In this Readers Platform, your author discusses Europe’s foray into aesthetic design. There has been a noticeable increase in manufacturer focus upon the aesthetic design of elevator car interiors in recent years. This is an area of elevator design that has stagnated in Europe of late, due to a focus upon other widespread developments in…
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Background of and details on two-stage overcurrent design to allow motor loads to start without compromising overload protection When wiring a branch circuit or feeder for any electrical load, the electrician must provide short-circuit, ground-fault and overload protection. This ordinarily takes the form of a circuit breaker or fuse installed at the source of the…
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Delaware Elevator partners with Clark Construction to deliver an impressive VT system to Washington, D.C., attraction. With corporate offices in Salisbury, Maryland, and a strong presence throughout the Mid-Atlantic, Northeast and Southeast U.S., Delaware Elevator, Inc. has provided the vertical-transportation (VT) systems for many landmark properties. For years, it has bid projects with Clark Construction,…
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Two-day conference at IIT sees success in simpler format. A contemporary trend — of books, articles, presentations and conferences — is the long, two-part title. A recent conference hosted by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) in Chicago on May 30-31 exemplifies this trend. The event was the “2018 CTBUH Tall +…
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Advanced materials and design create compelling, moving rooms. Interior design, whether in a home or business environment, is a major influencer on peoples’ impressions, moods, states of mind and desire/propensity to occupy a space. Life-defining decisions —such as whether to buy, rent, visit or remain in an environment — are made daily by millions of…
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Photo Contest 2018 submissions are a window to a colorful, thought-provoking world. “Colorful Escalator”; photo by Rosley Majid; submitted by Titian Kencana; location: Kuala Lumpur Elevator Poetry” is the title of one of the submissions to ELEVATOR WORLD’s Sixth Annual Photo Contest, a competition remarkable in that it broke records with its staggering number of…
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When it opened to the public on June 30, 1968, what was then known as the Husky Tower was a sight to behold in downtown Calgary, Canada, twice as high as surrounding buildings and providing those who traveled up its pair of elevators stunning vistas of the city below and mountains beyond. Despite your author’s…
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Apps lead the way in design, management and more New Elevator Range, VR Design App Spain-based MP Lifts’ new elevator range FULL AMBIENTUM is an enlargement of the company’s CARevolution model. Like CARevolution, the new range integrates ecological design based on car lighting and weight. Its operating panel, the FUSION COP, is provided with customizable…
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CAN in Automation (CiA) members met on March 13-14 in Nuremburg, Germany, to discuss the CiA 417 application profile and test their CANopen Lift products on interoperability. CiA reports CiA 417 for elevator control systems continues to gain acceptance in Europe, noting the recent membership of several elevator device suppliers in CiA. CiA’s Special Interest…
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Source: China Has Capacity to Supply the World In the 40 years since China opened its economy to the world, global elevator companies have rushed in, transforming the country from a small producer of vertical-transportation (VT) equipment to the most competitive market, Shine observed in a June report. In those four decades, the Chinese VT…
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