Work on the Guide is currently suspended, and is expected to resume end of 2025. Much of the information herein is out-of-date and awaiting updates.

EPCO Fixtures

NOTE: Some of these models were made by Adams prior to 2004.

Survivor

Survivor is EPCO's standard fixture, taken over from Adams in 2004. It consists of a round white plastic button that lights up, and can also be found in a recessed form. It is one of the most common elevator fixtures in the United States.

Produced by EPCO 2004-present
Rarity Rating: 1/10

Newer Survivor buttons with yellow LED lights

Classic

Classic is a variant of Survivor, with a wraparound braille plate.

Classic call button
picture: EPCO website

Classic operating panelphoto: ExcelElevations 4U

Survivor Plus

Survivor Plus is EPCO's standard vandal resistant fixture, taken over from Adams in 2004. Consisting of a stainless steel button with a light in the center, it has a similar appearance to Dover's Vandal Resistant buttons. Survivor Plus is very common for high-traffic public elevators in urban areas, such as in transit stations or parking garages.

Survivor Plus's California code compliant variant is used as part of Schindler's HT Vandal Resistant and first generation "5500 Vandal Resistant" fixtures, but with different switches than standard Survivor Plus.

Produced 2004-present
Rarity Rating: 1/10

Standard Survivor Plus button

California code compliant Survivor Plus buttons

Designer

Designer (aka WN Signature) is a fixture similar to Classic, consisting of a white square button (similar to the round Survivor button) with a wraparound braille. This fixture was taken over from Adams in 2004.

Designer/WN Signature buttons

Circleline

Circleline (aka CL) is a round button with a black halo. It looks very similar to Westinghouse's AE buttons, and was commonly used on Westinghouse elevators in the late 1970s-early 1980s.

Produced c.1977-present
Rarity Rating: 3/10

1980s Circleline buttons on a Westinghouse elevator

Newer Circleline buttons

SSL

SSL is a round, convex, metal vandal resistant button with a light in the center. It is narrower than Survivor Plus and does not have a halo.

The SSL series also includes lanterns, which consist of steel plates with illuminated cutout arrows.

Produced 2004-present
Rarity Rating: 3/10

SSL operating panelphoto: ExcelElevations 4U

Muntz bronze variant of SSL, often incorrectly called "MML"

SSL lantern

WGH

WGH is a metal button with an illuminating halo and a wraparound braille. It is similar in size to Westinghouse/Schindler RT. WGH is often confused with Singapore, which is larger and has different switches.

WGH-95 button

Touch-sensitive WGH

The WGH series included a touch-sensitive steel button. These buttons are extremely rare and discontinued. They were used on some Schindler 300A and 700A elevators in the late 1990s, and were often paired with OIP lanterns and plates.

Touch-sensitive WGH call station photo: CAelevators

Singapore

Singapore is a metal button with an illuminating halo. It comes in both square and circle forms, and is most commonly seen on the INCHline series of hall stations. Singapore is often confused with WGH, which is smaller and has different switches.

Singapore-W

Singapore-W is a variant of Singapore with a white plastic button.

WNR

WNR is a fixture that incorporates Circleline buttons with rectangular wraparound braille plates. WNR is most commonly seen on Northern and ThyssenKrupp Northern elevators.

Produced c.1995-present
Rarity Rating: 5/10

WNR operating panelPicture by YouTube user BC'sVators, used with permission.

Flushline

Flushline (aka FL) is a square button, similar to Circleline. It has a black halo, and looks similar to US's Square buttons. Flushline has been discontinued since the 2000s.

Produced c.1977-c.2000
Rarity Rating: 5/10

Flushline operating panel on a Montgomery elevator

Flushline call button

Flushline position indicatorphoto: ExcelElevations 4U

Haloline

Haloline (aka WS) is a round button with an integrated halo. Haloline is known to have been produced at least since the late 1960s.

Haloline operating panel buttonsphoto: ExcelElevations 4U

Haloline call station with indicatorphoto: ExcelElevations 4U

Chevron

Chevron (aka Type C) is a lantern commonly used with Survivor buttons.

Chevron lantern

Endurance

Endurance is EPCO's newest fixture, used as part of the newer vandal resistant fixtures on Schindler 3300 XL or 5500 elevators. They look very similar to MAD BP.

EPCO Endurance buttons on a Schindler 5500photo: STL Elevators

INCHline

INCHline is a series of surface-mounted hall fixtures that incorporates Singapore buttons.

INCHline hall station with Singapore buttons, position indicator, and lantern.Pictures from the the EPCO website.

OIP

OIP (Oval INCHline Plus) is a variant of INCHline with rounded ends.

OIP call station with Singapore buttons, fire service, and an integrated position indicator. On a Schindler 330A, if you can believe it.

OIP hall lantern

VIP

VIP (Variable INCHline Plus) is an octagonal variant of INCHline, with grooves along the long sides. VIP is extremely rare.

VIP call station and lantern.Pictures from the EPCO website.

Unknown vandal resistant buttons

These are a special type of convex vandal resistant buttons, only seen on elevators from Thyssen and their then-subsidiaries US and Northern. US offered these fixtures as a vandal resistant option for soft touch. These buttons include no halo and have a light up jewel in the middle. They are thought to be made by EPCO.

Call stationphoto: CAelevators

Operating panelphoto: CAelevators

Documents

EPCO_Fixtures_2011.pdf

EPCO catalog (2013)

EPCO_Fixtures_2018.pdf

EPCO catalog (2018)

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