Technical Bulletin:Regrooving Elevator Sheaves

During the last few decades, changes in the design, construction and usage of elevators have combined to create installation environments that place significant demands and stresses on ropes and ancillary equipment.

Renown Electric’s free technical bulletin discusses the importance of regrooving elevator sheaves and the effects of sheave and wire wear, as well as:

• Types of wire rope damage and what it resulted from
• Assessing groove profiles and rope measurements
• U-groove, Undercut U and Progressive V sheaves