Machine Room Tour! 1952 Fortuna Mek. Verksted winding drum traction freight elevators (modernized)

BIG THANKS to the kind employee for showing me the machine rooms! According to him, the building is from 1952.
Both elevators are built in 1952 by Fortuna Mek. Verksted and heavily modernized by Reber-Schindler (R-series) in the 1970s or 1980s with new relay controllers, motors, cabins, shaft doors and fixtures.
However, the winding drum drives are still original. Furthermore, a decomissioned original 1952 Fortuna shaft door can be seen in the video at 04:00 on the rear side of the shaft, revealing that the elevator used to have doors on both sides!
The right elevator has been modernized a second time - by Lift Tech - with a new digital controller, new shaft doors and new fixtures - including a floor indicator.
00:13 • Right Elevator
04:32 • Left Elevator
09:39 • Machine Room Tour!
Right Elevator
• Location: Brogata 14, 6006 Ålesund, Norway
• Manufacturer: Fortuna Mek. Verksted • Year: 1952 (?) • Serial: 3067
• Modernization (1): Reber-Schindler • Year: 1970s or 1980s • Serial: 213170 (?)
• Modernization (2): Lift Tech • Year: 2010s • Serial: Unknown
• Type: Top-drive, 2-speed winding drum traction, digital controller
• Capacity: 3000 kg
• Floors served: 6
Left Elevator
• Location: Brogata 14, 6006 Ålesund, Norway
• Manufacturer: Fortuna Mek. Verksted • Year: 1952 (?) • Serial: 3068
• Modernization (1): Reber-Schindler • Year: 1970s or 1980s • Serial: 213171
• Modernization (2): None yet
• Type: Top-drive, 2-speed winding drum traction, relay controller
• Capacity: 3000 kg
• Floors served: 7
Video Information
• Date: 15. April 2016
• Camera: Sony A6000
• Editor: Cyberlink PowerDirector 14

[@mrmattandmrchay]

I must have missed this video, that is SO COOL! Interesting how they are using a drum, but they could have just routed the ropes over a normal sheave directly to the counterweight. A lot of winding drum machines don't have one.

[@TheTheo58]

Well, the size of this elevator cab might have been the reason a winding drum system was installed. However the installation likely could have been done with a geared traction machine with a slightly larger driven sheave, and smaller hoist motor. Since the machines were set at an angle, a defector sheave would have been installed for the counterweight ropes. 1:1 roping, Or if greater weight capacity was required 2:1 roping with compensating sheaves top of cab and counterweight, the free ends of the cables anchored to the top of the hoist way. Quite true, some winding drum elevators did not have a counterweight, ones I've seen in videos were basement machines.

[@matzeknoob3688]

Wonderful lifts..Very rare to see a winding drum machine..

[@andreichirciu6930]

good job i support you

[@dykodesigns]

Some nice industrial fixtures, but they seem a bit makeshift with those off the shelve cases around them. Looks like a one of a kind custom made job. The motor is quite heavy, I wonder why they choose a winding drum as late as the 50's. It has two sheaves, I suppose the smaller one is for the couter weight? The shaft is suprisingly bright and light it looks like the shaft lights are on permanently.

[@TheTheo58]

From looking at the roping in the hoist way and the ropes around the drum, the machine's mounting at an angle in the machine room. The yellow sheaves are defectors, leading down to the counterweight. I think maybe the difference in diameter between them might be related to maintaining tension/balance. Winding drum elevators were generally basement installations, depending on the building's construction.