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The Role of Risk Assessment in Innovative Product Development
How this critical methodology ensures safety and facilitates innovative product development worldwide by Louis Bialy Risk assessment has ...
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Codes and standards provide a roadmap for maintenance and inspection as protective measures. by Louis Bialy Maintenance and ...
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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 ...
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Establishing an Elevator Compliance Organization
An elevator, or lift, is a type of vertical transportation that moves people or goods between floors of ...
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Impact of Cultures on Elevatoring
Differences between norms in the U.S., U.K. and elsewhere are explored. by TAK Mathews In 1853, Elisha Graves ...
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Deadweight Dead Wrong?
Many elevators are heavier than indicated in their documentation by Richard Blaska As elevator systems age, the need ...
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Mandatory Maintenance
Today’s best practices call for frequent technician visits and following the MCP. by John W. Koshak In 2000, ...
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Educational Focus – Chapter 19
Click the image to read the full chapter Elevator management systems with traffic analysis capabilities are a common component in ...
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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 ...
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Educational Focus – Chapter 17
Click the image to read the full chapter In many areas of technology today, it is entirely natural to observe ...
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Educational Focus – Chapter 16
Click the image to read the full chapter Introduction Accidents caused at the elevator door entranceway are either caused by ...
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Educational Focus – Chapter 15
Click the image to read the full chapter Qualitative elevator performance analysis is becoming increasingly important. Until now, elevator performance ...
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2020 Vision: Hindsight and Foresight
A look back at an EW initiative shows many VT predictions have been realized in the last 25 years or ...
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The Westinghouse Electric Stairway
A look back at a time when a new challenger arrived as competition to the original Otis Escalator by Dr. ...
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Hawkins Electrical Guide
Early 20th century publisher sought to explain practical applications of electricity in a 10-volume series by Dr. Lee Gray, EW ...
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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, ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Periodic Maintenance and Modernization of Elevator Doors
by Ömer Gürkan Gürbüz “Periodic maintenance” refers to the maintenance processes carried out periodically — typically, every month — ...
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Elevator Drive Maintenance
How to extend the life of VFDs, including an overview of maintenance inspection points and procedures Everyone in the elevator ...
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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 ...
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Cape Town Is Rising
The city’s skyline rarely changes, but the new Zero2One tower is set to shake things up by Shem Oirere, EW ...
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A Shining Star in Nairobi
Weak office market fails to prevent an efficient, flexible tower with a Schindler VT system from earning CTBUH award. by ...
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Land of Opportunity
Despite challenges, the future looks bright for Ghana’s VT market. by Shem Oirere, EW Correspondent Ghana, a former British colony ...
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Cautiously Optimistic
OEMs and independents paint a picture of the Midwest that reveals market trends that promise to drive steady growth for ...
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U.A.E. Seeing Lots of Activity
Abu Dhabi and Dubai are bustling, with projects announced, ongoing and handed over. One of the handed-over projects is the ...
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POY 2018: Private-Residence Elevators
Gracefully ascending through the center of a row home in downtown Chicago, this breathtaking octagonal elevator blends fine art with ...
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POY 2018: Elevators, Modernization
The City Centre elevator modernization project is not the largest or most-recognized elevator modernization project in the world, but it ...
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POY 2018: Escalators, New Construction
The Bilbao Athletic Museum (Athletic de Bilbao Museum) is on the ground floor of the award-winning San Mamés Stadium in ...
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POY 2018: Special-Purpose Lifts
The City of Arts and Sciences in Valencia, Spain, is the largest landmark in Valencia and the second-most-visited cultural complex ...
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POY 2018: Platform Lifts & Stairway Chairlifts
A lift known as “T Minus 10, 9, 8. . .” has found its home at the Aerospace Center for ...
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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 ...
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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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Voluntary Egress Elevators: Enhancements to the 2004 CTBUH Guideline
Updates are evidence of efforts by several vertical-transportation organizations to solve barriers to public safety in new and even existing ...
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Panoramic Car Safety
Engineering study considers attributes of SGP with directly mounted handrails. by Dr. Iraklis Chatziparasidis and Dr. Dimitrios Giagopoulos This article ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Protect Yourself
Maintaining a safe environment for employees, contractors and other visitors to your facility or jobsite is an essential element of ...
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Special Regional Section: The South
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Special Regional Section: The Midwest
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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 ...
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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, ...
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Project of the Year Winners
EW is pleased to present the 2020 Project of the Year contest winners in this issue. We received many outstanding ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Escalator Truss Design
Escalator trusses are manufactured for the installation of subsystems, such as the motor, gearbox and control panel. Every nonstandard truss ...
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CECA COVID-19 Elevator Survey
Industry organization's study gives a perspective of how the Canadian market is affected. submitted by CECA The COVID-19 pandemic has ...
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Attorney Weighs in on Elevator Safety Act
David Perecman (DP), founder and lead trial attorney at NYC-based The Perecman Firm, talks to your author (KW) about the ...
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High-Rise Escape
Students create award-winning rescue-drone concept inspired by Aladdin’s magic carpet. By Matt Irvin High-rise buildings can be interesting and exciting ...
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Hitachi Elevators for “Cyberpunk” Architectural Jewel
ZHA-designed Leeza SOHO is OEM's first collaboration with developer. submitted by Hitachi Elevator ZHA-designed Leeza SOHO in Beijing Leeza SOHO ...
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Emporis Skyscraper Award
Recognition shines spotlight on architectural achievements worldwide.Design is a funny word by Kaija Wilkinson MGM Cotai; image courtesy of KPF ...
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