Hydraulic elevators have dominated the elevator market for 50 years – until the beginning of the 21st century. With the emergence of machine room-less (MRL) traction elevators in 1995, hydraulic elevators began dealing with increased competition.
Nevertheless, fluid-driven systems have their distinct advantages, such as low maintenance cost due to wear-free driving components, the flexibility of car and machine-room design, safety features, and easy and cost-effective installations. The room-saving properties of MRLs initially generated increasing numbers of MRL applications. However, this shouldn’t be interpreted as a decreasing market for hydraulic elevators, since the fact is that hydraulic control-valve production is increasing yearly.
As hydraulic elevators and their advantages become better known in developing countries, the increasing trend to MRLs is expected to level off. The future of elevator systems may become certain as their advantages and genuine costs become public.
No or low head room space.
No or very less pit space.
Hydraulic elevators requires very compact space comparatively
These lifts can easily be used for lifting heavy objects & machinery in companies and in warehouses.
Hydraulic lifts can be easily be installed in existing homes or offices.
These lifts produce very less noise.
In case of power cut, it can come down manually and have the easiest and very user friendly manual rescue operation.