Study shows hydraulic lifts have a lighter environmental footprint than traction lifts for some uses. This paper was presented at Berlin 2018, the International Congress on Vertical Transportation Technologies, and first published in IAEE book Elevator Technology 22, edited by A. Lustig. It is a reprint with permission from the International Association of Elevator Engineers…
Read More Historic U.K. boat lift used a pair of hydraulic elevators to creatively overcome a stiff challenge. On February 26, 1877, the well-known English botanist and evolutionary theorist Hewett C. Watson (1804-1881) sent the following letter to civil engineer Sidengham Duer (1836-1886): “‘Hydraulic Canal Lift’ is returned herewith. Many thanks for the loan of the paper,…
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This Company Spotlight describes Canton Elevator over its 73-year history. Ohio-based Canton Elevator has undergone significant evolution in the seven decades since it opened its original plant in 1946. The company has expanded its facilities three times to accommodate a growing product line and to meet the needs of a constantly changing industry. And, although…
Read More This Product Spotlight on the HILA system presents new cylinder technology to overcome old limitations. This paper was presented at Berlin 2018, the International Congress on Vertical Transportation Technologies, and first published in IAEE book Elevator Technology 22, edited by A. Lustig. It is a reprint with permission from the International Association of Elevator Engineers…
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The luxury brand Coach is known the world over for superbly crafted leather goods — handbags, wallets, backpacks, shoes and other accessories designed with stylish flair and built-in quality and durability. The company logo, a horse-drawn coach, evokes the grandeur of a bygone age when royals and the well-heeled traveled in handmade, custom carriages that…
Read More The former Rotterdam post office in the Coolsingel District of Rotterdam, Netherlands, is set to be reborn as a mixed-use development incorporating a 150-m-tall, 43-story hotel tower, dezeen reported. Built in 1916, the post office boasts a 22.5-m-high Great Hall and is one of the only structures to survive the Rotterdam Blitz in 1940. New…
Read More Sri Lankan Parliamentarian Ravi Karunanayake said in February he planned to introduce a law requiring all the country’s elevators to be registered and regulated, the Daily Mirror reported. The move came on the heels of a 24-year-old man dying in an elevator accident in Colombo in late December 2018 and, later, members of Parliament becoming…
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Messe Frankfurt India Pvt. Ltd. has entered into a strategic partnership with the Confederation of Real Estate Developers’ Associations of India-Maharashtra Chamber of Housing Industry (CREDAI-MCHI) for the International Elevator & Escalator (IEE) Expo 2020. Messe Frankfurt, the world’s largest trade fair, congress and event organizer, said, “The alliance aims to play a key role…
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High-Rise Complex Underway in Tokyo Blue Style reported on details of Bunkyo Gardens, part of the under-construction Kasuga/Korakuen station project in Tokyo. It includes four buildings: Park Court Bunkyo Koishikawa (40 floors of apartments at 148.4 m tall), Bunkyo Garden Gate Tower (23 floors of offices at 110.7 m tall), the Bunkyo Garden South (condominiums)…
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Otis UK Wins Maintenance for 340 Units at Gatwick Airport Gatwick in West Sussex has appointed Otis UK the service provider for 340 elevators, escalators and moving walks in the U.K.’s second-largest airport. The five-year contract “marks a significant expansion of the company’s footprint in the U.K. major infrastructure market,” Otis UK said. It will…
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