NEW CONSTRUCTION OF PNEUMATIC RESIDENTIAL ELEVATOR SYSTEM

Abstract

The current paper presents a new construction of an Electro-Pneumatic (EP) elevator system fully automated with Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) technology. This elevator represents as a new concept derived and evolved from the pneumatic-vacuum elevator as the idea of vacuum air is changed by the pressed air. The elector-pneumatic elevator is capable of transporting people between floors without using any cables, counter weight, or pulleys. An elevator system prototype constructed with three floors to elevate a 5kg payload with 1bar pressure had been proposed and controlled via a PLC controller of (LS-GLOFA-G7M-DR20A), 8 inputs, and 12 outputs. The PLC was programmed with Ladder diagram software. The idea of the proposed elevator system may be predicted to be widely spread in the low-rise residential buildings .