In this Readers Platform, your authors explain why this sometimes thankless job is so important. By Ray Downs and Robert Pitney Did you ever wonder what it takes to be a safety manager in today’s elevator industry? Well, we can tell you it’s a position that frequently doesn’t get the level of respect it deserves.…
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Basic information intended as a quick guide for lift and escalator field professionals on these important electronic systems that are becoming commonplace By Lakshmanan Raja and Teck Eng Ng Electronics are making great headway into the lift and escalator industry, which is now on par with their development in other industries. In our industry, what…
Read More History and insight into the development and state of ISO standards and what must be supplied to owners when a new lift is handed over 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. For…
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The purpose, solutions, servicing and design considerations of the safety brake The elevator safety brake has come a long way since the mid 19th century when Elisha Graves Otis first demonstrated his safety brake that would revolutionize the industry. It is fair to say the elevator didn’t gain popularity until the safety brake was developed.…
Read More The first of this two-part History series examines early elevator datasets. This is the first of two articles that will examine elevator safety in the U.S. between 1870 and 1920. This month’s focus is on accident reporting and statistics; next month’s article will address accident causes. The impetus for this investigation was the recent acquisition…
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This Product Spotlight details the development of and perceived need for Otis’ replacement of the centrifugal overspeed-governor subsystem and safety actuation module. 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. By Randy Dube, Peter…
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Inspired by nature, Gaudà designed a one-of-a-kind elevator for a one-of-a-kind house. Nestled on a street known as Apple of Discord in Barcelona, Spain, Casa Batlló is a house borne of romance and imagination. It was designed by Antoni GaudÃ, a Catalan architect active in the early 1900s who arguably shares more with the folk…
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An overview of systems used in elevator electricals and useful tools that help troubleshoot them A spectrum analyzer resembles the more-familiar oscilloscope, but there are major differences. Both are very useful in elevator servicing and product development. The defining difference is that the oscilloscope is optimized to display electrical signals that are applied to the…
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South Africa’s Wesant Manufacturing prioritizes training to lay groundwork for growth. As international and local vertical- transportation (VT) companies seek to improve the country’s technical and functional expertise, South Africa could soon have an increased number of trained technicians with relevant design, production, installation, service and maintenance skills. A number of lift and elevator companies…
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EscaTEQ offers several new-type cleaning solutions and promises more are on the way. Rotterdam, Netherlands-based EscaTEQ B.V. offers several escalator cleaning devices. Tread-TEQ is a lightweight, one-person operational system designed to clean an escalator in just a few minutes. Since it uses the escalator’s propulsion to generate the cleaning action, no outside power is required,…
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