Hollister Whitney Traction Machines

With over 90 years of industry-leading experience, Hollister-Whitney traction machines are renowned throughout the industry for their robust construction and advanced technological design. The company became part of the GAL Manufacturing family in 1960 and since then both companies have highly benefited from sharing R&D capabilities, and by working together to create a complete family of non-proprietary products for elevator professionals.

Hollister-Whitney machines are highly prized for their efficient design which permits them to run more smoothly, and thus cooler. This quality is highly prized as it contributes to both longer machine service life, and because it reduces Machine Room ventilation and climate control energy costs.

Hollister-Whitney offers a variety of Geared Traction machines ranging from Basement Set and Overhead Traction devices, to Overhead Deflector Machines. American-made, these quality-made powerhouses are highly prized throughout the world.

The company also offers a line of sophisticated Gearless PMAC machines (Permanent Magnet Synchronous AC Motors), which are highly energy efficient, quiet and able to fit through normal 36 in. (91.4 cm) Machine Room doorways. These Gearless machines are counterweighted 60/40 and are available in 3/8, 1/2, and 5/8 in. ropes, so existing sheaves and counterweights may be retained in modification jobs. Hollister-Whitney’s 2:1 Designs are ideal for Machine Roomless installations.