TRANSILVANIA UNIVERSITY OF BRASOV

FACULTY OF MECHANICAL EGINEERING

PROJECT: 2 POST CAR ELEVATOR

SPECIALISATION: Automotive Engineering
YEAR: III
GROUP: 1721

2 POST CAR ELEVATOR

I. General information
Hydraulic Elevators utilize an oil pump located in a machine room to provide the lifting power.
The machine room is preferred to be adjacent to the hoistway. A hydraulic piston is located in the
hoistway between the rails, next to the moving car. As hydraulic fluid is pumped into the piston, the car
moves upward. As hydraulic fluid is released back to the reservoir in the machine room, the car moves
downward. The benefits include smooth operation, quiet operation, and easy emergency lowering.
The hydraulic elevator is nearly silent in the down direction as the pump is not running. If the elevator
stopped between levels for any reason, it is easy to manually lower it. Every hydraulic elevator has an
emergency lowering valve. By pressing and holding a button, the elevator will slowly lower to floor
level.
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Electric Engine (EE)

Oil tank
Electric actuator
Arms
Posts
Cylinders

Working principle:
This elevator will be
used to lift a weight up to 4
tonnes (which represents a
weight of a big van, small class
cars being also included in this
domain), at a maximum height
of 1900 mm and a minimum
height of 98 mm. The
necessary time for lifting at
maximum height is 50 seconds,
while lowering time is about 55
seconds.
By acting start
button from the switch, the
electric engine starts and
actuate the oil pump, which
takes oil from the oil tank and
pushes it inside the cylinders
through the hydraulic pipes.
The car will be lifted by the
arms of the elevator which are
mounted on posts and actuated
by the cylinders.

II.Hydraulic scheme of the elevator

III. Functioning description. Dimensioning of the cylinders

Positions of functioning:
1. First position Lift
In the first position, the electric engine will actuate the hydraulic pump and with the control system, the
actuator will start, lifting the cylinders (also the vehicle).
2. Second position Neutral
In the second case, the oil that is inside the cylinders will be blocked there, and the elevator will stay at
rest, in a specific position.
3. Third position Lowering
In the third position, the oil that in the second position was blocked inside the cylinder, the pressure
will be released and the oil will enter into the upper side of the cylinders, lowering the arms of the
elevator.

where
= = 4000 9.81 = 39240 40000

= 4000
G = force
P = pressure
S = area
It is chosen a pressure of 35 bar.

20000
2
= =
=
= 5.71 103 2 = 57.1 2
5
35 10
35 105

= 2 => = = 4.26 = 42.6

= 2 = 2 42.6 = 85.2

For the hydraulic pump we have:

= => =
n = 500 rpm; Q = 7.9 lpm;

7.9
= 0.0158 3
500

IV. Choosing the cylinder

It is chosen from standard ISO 15552 a cylinder DSBG 100 PPSA with the following
specifications:

Diameter of piston: 100 mm

Stroke: 1900 mm
Volume: = = 190000 3