Guide shoe is a sliding guide device between the elevator guide rail and the car or counterweight. It can stabilize the car or counterweight onto the guide rail, allow them to move only upward and downward to prevent any deviation or swing during running. Oil cup can be installed on the upper part of guide shoe to reduce friction between guide shoe lining and guide rail.

Elevator guide shoe consists of the shoe lining, guide shoe, guide shoe base, etc, can be divided into rolling guide shoe and sliding guide shoe series. Sliding guide shoe can be divided into fixed sliding guide shoe and elastic sliding guide shoe, generally applicable to medium-high speed elevator.

Installation of guide shoe needs to meet the following requirements:

A. upper and lower guide shoe should be in the same vertical line, do not allow the skew, partial torsion, ensure upper and lower jaw guide shoe and security center three perfectly aligned;

B. stationary guide shoe is mainly used for transfer, two side clearance should be consistent, lining and the rail top clearance should be 0.5~2 mm.