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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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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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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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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 ...
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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 ...
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The continuation of this industry innovator’s biography focuses on his elevator-industry engineering and attempts at forming electric companies. by Dr. ...
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William Baxter, Jr., author of Hydraulic Elevators, one of the first books on elevator technology (published by Engineer Publishing Co. ...
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Modernization and Maintenance: 1956
This History article examines early, comprehensive G.A.L. materials that guided installation and maintenance. by Dr. Lee Gray, EW Correspondent In ...
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The Anderton Canal Lift, 1875-1908
Historic U.K. boat lift used a pair of hydraulic elevators to creatively overcome a stiff challenge. by Dr. Lee Gray, ...
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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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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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Hydraulic Elevators in Europe – The Return
High-rise elevators that travel at 15 mps are on the exciting new edge of the elevator industry, but most machines ...
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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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Bronze Beauty From Yesteryear
The Seacrets Distilling Co. building may be new, but step into its elevator, and it’s easy to imagine it filled ...
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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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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 ...
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Safety in the Workplace – Changing How People Think
Safety in the workplace can no longer be an afterthought or an excuse for a lack of efficiency on a ...
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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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Alternative Testing for Escalators and Moving Walks
Requirements for escalator and moving-walk speed have appeared in the ASME A17.1/CSA B44 standards since 2000 (Requirements 6.1.4.1 and 6.2.4.1). ...
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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. ...
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Urban Innovation
KONE Indonesia provides 115 elevators, 24 escalators and 34 turnstile lanes for mixed-development complex in Jakarta. by Supramaniyam s/o Muniyandi ...
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Moving Walks in Malaysia
The thyssenkrupp iwalk's pit-less design facilitates efficient installation. by David Man Sai Hong thyssenkrupp Elevator considers iwalk its special product. ...
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Lift Safety Revolutionaries
SafeLine, having recently manufactured its 100,000th SL6 emergency telephone, has paved an important technological road for the lift industry. In ...
Read More Intersecting Style and Function
Cab modernization in swanky Lexus-themed "concept space" rounds out a carefully designed space near NYC's High Line. by Lee Freeland ...
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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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