Elevators & Escalators Safety

Switchgears For The Safety Of Elevators. The Schmersal group offers switchgears designed from scratch to meet the needs of elevator and escalator manufacturers for all applications.

Elevators Safety : Switching, positioning and monitoring and wide application range for lift switchgear.


  • Brake monitor release / wear
  • Emergency call system
  • Telephone unit machine room
  • Return controller
  • Emergency-Stop button
  • Speed limiter monitoring
  • Position system
  • Top end stop
  • Forked light barrier
  • Emergency escape monitoring
  • Call station elevator car roof
  • Inspection controller
  • Position switch for door drives
  • Lock monitoring
  • Emergency call system
  • Apron monitoring
  • Magnetic reed switches
  • Safety catch monitoring
  • Maintenance flap (in shaft wall) monitoring
  • Slack wire monitoring cable
  • Door locking device
  • Lock monitoring
  • Floor display
  • Bottom end stop
  • Telephone unit shaft pit
  • Pit control element
  • Position monitor pit ladder
  • Counterweight buffer monitoring
  • Car buffer monitoring
  • Slack rope monitoring

Escalators Safety : Schmersal group offers switchgears designed from scratch to meet the needs of escalator manufacturers for all applications

  • Handrail entry monitoring (left/right)
  • Emergency stop/key-operated switch
  • Comb plate monitoring (horizontal/vertical)
  • Handrail speed monitoring (left/right)
  • Step presence monitoring
  • Brake lining monitoring
  • Speed monitoring
  • Brake operation monitoring
  • Skirt plate contact (left/right)
  • Floor plate monitoring (maintenance flap)
  • Blocking device monitoring
  • Step break monitoring
  • Chain break monitoring
  • Water level monitoring
  • Manual controller for maintenance
  • Chain tension monitoring