The importance of this industry standard in field-safety publications is discussed. Take a look at the elevator industry today, and you will see a changing industry. Highly technologically advanced and existing equipment present many new challenges. These changes have also changed the way we perform our daily tasks and put a heightened emphasis on safety.…
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Liberty Elevator Experts and Otis play key roles in revitalization of 1929 predecessor to the Empire State Building, the R.J. Reynolds Building in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Every Father’s Day, the story goes, the managers of the Empire State Building in New York City (NYC) send the managers of the R.J. Reynolds Building in Winston-Salem, North…
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Eurasia Lift and INELEX were recently held in Istanbul and Izmir. Eurasia Lift Eurasia Lift 2016 was held for the second time at the Istanbul CNR Expo Fair Center on April 20-23. The exhibition was organized by ITF-Istanbul Fuarcılık A.Ş., a subsidiary of CNR Holding in cooperation with ASFED (Elevator Industrialists’ Federation) incorporating 11 industry-related…
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Rope technology from WWII to the present is covered in this series-concluding article. The period following World War II (WWII) witnessed the development of modern glass-and-steel skyscrapers and improved traction elevators that carried building users to their destinations. The wire-rope industry echoed these changes in the language and illustrations they used to describe their products.…
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Maryland-based company and its sister entities use distinct strategy to thrive. When Delaware Elevator, Inc. was founded by Paul Meeks in Wilmington, Delaware, in the 1930s, one could not have imagined a manned mission to Mars. Now, such a mission is not only possible, but could happen within the coming decades.[1] Surprisingly, a company within…
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George W. Gibson receives a fitting tribute upon his retirement from the A17 Standards Committee. It is fitting that George W. Gibson shared his retirement from the ASME A17 Standards Committee with many longtime friends and colleagues at a dinner held in his honor at the Hilton Palm Springs in Palm Springs, California, on May…
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Furthering the limited-use/limited-application (LU/LA) elevator by increasing space savings LU/LA, that melodic-sounding descriptor of a certain kind of elevator, leaves people, even some industry professionals, scratching their heads as to its meaning and applications. The most common perception is that LU/LA cabs are used in commercial applications where hoistway space is confined, but, because of…
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Alimak Hek undertakes elevator refurbishment in the Alps. The Tauern Autobahn (A10) is an important north-south connection in the Alps region of Austria. Approximately 6,500 m long, the Tauern Tunnel is located on the A10 between 80.9 and 87.4 km. The tunnel tubes are equipped with full cross ventilation, and each tube is divided into…
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Handi-Lift, Inc., headquartered in Carlstadt, New Jersey, has received several ELEVATOR WORLD Project of the Year awards for its custom wheelchair lifts. Projects honored over the years include systems in the Hamilton Grange Memorial (Alexander Hamilton’s only known home) (EW, January 2012) and the Lincoln Center Theater’s Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater (EW, January 2016), both…
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This Product Spotlight details an inclusive system meant to save money while adding varied features. Inclinator Co. of America’s UC601 Universal Control System is intended to be an inexpensive product that is easy to install and troubleshoot. It utilizes a microprocessor-based design on all printed circuit boards and serial communication to link them together. The control…
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