What to watch for when securing that big deal with the government Contracting with local, state or federal governmental entities can be an exciting prospect on the one hand but pose daunting obligations on the other. In many locales, governmental entities are the single largest owners and consumers of vertical-transportation equipment and services; consequently, government…
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Virginia Controls has a 50-plus-year legacy of building state-of-the-art VT equipment, enhanced by a customer-first approach. Virginia Controls, Inc. (VCI) has been building vertical-transportation (VT) controllers for more than half a century. The decades since the 1960s have seen huge changes in elevator technology, and VCI has matched these improvements stride for stride. Over the…
Read More A look into the life of an important industry innovator in the dawn of the electric age William Baxter, Jr., author of Hydraulic Elevators, one of the first books on elevator technology (published by Engineer Publishing Co. in 1905), has a clear place in the history of vertical transportation (Figure 1). The book’s success attracted…
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20th annual ECNY Supplier Showcase is always a hit at Villa Barone Manor in the Bronx. The 20th annual Elevator Conference of New York (ECNY) Supplier Showcase had the feel of a family reunion as 129 exhibitors and up to 800 attendees shared greetings, checked out each other’s products and enjoyed the daylong event, held,…
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Combining controller with motor driver in one unit offers much more than just simplicity. This article was first presented at the 2018 International Elevator & Escalator Symposium in Istanbul. For more information on November 2019’s event in Las Vegas and to participate, visit www.elevatorsymposium.org. An integrated lift control system consists of a lift controller and…
Read More Learn about troubleshooting the elevator motor and variable-frequency drive (VFD) and safety procedures. Certain aspects of elevator maintenance and repair are nonelectrical, such as lubricating and refurbishing hoistway guide rails or improving airflow around a hydraulic reservoir. But, most of this work, especially when the symptom is chronic controller shutdowns or error codes, involves the…
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Compelling speakers, large crowd and new leadership mark this year’s National Association of Elevator Contractors’ spring event. Photos by John Dimaio Most U.S. elevator industry folks are downright happy to find themselves spending a week in sunny, mild Naples, Florida, at the end of a long winter, just by virtue of the excellent weather. So,…
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Industrial forensic chemistry uncovers elevator failure caused by oils. When your elevator components fail, do you know the cause? If you manage your company’s hydraulic elevator systems, you probably know more about the components than anyone else. Even then, failures can still leave you perplexed as to where to look first. Valves, motors, pumps, power…
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Nearly 300 vendors and thousands of visitors pack exhibition halls for Asansör Istanbul’s 16th iteration. The 16th International Asansör Istanbul, held at Tüyap Beylikdüzü in Istanbul, was deemed a great success, as the nearly 300 vendors who filled booths connected with thousands of visitors interested in learning about the latest in vertical-transportation (VT) products and…
Read More A look at safety systems in a modern high-rise elevator in light of 2018 Chicago incident While the below information may be familiar to the seasoned elevator professional, it is particularly useful to laymen and those new to the industry Editor In late 2018, an express elevator in a Chicago skyscraper was traveling down from…
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