Overview of elevator guide rails
The elevator guide rail is the safety rail for the elevator to travel up and down the hoistway. The guide rail is installed on the hoistway wall and is fixedly connected to the hoistway wall by the guide rail frame and the guide rail bracket. Elevator commonly used guide rail is "T" type guide rail. Strong rigidity, high reliability, safe and cheap. The guide rail plane shall be smooth without obvious uneven surface. Since the guide rail is the shuttle rail of the guide shoe and safety gear on the elevator car, the clearance must be ensured during installation. At the same time, the guide rail has to bear the responsibility of stopping the elevator when the elevator overspeed accident occurs, so its rigidity cannot be ignored.
Elevator guide rail is installed in the elevator shaft or between the floor of two or more vertical or inclined rigid track, to ensure that the car and the counterweight along its up and down movement, to ensure that the escalator and automatic sidewalk steps along its tilt or horizontal movement, for the elevator car, counterweight device or ladder to provide guidance. From the definition of guide rail, guide rail is an important reference component of vertical elevator, automatic elevator and automatic sidewalk step. It controls the elevator car, escalator and automatic sidewalk step track, ensures the transmission of operation signal, and it is also an important part related to elevator safety and operation quality.