Roller and Sliding Guides

Whitesmith Solutions supply a comprehensive range of car and counterweight rollers and slide guides, including OEM spares to support all manufacturer types.

ELSCO Model A

A workhorse solution for high-rise or heavy service loading elevators

The Model A Roller Guide has been the elevator industry’s gold standard for elevator ride quality for more than 45 years. Its outstanding performance, rugged durability, and extended application range make it the flagship product. Model A roller guides are designed with a number of features that provide superior riding characteristics. Spring-dampening in all directions and our unique “walking beam” design compensate for adverse operating conditions, bumps, and vibration. Simple adjustment procedures allow for customization to the specific challenges of the installation.

Key Features:

• Six-Wheel Design
• Neoprene Rubber Roller Wheels
• Adjustable Stops
• Fully Adjustable Stabilizing Springs
• Durable Structural Components
  

ELSCO Model B

The trusted industry standard for mid-rise elevator cabins

The Model B Roller Guide offers exceptional performance in a compact, easy-to-install package. A broad application range, ease of use, and outstanding value have made the Model B our most popular roller guide.

Typically used on moderate-speed, moderate-capacity elevator cabins, the Model B is equipped with a number of ride-improving features that have made it the preferred choice of so many elevator contractors around the world.

Key Features:

• Neoprene Rubber Roller Wheels
• Precision Ball Bearings
• Fully Adjustable Stabilizing Springs
• Adjustable Stops
• Durable Structural Components
  

ELSCO Model C

For high-rise or heavy-loading counterweights, and elevator cars with challenging clearance requirements

The Model C Roller Guide is unique in its suitability to a wide variety of elevator applications. It is primarily intended as the counterweight partner to the Model A. Yet it is also appropriate for use on elevator cabs where the ride quality advantages of six-wheel construction are needed, or where a smaller roller is required for clearance, such as in corner post applications.

Key Features:

• Six-Wheel Construction
• Neoprene Rubber Roller Wheels
• Precision Ball Bearings
• Fully Adjustable Stabilizing Springs
• Independent Spring and Float Adjustment
• Durable Structural Components
  

ELSCO Model D

For low-to-mid-rise counterweights. Can be employed on small,

low-rise cars

The Model D Roller Guide has been engineered to maximize economy while optimizing ride quality. Primarily designed as a counterweight partner to the Model B roller guide, it can also be used successfully on very light load, low-speed elevator cabs where the ride quality advantages of a spring-loaded guide are desired.

Key Features:

• Neoprene Rubber Roller Wheels
• Precision Ball Bearings
• Fully Adjustable Stabilizing Springs
• Durable Structural Components

ELSCO Model E

An economy solution for low-rise and hydraulic elevators

Model E Roller Guides provide an economical, ride-quality-oriented solution for light- to moderate-capacity hydraulic elevators. Their light weight and compact design make for easy installation. Although Model E guides are not spring-loaded, they remain adjustable within a 1/8″ (3mm) range (on eccentric mounting bolts), and they employ the same ride-quality-improving neoprene wheels as the rest of the ELSCO line.

Key Features:

• Neoprene Rubber Roller Wheels
• Precision Ball Bearings
• Eccentric Wheel Axle Bolts
• Durable Structural Components
  

ELSCO Express 3

The Ultimate Ride Quality Solution for high-speed elevator cabins

The Express-3 Roller Guide represents a groundbreaking combination of elevator ride quality, value, and ease of use. The culmination of a half-century of ELSCO expertise in improving ride quality, the 10-inch Express-3 utilizes a patented shock absorbing pivot bearing to isolate the elevator cabin and its occupants from uneven or misaligned rails. The result is a compact, light-weight roller guide that is the ideal choice for high-speed applications where low noise and a first-class ride are of the utmost importance. 

Key Features:

• Ten-Inch Roller Wheels
• Innovative Elastomeric Bearings
• Neoprene Rubber Roller Wheels
• Precision Ball Bearings
• Fully Adjustable Stabilizing Springs
• Independent Adjustable Stops
• Durable Structural Components

ELSCO Express 6

For the most challenging speed and loading requirements

The Express-6 Roller Guide is the ultimate solution for the most demanding elevator applications. Engineered for use on elevatorsthat “push the envelope,” the rugged design and heavy construction of the Express-6 make it ideal for the very fastest elevators, and those with extremely challenging loads.

The Express-6 is typically used on very high-capacity, very high-speed cars, such as observation shuttles in very tall buildings. Its striking size and design have also made it an architectural element in more conventional elevator installations with exposed hoistways.

 Key Features:

• Six-Wheel Construction
• Ten-Inch Roller Wheels
• Neoprene Rubber Roller Wheels
• Precision Ball Bearings
• Fully Adjustable Stabilizing Springs
• Adjustable Stops
• Durable Structural Components

ELSCO Flex-Mount Adjustable Adapters

Save time and money on guide conversions with Flex-Mount adapter plates

ELSCO’s Flex-Mount adapter plates are designed to flexibly allow ELSCO roller guides to mount on a wide variety of elevator bolt patterns. There is no need to take accurate measurements, create drawings, or fabricate custom parts or wait for long fabrication lead times. This unique and easy solution minimizes elevator downtime and saves you valuable time and money. ELSCO’s Flex-Mount adapter plates are purpose engineered and tested to meet ASME 17.1-2013 requirements .

Key Features:

• No need for custom plate fabrication
• Save time and money
• Minimize out-of-service time
• Precise Roller Guide positioning every time

ELSCO Swivel Slide Guides

Sliding guide shoes for low-speed hydraulic and service elevators

ELSCO’s spring-loaded Swivel Sliding Guide Shoes provide ride quality in a cost-effective package for those applications that do not allow for the installation of roller guides. Unsurpassed build quality and durable materials ensure a lifetime of reliable performance, and a comprehensive array of sizes and gib liner options ensure that that ELSCO Swivel Sliding Guide Shoes are suitable across a wide range of applications.

Spring-loaded shoes allow postwise float, and cushion the bumps and vibrations that adversely affect ride quality. Adjustable Stops enable precise control of the car’s overall postwise float between the rails and Quiet, Low-Friction Molybdenum Disulfide infused Nylon guarantee years of silent, trouble-free use.

Click the product spec sheet above for more information, layouts, and installation instructions.

Key Features:

• Spring-Loaded, Swivel-Mounted Shoes
• Adjustable Stops
• Molybdenum Disulfide infused Nylon Gibs
• Durable Structural Components

ELSCO Parts and Accessories

Genuine ELSCO roller wheels are the contractor’s best option for replacement parts for original ELSCO equipment. No other replacement roller offers the same combination of superior materials, precision engineering, and quality control. Other Accessories and Replacement Parts such as adjustable stops, cover guard kits, seismic retainer plates, and more are also available.



• Genuine ELSCO rollers
• Guide cover kits
• Seismic retainer plates
• Molybdenum disulfide-filled rail gibs
• Springs
• Pins

ETN Roller Guides

Whitesmith Solutions supply a complete range of ETN rollers for roped and hydraulic elevators. The roller trestle is made of a high-strength light metal alloy. All rollers have a coating made of Vulkollan® which has a small rolling resistance. It is noise and oscillation absorbing with the least settling phenomenon of all highly loadable elastomers and has an excellent resistance to wear. It is also resistant to fat and oil.

Vulkollan® is a registered trademark of Covestro Group.

ACLA Roller Guides

The ACLA-Roller Guide program includes various models of roller guides designed for high-speed electric and hydraulic lifts. The base supports made of special alloy or steel assuring an excellent stability of the complete roller guide units.

The rollers made of the high-quality polyurethane elastomer ACLATHAN offer the following advantages for the application:

• Low rolling resistance
• High loading capacity
• Excellent abrasion and wear resistance
• Low oscillation on account of high concentricity
• Silent running
• Maintenance-free
• Oil-resistant
• Minimum compression set (flattening) after temporary standstill

OEM Rollers & Sliding Guides

Whitesmith Solutions supply a comprehensive range of OEM replacement parts for all manufacturer types including Otis, Schindler Kone, TK Elevator, Algi, Oildynamic and Orona.

• Car and counterweight rollers and assemblies
• Car and counterweight sliding guides and holders
• Foldable inserts
• Rigid inserts
• Pins
• Springs
• Bearings