These gear-less traction machines remind me of the installation with an elevator system DMR I think it was New Zealand. Except, they were much larger massive driven sheave, double wrapped. The floor relays and selector were very precision engineering. These elevators were still powered by MG sets, which were mounted vertically. The building was a low rise just 15 floors.
Reminds me of the DCP controllers that Express made, everyone called them "Dirty Cheap Processor" 😂. I'm assuming it would have actually stood for Digital Control Processor.
Express was MASSIVE in New Zealand. For most of the 20th century, the two main players were Express and OTIS. Following the demise of Express, most of their lifts in New Zealand ended up being maintained by Schindler, who often stuck their own name plates in them over the top of the Express one. Many Express lifts also received Schindler modernizations. This is one of the contributing factors as to why Schindler remains the most popular lift brand in New Zealand to this day,
