GAL Acquisition, Appointments GAL Manufacturing Corp., part of San Francisco-based Golden Gate Capital’s portfolio, has made an acquisition and appointed two regional vice presidents. GAL acquired Comprehensive Manufacturing Services, LLC, also known as Courion, headquartered in St. Louis. A provider of door systems for freight elevators, Courion was founded in 1921 and is led by…
Read More I have mentioned before that my family gravitates to New York City (NYC). And it is not the elevators — we were there when the city was low rise. The picture posted here is what the city looked like when my grandmother came to Ellis Island in the early 1900’s. She was a 16-year-old Hungarian…
Read More Sometimes-overlooked procedures are important for hydraulic elevators. Hydraulic oil is the lifeblood of the hydraulic system; it is estimated that 80% of failures in an oil system are related to oil quality and cleanliness.[1] However, little attention has been given to the oil in the hydraulic elevator over the past 40 years. The elevator code…
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Important debates on safety carried out; news on upcoming publications released. The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) held its first A17 Code Week of the year in Clearwater Beach, Florida, on January 8-11. The Sheraton Sand Key Resort again hosted a large group of ASME members and guests. ASME A17 Standards Committee and associated…
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A new resource for readers interested in new technical knowledge The new Educational Focus, Volume 3 is the latest in a series of compilations of technical articles newly approved for continuing-education credit. A total of 16 hr. of credit is available by passing the exam for each article. They have been approved for credit by…
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Research into U.K. patents and standards tracks the development of the component that made the passenger elevator mainstream. This paper was first presented at the Symposium on Lift & Escalator Technologies (www.liftsymposium.org) in September 2017. The safety gear is regarded as the last line of defense in the relatively safe world of lifts. Industry contemporaries…
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PEGA service lift, Schmersal switchgear put to use at Burj Khalifa. A permanent lift brings service-technology materials almost to the very top of the highest building in the world: the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, where the stop is at a height of 611 m. The service lift from PEGA’s IndustrialLift range is fitted with Schmersal…
Read More In this Readers Platform, your author answers some key questions. Avoiding litigation these days is not easy. Sometimes the net is cast wide enough in civil litigation, particularly in the vertical-transportation (VT) industry, that even individuals and companies not part of a litigated dispute often find themselves having to respond to subpoenas for records or…
Read More Guidance for product-development organizations and an examination of the trend toward worldwide uniform certification This paper was presented at  Madrid 2016, the International Congress on Vertical Transportation Technologies, and first published in IAEE book Elevator Technology 21, edited by A. Lustig. It is a reprint with permission from the International Association of Elevator Engineers (website:…
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Wittur’s versatile WSG-21 proves to be the right choice for hospital modernization. by Carlo Ferrari and Tommaso Sala Success in the design and assembly of an elevator is sometimes difficult to define. In the case of special panoramic elevators, the outward appearance is, in most cases, the X factor: glass and mirror-finished steel structure, special…
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