HUGE 1970s SCHINDLER Relay Logic Freight Lift in St. Gallen, Switzerland

Timestamps:
0:00 intro
0:23 normal ride
3:10 motor room
7:34 car top / lift shaft

This lift is situated in a mixed use building in St. Gallen, Switzerland. It was installed upon construction of the building in 1975 and has remained untouched ever since, besides small modifications in functionality.

As most freight lifts of the time, this lift too is innerdoorless. The 8 floors make it rather tall and the speed of 1m/s is pretty fast for a freight lift of this capacity. Also most of the lift shaft is actually underground, going down to the lowest basement of the building, -4. The lift features a short distance stop between EG and R, with EG being the ground floor inside the building and R being the ramp / loading bay outside.

This lift was built with manual relevelling buttons in the car panels. However, this functionality has been removed at some point and the buttons do no longer work. The top floors 1 and two have been disabled as well, their buttons disconnected. The door on floor 1 even has the roller to unlock the door removed. On the 2nd floor the roller is still present on one door side while it has been removed on the other. However, sending the lift to these upper floors is still possible from the relay controller directly.

This lift is one of the more modern relay-controlled lifts by Schindler. Compared to the older models, the power for the traction motors is now directly switched by large MG8 contactors instead of the contact assembly mounted on the brake motors, as it was seen on lifts from the 50s and 60s. This lift also features the newer motor type instead of the common KDLF+KDH machines. The machines drive a huge 1000mm traction sheave through a W60 gearbox - the largest model ever produced by Schindler!

Note: During the time of recording ALL the light bulbs of the shaft lighting were broken except the lowest one! Therefore I had to use spotlights on the car top to film the shaft and I'd like to thank a local friend for providing them.

Manufacturer: Schindler, 1975
Capacity: 3000 kg
Type: Traction, 2:1 roping
Floors: 8: 4U - 1U, EG, R, 1, 2
Fixtures: Schindler R-Series
Speed: 1 m/s
Travel height: 21.3m
Logic: Schindler Relay
Drive: 2-speed with 6-4 pole start
Motor: Schindler W60, 31.5 kW

WARNING/DISCLAIMER: DO NOT attempt to copy anything shown in the video without having the proper knowledge of how to do so! LIFT SHAFTS and MACHINE ROOMS are very DANGEROUS places and are NOT MEANT to be accessed by inexperienced or untrained personnel!
Dangers in these environments include but are not limited to crushing, electrocution, falling and burns.

Recording: Q3 / 2021