Examining how an elevator service company can comply with OSHA’s requirement to “assess the workplace to determine if hazards are present” OSHA has long had a regulation that requires employers to “assess the workplace to determine if hazards are present, or are likely to be present, which necessitate the use of personal protective equipment” (29…
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Indian Railways is modernizing rail stations with vertical-transportation equipment, and manufacturers are reaping the rewards. As India strives to serve its growing population with safe, reliable, efficient infrastructure, government-owned Indian Railways (IR) has embarked on an effort to equip as many of its stations as possible with vertical-transportation equipment. IR demands elevators and escalators that…
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Niagara Belco provides specialized industry equipment to places across North America. Hamilton, Canada-based Niagara Belco Ltd. is a supplier of swing-door assemblies to elevator contractors and manufacturers of commercial and residential accessibility lifts for North America. Founded by the late David Balmer as BELCO (standing for “Balmer Elevator Lift Co.”) in 1983, the company has…
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In this Readers Platform, your authors provide a list of questions to ask yourself when handling projects that call for high-performance doors. by Carlo Ferrari and Tommaso Sala In projects with high-performance doors, either high-speed, high-rise systems or highly refined round or underdriven panoramic systems, it is essential to choose components that are up to…
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The science behind a product touting full door-area protection for passengers, freight and the door itself 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…
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In this Readers Platform, your author recounts the evolution of a popular door operator and the company that supplies and supports it. Many of you are familiar with MAC door equipment, especially the MAC Closed Loop and MAC PM/SSC door operators. After all, they’ve been around for approximately 20 years. But, did you know the…
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The 75-year-long evolution of the elevator door featured various designs often driven by the need for greater safety.
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Creating more rentable space for property owners In today’s new-construction and modernization environment, it’s all about compressing time to save money and idealizing space to achieve maximized rental revenues. “To look at this in ‘elevator’ terms,” says Louis “L.J.” Blaiotta, Jr., CEO of Columbia Elevator Products Co., Inc. “The less space our elevators occupy, the…
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In this Readers Platform, your author explores the lush designs of elevator doors that reflect the iconic NYC buildings in which they reside. As a style, Art Deco is recognizable by its lavish ornamentation, use of precious materials, and the flora of various Edens painted, carved, molded or stamped alongside the bold lines and angles…
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Popular U.K. gathering continues to top itself. It is difficult to believe the most recent Symposium on Lift & Escalator Technologies was the sixth year for the highly successful event and the fourth at its current home at The Highgate Hotel in Northamptonshire, U.K. There is still no doubt in my mind that the symposium…
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