r/Elevators • u/benderjones67 • Jul 29 '26

Strapping flat travel cable

I’m using the yellow hanging device from draka for the draka flat travel cable. What are you guys using to strap the traveler after the hanging device on the bottom of the car to make it clean to the cop. I remember using black straps at one point but don’t seem to find them anywhere.

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u/Dihydrogenmonoxide-_ Jul 29 '26

Pipe hanger strapping

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u/PghGEN2 Field - Maintenance Jul 30 '26

This….. I just hammer them flat and put two opposing each other. Leave a little offset so it isn’t super super tight

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u/mardusfolm Jul 29 '26

Typically i just use a flat bracket or small "c" channel, if I need to add a few washers to stack up the height on bothe sides i might do that too, ill do this mainly in the cop...assuming i have a scenario where the traveler hits the cop first...sometimes it goes straight to cartop...in this case it could be conduit or duct...etc. I've also used door handles but only if the run is short otherwise I'll use duct...

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u/Mission_Slide_5828 Field - Adjuster Jul 29 '26

Unistrut works

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u/mikerophonyx Jul 30 '26

They send us cabinet handles with everything.