Traction & Drum Machines · Drive Sheaves · Worm & Gears · Condition Assessment
Independent Elevator Machine Specialists
The machine, mastered.
Legacy Elevator Consulting assesses the equipment. Traction and drum machines, drive sheaves, sheave assemblies, worm & gear sets, and the general mechanical condition of the machine room and hoistway. Whether the equipment is viable, what it will reasonably cost, and whether the recommendation on the table will hold up, Legacy Elevator Consulting provides the evaluation and analysis to root those decisions in fact and expertise.
An aging machine has plenty to say about what it needs next. Our job is to read it, and to put what it says in plain language.
Retain, repair, overhaul, or replace. It is a capital decision, and it usually has to be made with incomplete information about some of the most consequential components that drive the cost. We close that gap.
And when the answer is repair, we are uniquely capable of scoping the work: what gets done, to what standard, and how success is measured. A repair scoped right succeeds the first time.
An evaluation report built on the field assessment, written to be reviewed with the field techs performing the work, the board, or a vertical transportation consultant. Focused, defensible, and in plain language for all stakeholders.
Building owners and property managers. Elevator contractors. Vertical transportation consultants. Banks, lenders, and capital planners. Repair and overhaul facilities.
We work nationwide.
We do not sell, install, or service equipment. We have no catalog, there is no contract, and there is no bid on the work we recommend you perform or contract to perform.
We do not walk in favoring any verdict. Retain, repair, overhaul, replace: sometimes the answer is replace, and we say so. The machine gets a say; what to do about it is your call.
Our focus is exclusively on the assessment and safe operation of the machine room equipment and the ancillary sheaves and mechanical components.
That focus is the point. It is what lets our answers be straight and actionable.
Traction and drum machines, drive sheaves, sheave assemblies, and worm & gear sets, as they come across the floor.
We're built for the toughest jobs because we've worked on the rarest configurations. The same depth shows up on the straightforward projects: same process, same rigor, customized report.
Carlos Escobar is the founder of Legacy Elevator Consulting. He has spent his lifetime in the elevator industry, and the better part of two decades directly involved in the repair and manufacture of traction machines, sheaves, worm & gear sets, and ancillary hoistway and machine room components. He was president of Titan Machine Corp, a traction machine repair facility founded in 1973, from 2014 through its acquisition. His depth is in the equipment itself: the drivetrain, the gearbox, bearings, brake and coupling systems, sheaves, and the repair or overhaul decision that follows from their condition.
Nearly three decades in the elevator trade, almost exclusively at Titan Machine in New York City. He ran the operation end to end, from the fabrication floor to the repair work to the emergency calls that arrive without notice. He was also the communications conduit between the machine shop making or repairing the part or assembly, the on-site technicians and adjusters performing the installations, and the stakeholders footing the bill for the work.
He has presented technical sessions to industry audiences at the NAEC and the IAEC on brake systems, sheaves, and machine evaluation, and sits on the board of the Massachusetts Elevator Safety Association.
Thirty minutes, by video. Pick a time that suits you.
646-389-5733
info@legacyelevatorconsulting.com
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Billing, refunds, and disputes. Fees are set out in a written proposal, agreement, or invoice before work begins. For billing questions or disputes, email accounting@legacyelevatorconsulting.com within 30 days of the invoice date; confirmed billing errors are resolved by correcting the invoice or refunding the affected amount, ordinarily within 10 business days.
Cancellations. Engagements may be canceled per the terms of the governing agreement. Fees for work already performed remain payable; prepaid amounts for work not yet performed are refunded.
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