What are the Types of Elevators? In Which Areas Is It Used?

An Elevator Is A Technological Device, a Platform Consisting Of a Cabin That Causes People, Living Beings Or Inanimate Objects To Ascend And Descend From High To Low, From Low To High. The Use of Elevators Today Has Increased With the Acceleration of Urbanization And The Need for High Dec Rise Buildings Due to The Increase in Land Values. As a Result Of This, As a Result Of Urbanization And The Rise Of Modern Structures, Elevators And Escalators Have Gained Importance And Been Valued. Elevators That Are Used In Many Countries Around The World Have Become a Legal Obligation And It Has Been Determined By Law That They Should Be Designed And Installed According To Certain Standards. Elevators Have Become A High-Tech Machine That Is Used In Many Areas Such As Railway Stations, Ships And Factories, As They Are Located In High And High-Rise Buildings.

Elevators According To Their Function And Purpose of Use;

1-) Personal (Human) Elevators, 2-) Freight Elevators 3-) Stage Elevators

4-) Vehicle Elevators  5-) Disabled Elevators 6-) Vehicle Elevators

Human Elevators: They Are Mainly Used In Buildings, Shopping Malls, Hotels, Etc. Its capacity is Such that It Can Accommodate No more than 19-20 People. It Has a Capacity of 320-450 kg with a Small Cabinet.

Disabled Elevators: An Elevator Is a Platform That Allows People With Disabilities To Easily Reach Stairs Or High Places. It is Used in Many Areas in Homes and Stations.

Freight Elevator: Freight Elevators Are Used For the Transportation of the Loads That Need to Be Transported Together With The Person, Especially For Construction Work, Freight Transportation And Unloading.

Vehicle Lift: The Load-Dec Capacity Is Between 2.5 Tons And 8 Tons. The Building Tops And Basements Can Be Used As Parking Lots Thanks To These Elevators.

Moncharge (Food) Elevator: Also Called a Service Elevator. As For the Dimensions, They Have a Cabinet That People Cannot Enter. The Capacities of These Elevators Dec From 50 Kg to 300 Kg. It Does Not Take Up Much Space Because It Opens And Closes Easily In Terms of Use.