A method and system for managing an elevator system (10), includes providing a plurality of elevator cars (14) to travel in a hoistway (11), and selectively introducing and removing at least one of the plurality of elevator cars (14) to and from the hoistway (11) via a loading station (50).

A method and system for managing an elevator system (10), includes providing at least one elevator car (14) to travel in a hoistway (11), and selectively introducing and removing the at least one elevator car (14) to and from the hoistway (11) via an intermediate transfer station (50) disposed at an intermediate floor location, wherein the intermediate transfer station (50) includes a service lift (54).

A method can be utilized to operate an elevator installation comprising at least two elevator shafts, an elevator cabin, a control system, and a shaft changeover unit. With regard to the elevator cabin, the shaft changeover unit can adopt an enabled state in which entry into the shaft changeover unit is permitted and a disabled state in which entry into the shaft changeover unit is blocked. A travel route from a start position in the shaft system to a destination position in the shaft system via the shaft changeover unit is determined for the elevator cabin, whereby the elevator cabin is moved proceeding from the start position, and the control system controls a travel parameter of the elevator cabin such that the elevator cabin, proceeding from the start position, reaches the shaft changeover unit when the shaft changeover unit is in the enabled state for the elevator cabin.

A shaft changing assembly may be utilized with or in an elevator system. The elevator system may include two vertical elevator shafts, cars that are independently movable in the elevator shafts, a horizontal guide rail connecting the elevator shafts and configured to guide the cars along a movement path during a changing process from a first of the shafts to an end position in a second of the shafts. The shaft changing assembly may comprise an auxiliary brake configured to generate a braking force to brake the car undergoing horizontal travel. Application of the braking force may depend on a velocity profile of the car undergoing horizontal travel.

A method can be used to operate an elevator system that comprises multiple elevator shafts, an elevator car, and a shaft changing unit. The elevator car can change from a first elevator shaft into a second elevator shaft by way of the shaft changing unit. To convey a user of the elevator system from a starting position to a destination position, a route is determined from a plurality of route options whereby initial values are taken into account for the determination of the route. In this context, a specification relating to use of the shaft changing unit is taken into account as an initial value from the initial values for the determination of the route.

A transport system may include at least two conveyor sections and at least three cars that are moved individually in a cyclical operation. Each car may pass through a first conveyor section starting from a first start position and subsequently pass through a second conveyor section back to the first start position. At least one stopping point may be provided at least along a conveyor section, and one or more subsequent stopping points may respectively be assigned to a block. Travel of the cars may be controlled such that the cars successively approach a respective previously-specified block, and an equal cycle time is predefined for every car to pass through the first and second conveyor sections. A method for operating a transport system in this manner is also disclosed.

An elevator system, including at least one first guide rail, which is oriented in a first, in particular vertical, direction, at least one second guide rail, which is oriented in a second, in particular horizontal, direction, a plurality of rotatable rail segments, wherein at least one thereof is transferable between an orientation in the first direction and an orientation in the second direction, at least one elevator cab, which is transportable along the guide rails and which, via the rotatable rail segments, is transferable between the different guide rails, at least one third guide rail, which is oriented in a third, in particular horizontal, direction, and wherein at least one of the rotatable rail segments is transferable between an orientation in the first or second direction into an orientation in the third direction.

The invention relates to a method for controlling movement of two or more elevator cars of a multicar elevator system. The method comprises: selecting manually via a user interface of an operational entity an elevator car from among a plurality of elevator cars to be moved and controlling movement of one or more other elevator cars from among the plurality of the elevator cars away from a driving area of the selected elevator car. The invention relates also to a multicar elevator system and an operational entity implementing at least portions of the method.

An elevator operation management device (600) performs operation management of a plurality of elevator cars. A machine-learning unit (601) performs machine-learning using operation data which indicates an operation status of the plurality of elevator cars, and generates an operation management algorithm which is an algorithm used for operation management of the plurality of elevator cars. The control unit (602) executes the operation management algorithm generated by the machine-learning unit (601), and performs operation management of the plurality of elevator cars.

A control system, installation, and methods for an elevator installation includes at least two elevator cars moveable in at least two shaft segments. The system has at least two shaft control units and at least two elevator car control units. Each of the shaft control units is configured to be respectively assigned to one of the shaft segments and each of the elevator car control units is configured to be respectively assigned to one of the elevator cars. The control system is configured to provide a mutual first communication link between the shaft control units. The control system is configured, for each of the shaft segments, to respectively provide a second communication link between the elevator car control units which are assignable to the elevator cars and the shaft control unit which is assignable to the respective shaft segment.