Seventh International Seminar on Elevators and Escalators focuses on closing the gap between the academic and business communities. The seventh International Seminar on Elevators and Escalators brought together academics, industrialists and members of Iran’s elevator and escalator industry on February 16 at the Koosha Center of Applied Science and Technology in Tehran. Among those in…
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An examination of possibly the first publication of a complete passenger elevator system The January and February 2017 issues of ELEVATOR WORLD included a two-part article titled “An Innovative Elevator System,” which addressed an early Otis elevator depicted in what is believed to be the first U.S. publication of a set of drawings illustrating a…
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Moscow event had strong international flavor, as 19 countries were represented in vendor lineup. Russian Elevator Week 2017, held on April 25-27 in Moscow, proved to be a big draw for the international building-transportation industry, as 179 companies put their equipment and services on display at the VDNH Exhibition Center Pavilion 75. More than 5,400…
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Children “look” with their hands, when doors may open suddenly. In recent years, Liftinstituut received accident reports of children getting trapped in glass lift doors as their little hands were dragged along by the slip-resistant glass. The number of accidents reported to Liftinstituut is not indicative of reality, in which the figure is much higher.…
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Annual consultants’ meeting offers education, booths and networking. This year’s International Association of Elevator Consultants’ (IAEC) Forum was held April 25-28 at the Doubletree Hotel in downtown New Orleans, a city guaranteed to provide good times, good food and, of course, good jazz. The 24th conference promised quality educational presentations and valuable connections among the…
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KPF looks at the bigger picture in its forward-thinking building designs. The Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates (KPF) design firm is more than 40 years old and based in New York City with offices in Hong Kong, Shanghai and London, and a site office in Abu Dhabi. Our Hong Kong office is young for us, opened…
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GAL and H-W host interactive activities in Quincy, Illinois. A meeting of 25 elevator consultants was held on May 8-10 in Quincy, Illinois. Many knowledgeable employees from GAL Manufacturing Corp. and Hollister-Whitney Elevator Corp. (H-W) presented exciting information about new products, followed by a factory tour. The festivities opened with a welcome on Monday, May…
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Company behind Motoman industrial robots expects new facility to supply 80% of European demand. Japanese technology group Yaskawa Electric Corp. is preparing to build a robot plant in Slovenia, the aim being to become the leading manufacturer of industrial robots in Europe and provide better service to customers. Yaskawa already has an important position in…
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Companies must embrace Industry 4.0 or risk falling behind the competition. Information technologies are transforming all aspects of our lives. For many people, this may be most noticeable socially, but technology is reshaping production concepts in industry, as well. Today, the world is talking about the Industry 4.0 revolution, which is bringing together information-technology and…
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EW gets an inside look at how KONE is designing an intuitive, smart system for landmark Helsinki development. Northwest of downtown Helsinki in former container-shipping area Kalasatama, an energy simmers. At the heart of it is the REDI Living Lab, located in a four-story former gas-treatment plant built in 1908, adjacent to a microbrewery and…
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