An Exclusive Specialist Lifting Frame, Unique to EES Vertical Transportation

EES Vertical Transportation  |  Engineering Support for Lift & Escalator Contractors

The problem with MRL machine removal

TKE DAF and TW45 series MRL machines sit in confined shaft positions, and until now there has been no safe, repeatable method for disconnecting, lowering, and reinstalling them. Most contractors are limited to ad-hoc rigging, which extends downtime, increases risk, and leaves brake repair and re-roping programmes at the mercy of whatever access equipment happens to be available.

For a lift service manager, that unpredictability means downtime windows that are hard to give a client any confidence in. For an FM Operations Manager, it means tenant complaints and SLA exposure stacking up while access is sorted out. For procurement and QS teams, it means a repair programme that's difficult to plan around, since the method depends on what rigging can be arranged on the day.

Our lifting frame and cradle system for TKE DAF210 and TW45 machines

EES Vertical Transportation has engineered a purpose-built lifting frame and cradle system, designed, owned, and operated exclusively by our team. It is a specialist capability unique to EES Vertical Transportation.

The frame is matched precisely to the DAF210L, DAF210M, DAF270L, and DAF270M machine footprint, along with the TW45 series. It allows our engineers to work on the MRL machine in place, within the shaft, rather than defaulting to workshop removal.

In most circumstances, this means:

• In-shaft brake repair and replacement, with the machine remaining in the cradle throughout
• Full re-roping and re-instatement carried out on site
• A staged scaffold approach, with a working platform built first and MRL access established afterwards

Where the extent of damage requires it, the machine is still removed from the cradle and taken to a workshop or an agreed site workspace. The frame reduces the need for removal in most cases, it does not eliminate it entirely.

How the MRL lifting frame method works

The method follows a controlled, staged process. Our team first builds a working platform scaffold within the shaft, then extends access up to the MRL machine itself. The lifting frame and cradle then support the machine safely while our engineers carry out the brake work or re-rope directly in position.

Once the work is complete, commissioning and test documentation is produced in line with SAFed-aligned standards, giving the lift service provider or consultant a clear record of the work carried out.

This is engineering support built for lift contractors and consultants, not a replacement for them, delivered alongside your existing maintenance arrangements.

The proof

Lift contractors and consultants have already relied on this method on hospital and other critical-site programmes across the UK, where machine downtime carries real operational consequences.

What to ask your engineering support partner

If your team is currently removing MRL machines to a workshop for brake work or re-roping as standard practice, it's worth asking:

• Can the repair be carried out in-shaft, without removal?
• What scaffold and access method will be used, and has it been proven on live sites?
• What commissioning and test documentation will be provided once the work is complete?
• Does the provider operate as a trade partner alongside your existing arrangements, or as a direct competitor for the client relationship?

These are the questions that separate a genuine engineering capability from a standard repair service.