Technos Lifts

What to know about Technos lifts

Technos is a Bulgarian manufacturer of lift equipment that follows the current edition of the European safety standards EN 81-20/50. The range is narrow and straightforward: passenger and goods lifts in a basic specification, without an excess of options. This equipment came onto the Ukrainian market together with other Bulgarian lifts, so here and there in residential buildings in the west of the country it is still installed and running.

What this compliance means in practice. EN 81-20 sets requirements for design and installation: shaft enclosure, refuge spaces above and below the car, shaft lighting, and maintenance access to components. EN 81-50 covers the calculations, checks and tests of lift components. What matters for the client is that the equipment was designed to this edition of the standards rather than adapted to it after the fact.

Now, to be direct: we do not currently offer Technos as our main equipment. Having compared what the client gets for the same money, we settled on another Bulgarian factory, Izamet, which offers a wider choice of car ranges and more ready-made builder's work drawings for different shafts. Technos remains within our scope as equipment we maintain and repair wherever it is already installed.

When servicing another manufacturer's equipment, what matters is not the brand but the availability of components. The traction machine, controller, door operator and safety gear here are industry-standard: they are matched using the nameplate and ordered from component manufacturers. Certain control boards and car trim parts take longer to arrive, and that is where you should allow extra time when planning repairs before the heating season.