According to an aspect, an elevator system 10 includes a propulsion system 20 having a plurality of motor segments 22 forming a primary portion 16 and a plurality of drives 42 to impart force on a secondary portion 18 coupled to an elevator car 40. The elevator system also includes a controller 46 operable to identify a local neighborhood 43 of the drives and determine a health status of each of the drives within the local neighborhood. The controller is further operable to adjust a thrust command per active drive of the local neighborhood based on at least one of the health status and a position of each active drive of the local neighborhood with respect to the secondary portion.
MULTI-DRIVE THRUST MANAGER FOR ELEVATOR CONTROL
SCHUBMANAGER AUF MEHREREN LAUFWERKEN ZUR AUFZUGSSTEUERUNG
GESTIONNAIRE DE POUSSÉE MULTI-ENTRAÎNEMENT DE COMMANDE D'ASCENSEUR
2017-02-08
Patent
Electronic Resource
English