Interlift prompts the announcement of a variety of new products. Contactless Power Transmitter Weidmüller has added the FreeCon Contactless to its customized elevator products. It is called “a maintenance-free power transmission solution” that allows contactless charging of up to 240 W in cars. With a fast cellular network in the shaft (instead of traveling cable)…
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Lessons learned as an aircraft carrier pilot and how a simple idea can be applied to the high-risk/ high-performance world of elevators Romar Elevators and Vertical Solutions offer the Save-a-Life Barricade System intended for use in elevator hoistway construction. It quickly attaches to each side of the hoistway opening via anchors to provide a secure…
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“An Evening With John Inglis” highlights an extraordinary career for Australia native and world renowned elevator engineer. The Lift Engineering Society of Australia (LESA) honored John Inglis of Sydney, owner of Amron Lift Resources, at a dinner on July 17 at the Norths Leagues Club in Sydney. Inglis has consulted on elevators, performed code work…
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Photo Contest 2019 submissions inspire with dazzling interplay of light, materials and a human component.
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After many requests from patrons, the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts adds escalators to improve accessibility. The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts in Philadelphia prides itself on extensive accessibility features. Now, the center is taking that one step further and adding escalators to accommodate more patrons. Senior Vice President of Facilities and Operations…
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Oldest golf outing in the elevator industry a big success Photos by Gerry Adams Judging from the smiles and suntanned faces, the approximately 100 participants in the Chicago Elevator Association’s (CEA) annual golf outing at Gleneagles Country Club in Lemont, Illinois, thoroughly enjoyed themselves at the August 2 event. No one won US$10,000 for getting…
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The first multilanguage technical dictionaries were rich visual resources in small packages. In 1906, German engineers Kurt Deinhardt and Alfred Schlomann, working with publisher R. Oldenbourg of Berlin, produced the first volume of what became known as the Schlomann-Oldenbourg Illustrated Technical Dictionaries in Six Languages. The languages were German, English, French, Russian, Italian and Spanish.…
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Delaware Elevator leads a team in modernizing a VT system that has served the Washington Monument since the 1950s. With more people than the population of the city of Seattle (800,000-plus) visiting the Washington Monument each year, the elevator serving it is a workhorse that makes more than a dozen round trips each day. Visitors…
Read More This Product Spotlight describes passenger conveyance management systems with IoT from IDS/Lift-Net. Modern building management requires real-time information collection (and, sometimes, emergency control) of passenger conveyance systems. This data is essential for passenger safety, building security and equipment reliability. Not only do we need to know the position and current real-time status of all equipment,…
Read More These days, computer misdeeds are most often perpetrated in a businesslike manner. This article was first presented at the 2018 International Elevator & Escalator Symposium in Istanbul. For more information on December 3-4, 2019’s event in Las Vegas and to participate, visit www.elevatorsymposium.org. “Inside the Mind of a Hacker” sounds a bit like the title…
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