Automated mounting device for performing assembly jobs in an elevator shaft of an elevator system

A method for performing an assembly process in an elevator shaft of an elevator system, comprising the steps of:

• introducing a mounting device in the elevator shaft, the mounting device including a support component adapted to be moved relative to the elevator shaft and to be positioned at different heights within the elevator shaft, and an assembly component held at the support component, where the support component includes a fixing subsystem adapted to fix the support component within the elevator shaft, wherein the fixing subsystem has a stabilizing beam element extending in a vertical direction of the elevator shaft, the stabilizing beam element being elongated in the vertical direction and having a top and bottom portion, wherein the top portion of the stabilizing beam element is coupled to a top end of the support component via a first adjustable connector, and the bottom portion of the stabilizing beam element is coupled to a bottom end of the support component via a second adjustable connector, and a distance which the stabilizing beam element is horizontally spaced from a first lateral side of the support component is adjustable at both the top and bottom portion of the stabilizing beam element via the first and second adjustable connectors and wherein the fixing subsystem also includes at least one extendable prop on a second lateral side of the support component opposite the first lateral side, said prop being adapted to selectively move outwardly from the support component and contact a wall of the elevator shaft, thereby forcing the stabilizing beam element into contact with an opposite wall of the elevator shaft;
• controlling displacement of the mounting device within the elevator shaft;
• fixing the support component within the elevator shaft in a direction traverse to a vertical direction of the elevator shaft using the fixing subsystem;
• at least partially automated execution of a mounting step in the assembly process by the mounting device;
• and
• wherein the mounting device is introduced in the elevator shaft with a stabilizing element of the mounting device extending longitudinally in the vertical direction opposing a one of the walls of the elevator having doorway openings.