Search results for: product of the year
Monitoring, Signaling and Cladding Applications
The latest technology to become available kicks off an array of products. Expanded Remote-Monitoring System SMIRC Automation has released two complementary systems to its Smart Monitoring Incorporating Relay Control (SMIRC) (ELEVATOR WORLD, December 2013), the SmirCAM and SmircROP. With SmirCAMs installed, users can switch among different views of the elevator system, such as the […]
Reimagining the Future of Vertical Transportation
[…] passengers. The Virtual Window DigiGage’s solution is to turn any closed elevator cabin into a “digitally transparent” elevator. Designed to improve the user experience in elevators, the product is intended to redefine elevator architecture, allowing passengers to engage with their environment. Using DigiGage’s patent-pending winGage software (ELEVATOR WORLD, October 2012) provides a motion-based, digitally […]
Italian Manufacturers Meet in Dubai
[…] we did and what we can do together. Each of the eight companies attending the event is an example of the excellence made in Italy in the production of components for elevators and escalators. If we add to this a business vision oriented to integrated design, we obtain a mix of advantages and synergies […]
Italian Manufacturers Meet in Dubai
[…] we did and what we can do together. Each of the eight companies attending the event is an example of the excellence made in Italy in the production of components for elevators and escalators. If we add to this a business vision oriented to integrated design, we obtain a mix of advantages and synergies […]
Stopping at a Dizzying Height
PEGA service lift, Schmersal switchgear put to use at Burj Khalifa. A permanent lift brings service-technology materials almost to the very top of the highest building in the world: the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, where the stop is at a height of 611 m. The service lift from PEGA’s IndustrialLift range is fitted with […]
Safety — It’s the Little Things
[…] safety to work, everyone in the company must “buy in.” Also in the special section are three articles that focus on the actual equipment. Ensuring Safety in Products by Terry Rodebaugh and Mark Drake takes us to a different side of safety — that of assuring products are designed by engineers; meet code; are […]
Around the World and Back Again
[…] detailing the history of limited-use/limited-application (LU/LA) elevators at a time when their use is growing in both the commercial and residential sectors. Columbia announces their own new product, Premium, a next-generation LU/LA product for the residential environment. Our final article in the section is Universal Control System by our Lee Freeland. Inclinator Co. of […]
Russian Elevator Week 2015
[…] on June 9-11 in pavilion 75 of The Exhibition of Achievements of the National Economy in Moscow. The largest business-to-business event in Russia, it showcased innovative lift-industry products and services produced both domestically and internationally. Taking part in opening ceremonies were numerous heads of Russian government and foreign lift associations. During opening ceremonies, General […]
New and Updated
[…] waterproof IP67 version. It has 32 elements and 154 beams with an operating range of up to 4 m and a protection height of 1,800 mm. The product’s lifespan is set at greater than 20 years, and its pluggable connection cables are designed for more than 20 million door movements. It has an integrated […]
“A Heartwarming Feeling”
[…] of cool to see a little boy who doesn’t so much like superheroes but really loves elevators. It was a heartwarming feeling seeing him and his mom and dad so happy.” Brian Gaadt is owner of Gaadt Productions, a St. Louis-based company that specializes in wedding videography and photography. He can be reached at gaadt360.com/bgp-contact.