Old-technology motors have no place in modernized elevators for many reasons. This paper was presented at Berlin 2018, the International Congress on Vertical Transportation Technologies, and flrst published in IAEE book Elevator Technology 22, edited by A. Lustig. It is a reprint with permission from the International Association ofElevatorEngineers (www.elevcon.com). DC motor technology is…
Read More Benefits of modernization projects for escalator and moving walk drives Most vertical-transportation industry stakeholders — and people in general — are more and more committed to protecting the environment. Thus, responsible and e–cient use of energy is an important element to be considered. From a wider perspective, we must look at lifecycle assessment (LCA), beginning…
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In 2017, RATP, the public transport operator and infrastructure manager of the Paris Metro, concluded it was time to modernize the two 100-person-capacity elevators at the historic Lamarck- Caulaincourt station, one of its deepest, but wanted the work to proceed without interrupting service of the Metro line at this station — where these lifts are…
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In this Readers Platform, Vantage and Champion executives discuss working together on their biggest-ever modernization. In 2018, Champion Elevator teamed up with Vantage Elevator Solutions to deliver the largest project in the history of both organizations: a 160-elevator modernization project for Co-Op City in the Bronx, New York (ELEVATOR WORLD, September 2018). The job was…
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In this Project Spotlight, the Banco Central do Brasil tower gets a modernization of a VT system more than three decades old. With their building’s elevators more than 30 years old, property managers at the Banco Central do Brasil (Central Bank of Brazil) regional o–ce in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, turned to Villarta Equipamentos del Elevação,…
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Columbia advances the upgrade of cabs. In today’s real-estate universe, rising with the ever-escalating heights of today’s supertalls, is the incidence of elevator modernization, and there are numerous reasons why. Prominent among them is that these new structures and additional available space are creating competition for tenants and the market-driven need for landlords of existing…
Read More High-pro le elevator incident offers lessons in emergency system testing and maintenance. This is not about pointing out or piling on, but, rather, understanding that it is often someone else’s unfortunate situation that highlights gaps in our own processes. There is never a bad time to test your own emergency systems, elevator or otherwise, and…
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NAEC President Gary Schuette of Midwest Elevator is focused on building a future generation of leaders. For Gary Schuette, 2019 National Association of Elevator Contractors (NAEC) president and president of Midwest Elevator Co., Inc. in St. Louis, it’s all about family. When he’s not at work he can most often be found spending time with…
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CLTElevator Shafts Part of World’s Tallest Timber Tower Cross-laminated timber (CLT) elevator shafts are part of MjøstÃ¥rnet, a mixed-use tower in Brumunddal, Norway, that the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) recently ratified as the world’s tallest timber building at 18 stories, or 85.4 m. In light of the recent increase in tall-timber…
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