
(1) Elements below the platform
Hydraulic/scissor units
Base frame and pivoting scissors bars
Hydraulic cylinders and lines
Cantilevered platform units
Base frame
(2) Remote equipment
Hydraulic/scissors units
Electrical panel
Hydraulic system motor
Cantilevered platform units
Electrical panel
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