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Elevators and Parking Machines With Bestact

Elevators and Parking Machines With Bestact

Elevators and Parking Machines With Bestact

Product catalog summary
Introduction
Bestact is a hermetically sealed glass contact power reed switch used in applications such as transit train control, elevators, and electric power facilities. With over 18 million units deployed globally, it is crucial for stable and reliable elevator operations in high-rise buildings.
Specifications and Features
Bestact switches are renowned for their high reliability and longevity, making them ideal for elevator control systems. Key features include:
  • No power supply required.
  • Quick operating time of 10 milliseconds for high-speed applications.
  • Mechanical life exceeding 100 million operations.
  • Large contact opening capacity suitable for magnetic contactor coils.
  • High contact reliability with a failure rate of 4.6×10-9 (1/time) or less.
Applications and Standards
Bestact is used in elevator safety devices, ensuring reliable notification of stop positions and door operations. It complies with Japanese, European (EN81), and North American (ASME) elevator safety standards. The switches are also used in parking structures for detecting pallet stop positions.
Comparison with Conventional Reed Switches
Conventional reed switches often require protective circuits due to limited contact closing current capabilities, leading to complex circuitry. Bestact's large contact closing current of 15A simplifies circuitry, reduces costs, and enhances reliability.
Reliability and Field Performance
Bestact switches have shown low failure rates in extensive field testing. From 1987 to 2002, only 25 failures were reported out of 387,595 switches, indicating high reliability.
Conclusion
Bestact's innovative design and high reliability make it a preferred choice for elevator and parking machine applications, offering simplified circuitry and compliance with international safety standards.
Additional Specifications and Features
The document also discusses magnetic proximity switches in elevator systems, focusing on Vane type and memory type switches. These switches are crucial for detecting elevator car positions and ensuring safety by preventing collisions. They maintain their state during power failures, enhancing reliability.
Applications
The switches are used in elevators, parking machines, industrial control systems, and transportation equipment, certified by international standards such as IEC, UL, and CSA.
Reliability and Quality Control
Bestact products are highlighted for their high reliability, achieved through stringent quality control measures. The document reports a low failure rate over a 15-year period, indicating durability and effectiveness.
Production and Certification
The production process involves advanced equipment and techniques to ensure optimal performance and longevity. Products are manufactured under ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 certified systems, ensuring quality and environmental management.
Key Data and Statistics
Over 2.33 million units have been used from 1981 to 2011, with major customers including Mitsubishi, Hitachi, and Fujitec. Detailed statistics on failure rates and applications are provided.
Contact Information
For further inquiries, contact details of the Bestact & Control Equipment Division of Yaskawa Electric Corporation are provided.
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Bestact’s high reliability provides stability for high-speed elevator operation. Since Bestact, a hermetically sealed glass contact power reed switch; was placed in service over 30 years ago; over 18 million have been used worldwide in applications such as transit train control, elevators and electric power facilities. Along with the construction of more high-rise buildings, the elevators that service them require more stable, reliable operation with ease of maintenance. Automatic monitoring of elevators now occur in hotels, apartment houses, department stores and railway yards around the clock...

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Conventional reed switches are often used as an input device in conjunction with interface relay because contact reliability will go down in an adverse environment or when neglected for a long time. Bestact is a hermetically sealed contact, which exhibits no environmental or deterioration over time. This leads to long-term stable contact reliability. Therefore, no interface relay is needed and direct input is achievable while reducing control circuitry costs. Conventional reed switch Interface relay Logic circuit Logic circuit Conventional circuit Circuit incorporating Bestact Comparison of various...

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detection. When the car moves in either and up or down direction, the stop target Vane enhances the magnetism of magnetic proximity switch on the elevator car turning it on (or off) and sending a signal to the elevator control system. DOWN SIDE FACE Direction detecting switch; operates at the beginning along with the movement of the car and detects which the car is moving up or down. Door opening command switch; operates just before the movement of the car and commands to open the door. Landing floor detecting switch; movement of this switch detects the coincidence of the elevator floor with...

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Features of Bestact Highly Reliable Contact Employing New Materials and Innovative Designs such as Wiping and Hammering Action, Bifurcated Contact and Back-Stop Mechanism. 1.Sealed with an inert gas, ensuring freedom from aging and influences exerted by an adverse environment. 2.The twin contact and wiping effect assures outstanding contact reliability. 3.Hammering action and back-stop mechanism permits a larger make and break capacity and longer service life. ■CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATING MECHANISM MOVABLE CONTACT MAGNETIC MEMBERS BACKSTOP MECHANISM RETURN SPRING HINGE POINT BENT END STATIONARY...

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Usage in Elevators and Parking Machines Over 2.33 million have been used from 1981 to April, 2011. Application Product Type Approx. Accumulated Main Customer Vane type magnetic proximity switches TOSHIBA ELEVATOR Nippon Otis Elevator FUJITEC Schindler Elevator NIPPON ELEVATOR YOKOHAMA ELEVATOR Door-zone detection Landing-zone Daiko MORIYA Kumalift Huasheng Fujitec Elevator LG-OTIS Elevator Sigma Elevator Fujitec America Elevator Detection Gap 25mm(CCC Certification) Contact unit and driving magnet for OEM Hitachi FUJITEC Memory type magnetic proximity switch(15mm gap) Huasheng Fujitec Elevator...

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Bestact products are manufactured in the most advanced facilities, utilizing the expertise we have gained from years of ongoing research and development as well as empirical field data under a stringent quality control system. As example of this would be our production equipment, which automatically adjusts the spring load to the optimum value, thereby maximizing contact life and reliability. Quality management on the Bestact production line ^Order processing, production management Parts procurement^ ^Mechanical processing^ ^ ^Surface treatment^ Receiving inspection Parts cleaning and drying...

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•Before initial operation, read through the product's instruction manual and other attached documents) thoroughly and use the product properly. •Although the product is produced under strict quality control, you must apply a safety device if the product is applied to a machine for which malfunction can risk human life or may seriously damage facility. •Wiring must be done by an expert of electrical wiring. •Do not modify the product under any circumstances. ■Warranty Period The warranty period for a product that was purchased is one year from the time of delivery to the location specified by...

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*Prices are pre-tax. They exclude delivery charges and customs duties and do not include additional charges for installation or activation options. Prices are indicative only and may vary by country, with changes to the cost of raw materials and exchange rates.