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Breaking Up Is Hard — and There’s No Standard Formula
Among the questions most frequently asked by Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE) members about the implications ...
Read More Establishing an Elevator Compliance Organization
An elevator, or lift, is a type of vertical transportation that moves people or goods between floors of ...
Read More Mandatory Maintenance
Today’s best practices call for frequent technician visits and following the MCP. by John W. Koshak In 2000, ...
Read More Educating Maintenance Mechanics
The need for new mechanics to be trained on older equipment should not be ignored by John W. ...
Read More Industry Standard for VT Maintenance
An introduction to the important NEII-1 Part 7, with which every elevator professional should be familiar by John ...
Read More Educational Focus – Chapter 19
Click the image to read the full chapter Elevator management systems with traffic analysis capabilities are a common component in ...
Read More Educational Focus – Chapter 18
Click the image to read the full chapter To many people in the industry, freight-elevator-door control systems seem complex. When ...
Read More Educational Focus – Chapter 17
Click the image to read the full chapter In many areas of technology today, it is entirely natural to observe ...
Read More Educational Focus – Chapter 16
Click the image to read the full chapter Introduction Accidents caused at the elevator door entranceway are either caused by ...
Read More Educational Focus – Chapter 15
Click the image to read the full chapter Qualitative elevator performance analysis is becoming increasingly important. Until now, elevator performance ...
Read More Focus on Emerging Technology
Ensuring Long-Term IIOT Success What to know and ask when considering digital transformation by Guneet Bedi The benefits of undertaking ...
Read More Special Regional Section: The South
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Read More Project of the Year 2019
EW is pleased to present the 2019 Project of the Year contest winners in this issue. We received many outstanding ...
Read More Special Section – Canada
Our “well-behaved” neighbor to the north is the second-largest country in the world. Since almost 90% of Canada is uninhabitable, ...
Read More June 2018 Special Section: Cabs & Cab Aesthetics
Clear Vision for the Future In this Industry Dialogue, SnapCab President Corinna Mossberg talks about how the company, is evolving with ...
Read More Hawkins Electrical Guide
Early 20th century publisher sought to explain practical applications of electricity in a 10-volume series by Dr. Lee Gray, EW ...
Read More What’s in a Word?
The first multilanguage technical dictionaries were rich visual resources in small packages. by Dr. Lee Gray, EW Correspondent In 1906, ...
Read More Control and Safety (With A Twist Of The Wrist)
A rare case of complexity finding success is described in this historical look at the Randall elevator door controller. by ...
Read More William Baxter, Jr., Conclusion
The final phase of Baxter’s career included significant contributions as a technical writer, new engineering projects and pursuits, and a ...
Read More William Baxter, Jr., Part Two
The continuation of this industry innovator’s biography focuses on his elevator-industry engineering and attempts at forming electric companies. by Dr. ...
Read More Potential Pitfalls in Public Procurement
Contracting with local, state or federal governmental entities can be an exciting prospect on the one hand but pose daunting ...
Read More Overseeing Insurance Defense: When Does It Make Sense?
Many claims against companies involved in the vertical-transportation (VT) industry are covered by insurance policies and, typically, any such claims ...
Read More You’ve Been Served: How to Respond to a Subpoena
Avoiding litigation these days is not easy. Sometimes the net is cast wide enough in civil litigation, particularly in the ...
Read More The Best Option: A Lawyer With VT Industry Experience
While seemingly narrowly focused, the vertical-transportation (VT) industry is, indeed, multifaceted and affects, or is affected by, a substantial cross-section ...
Read More The Best Defense
A thorough employee training program is an essential element of every employer’s safety and health management system. First, OSHA’s standards ...
Read More Energy and Operational Saving Strategies
Benefits of modernization projects for escalator and moving walk drives by Alfonso Molina-Spínola Most vertical-transportation industry stakeholders — and people ...
Read More Periodic Maintenance and Modernization of Elevator Doors
by Ömer Gürkan Gürbüz “Periodic maintenance” refers to the maintenance processes carried out periodically — typically, every month — ...
Read More Elevator Drive Maintenance
How to extend the life of VFDs, including an overview of maintenance inspection points and procedures Everyone in the elevator ...
Read More The Care and Feeding of Escalators and Moving Walks
In this Industry Dialogue, an expert shares his informed opinions with EW. If anybody knows escalators and moving walks, it’s ...
Read More South Korea’s Escalator Technology is Climbing
In April 2015, South Korea’s new longest escalator in the country commenced operation. It had been six years since the ...
Read More Independent Spirit
Decades ago, the Chicago Yellow Pages contained two pages of independent elevator companies. Today, they take up only a fraction ...
Read More A Remarkable Milestone in Stockholm
thyssenkrupp delivers largest-ever Sweden order to new mixed-use city block, Urban Escape. by Kaija Wilkinson The installations incorporate lots of ...
Read More Dreamweaver
Nestled on a street known as Apple of Discord in Barcelona, Spain, Casa Batlló is a house borne of romance ...
Read More Amos Rex: Futuristically Embracing the Past
New, carefully applied technology blends with the 1930s aesthetics of a Helsinki heritage building. A one-of-a-kind building opened in the ...
Read More Westend Gate
With a height of 159 m and 47 floors, the Westend Gate in Frankfurt, Germany, is an unmistakable part of ...
Read More Museum of the Bible
With corporate offices in Salisbury, Maryland, and a strong presence throughout the Mid-Atlantic, Northeast and Southeast U.S., Delaware Elevator, Inc. ...
Read More Panoramic Car Safety
Engineering study considers attributes of SGP with directly mounted handrails. by Dr. Iraklis Chatziparasidis and Dr. Dimitrios Giagopoulos This article ...
Read More Your Safety Manager Is on Your Side
Did you ever wonder what it takes to be a safety manager in today’s elevator industry? Well, we can tell ...
Read More Integrated Safety Valves for Unintended Car Movement
An additional unintended-car-movement (UCM) safety requirement has been mandatory for new elevators and major modernizations since January 1, 2012, per ...
Read More Protect Yourself
Maintaining a safe environment for employees, contractors and other visitors to your facility or jobsite is an essential element of ...
Read More Beware of Little Hands Getting Trapped in Glass Lift Doors
In recent years, Liftinstituut received accident reports of children getting trapped in glass lift doors as their little hands were ...
Read More Fulfilling the Potential of DD DCS
The double-deck destination-control system (DD DCS) combines two well-known approaches to boost morning up-peak traffic in office buildings and save ...
Read More Harmonized Elevator Dispatching and Passenger Interfaces
Introduction and Credits This article is based on an unpublished paper, “Intent of Specifications for Harmonized Dispatching — Groups of ...
Read More Encoder Position for PM Motors
Permanent-magnet (PM) motors have become popular options in elevator applications over the years due to their increased efficiency and performance ...
Read More Can a Motor Drive Harm an Elevator or Escalator System?
Most modern elevator electric motors run via a variable-frequency drive (VFD) for AC motors and a DC controller (usually silicon-controlled-rectifier ...
Read More Escalator Truss Design
Escalator trusses are manufactured for the installation of subsystems, such as the motor, gearbox and control panel. Every nonstandard truss ...
Read More Emporis Skyscraper Award
Recognition shines spotlight on architectural achievements worldwide.Design is a funny word by Kaija Wilkinson MGM Cotai; image courtesy of KPF ...
Read More How to Prep Your Elevator Installation With a Jackhammer
In this Readers' Platform, the merits of clearing a site with a jackhammer are explored by Chris Galloway In every ...
Read More Digital Transformation
This Readers' Platform explains that by Jan König If you search for “digital transformation” on the internet, you’ll find the ...
Read More A Revered Project
With limited overhead, Gillespie Corporation found a creative solution for a historic hotel in Boston. by Victoria Pruitt The Revere ...
Read More Reviving a Dormant Realty Segment
The Model Tenancy Act could provide a boost to rental housing with new projects facilitating additional demand for vertical transportation. ...
Read More The Impact of Pre-Stretching on Elevator Ropes
In this Readers Platform, the authors examine whether factory-stretched ropes deliver desired results. by Konrad Stahr and Dr. Andreas Franz ...
Read More The Hydraulic Crossroads
In this Readers Platform, the author makes the case that the hydraulic-elevator segment is alive and well. by Emery Thran ...
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