ThyssenKrupp installs the first iwalks in the U.K. Since 1955, Heathrow Airport has been connecting people from around the globe, making it one of the world’s busiest international airports. Situated west of London, it is the U.K.’s largest airport with 245,000 passengers arriving and departing on more than 1,200 flights every day. The airport, with…
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Technology and style come together in one of the world’s most sophisticated vertical-transportation markets. In tennis, there is a theory that rallying with a player far better than oneself will improve one’s game. Sometimes, this is true, as it drives the less skilled player to achieve feats he or she never thought possible. The tennis…
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Yacht elevator specialist Lift Emotion has produced lifts for some of the world’s most luxurious pleasure vessels. Cakewalk, at 85.6 m the largest yacht built in the U.S. since the 1930s, launched on August 8, 2010, from Derecktor Shipyards in Bridgeport, Connecticut. When it did, it was outfitted with an elevator and dumbwaiter custom built…
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Bostonians are welcoming continued revitalization of the downtown area with the construction of the Millennium Tower on the site where Filene’s flagship department store used to stand. At 685 ft., this mixed-use skyscraper will be very tall—for Boston, anyway. The building’s 442 residences will offer views of the city that have never been seen before…
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Motors, drives among new/enhanced products Compact Gearless MRL Lift/Hoist Motor Lafert’s new machine-room-less (MRL) lift/hoist motor range is designed to provide 45-70% energy savings. The range includes motors for commercial lifts and hoists, and home lifts. The high-efficiency motor with a small-diameter sheave is one of the most compact on the market. Its size and…
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U.K. Firm Reflects on European Industry Lift and Escalator Jobs (LEJ) of the U.K. reported in August that the vertical-transportation industry is “thriving,” pointing to the fact that this year’s Interlift exhibition is set to be the biggest yet. (2013 saw 18,900 visitors at the Augsburg Trade Fair Centre in Germany, with that number due…
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Lerch Bates, Otis move forward on projects. DIA’s Elevators and Escalators Near Completion Lerch Bates Inc., designer of the elevator, escalator and façade-access systems of the US$544-million Denver International Airport (DIA) expansion (EW, May 2013), reported on the project in July. Installation of the 16 elevators and 11 escalators for the DIA Hotel and Transit…
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It seems that everywhere in the world, there is turmoil, and people are on the move, seeking asylum from the dangers of war or trying to improve their station in life through immigration. (This is the very difference between a refugee and an immigrant.) The U.S. and Canada rank as countries with the least population…
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Otis’ turn-of-the-20th-century designs for a unique elevator drive shaped the modern traction elevator. The invention of new elevator systems has often followed a distinct developmental trajectory: inventors pursue a main or primary path that encompasses what eventually becomes the standard system, while simultaneously pursuing one or more secondary parallel paths. These secondary paths, which may…
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A Company Spotlight on British AC VFD manufacturer and two of its most important recent projects U.K.-based Invertek Drives Ltd. designs, manufactures and markets electronic variable-frequency drives (VFDs) for controlling electric motors. It was established in Welshpool, U.K., in 1998 when its board of directors identified a niche in the market for a range of…
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