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One Stage Higher: Digital Rotary Encoders for Elevator Motors
[…] conventional electrical drive technology with gear motors is increasingly replaced by torque drive systems, usually on the basis of permanent-magnet synchronous motors. For new construction and modernization projects, buyers have given favor to gearless elevator-motor designs. Compact and maintenance-free designs, high power density and high energy efficiency play an important role for buyers when […]
The Ritz-Carlton Hotel and Residence and JW Marriott at LA Live
Mitsubishi Electric provided vertical-transportation solutions for this mixed-use project in downtown Los Angeles. by Chris Cole and Matt Jaskiewicz It had been nearly 20 years since downtown Los Angeles had seen a bonafide skyscraper development. Though the area had grown significantly with the addition of the Staples Center, the Nokia Theater and a major […]
North America and Mexico: An Economic and Industry Trends Update
[…] construction is an increasingly popular area. The number of wage and salary jobs in the industry is expected to grow 19% through 2018, compared to the 11% projected for all industries combined. Employment depends primarily on the level of new construction and renovation activity on older buildings, which is expected to increase modestly over […]
Crane Buildings of Cologne
All photos are courtesy of ThyssenKrupp Elevator Some 100 years after Cologne, Germany’s town center, Rhine harbor, originally opened in 1898, a new highlight of urban development is taking shape. Rhine harbor, formerly a busy cargo-handling area, is now home to dwellings and office buildings catering to upmarket tastes. Designed by BRT Architects, the […]
One-Kilometer-Tall Building Planned
[…] the high rise is expected to reach 1 km (1,050 m) when completed, making it 200 m taller than the Burj Khalifa. The first phase of the project will include residential and social facilities and is scheduled to be completed in 2016. The second phase of the project will include the construction of the […]
Three High Rises for Connecticut
[…] a proposed three mixed-use high-rise buildings on the site. Hoped to revitalize the district, the towers are each to be around 10 stories high. To further the project, property would have to be rezoned, and at least 2,000 parking spaces would need to be created. Schindler Port in New Orleans, Baltimore The Hyatt Regency […]
Achim Hütter
[…] positions. By working together, company members share in what Hütter calls the most rewarding aspects in his work – winning contracts and finishing jobs. Speaking of admirable projects, Hütter says he has the greatest respect for the masterful engineering of the elevators in Paris’ Eiffel Tower. He feels it serves as an example of […]
Orona’s Environmental Focus
[…] R&D companies and, for the past four years, has pursued the development of technology aimed at sustainable lift systems for new and existing buildings through the Net0Lift project. With a budget of EUR27.5 million (US$36.4 million), the project has proven successful, seeing participation from 13 companies, 14 universities and several technology centers. It has […]
NEC Article 620: Elevators, Part I
[…] requirements for elevator shafts, machine rooms and cars. NEC articles generally adhere to a template, which greatly aids in navigating and quickly locating mandates as needed for project design or, on an installation level, in the field. Article 620 follows this pattern by opening, in Section I, General, with a statement of scope and […]
Hart’s Cyclic Elevator, Part I
[…] the cars through the shafts: Hart designed what he termed a “sling link” to connect the cars to the endless chain. Each sling link carried “a pin projecting out from it horizontally and at right angles to the plane in which the chain travels.” The pin fit into an “eye” located “centrally in the […]
