Metropolitan transit authority’s needs illustrate what PTL does for its clients. Among products offered by PTL Equipment are customized escalator safety fixtures. In 2015, a metropolitan transit authority contacted PTL in search of a customized version of its ES1 Emergency Stop Station for escalators. A number of the client’s escalators are located outdoors and operate…
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Having recently performed a survey of escalators exposed to the weather, a continually discussed question was on the functionality of weatherproofing provisions. The shopping center where the survey was performed had escalators installed during the 1980s without weather provisions and escalators installed or modernized from 2006-2013 with weatherproofing provisions. Code requirements for covers and safety…
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Strategic planning was key to meeting unique challenges posed by project. Washington, D.C.’s public transit organization, Washington Metro Area Transit Authority (WMATA), recently began making sweeping investments in its stations, including upgrading its vertical-transportation system with new escalators from KONE. WMATA’s station in Bethesda, Maryland, posed a particular challenge. The station’s escalators are the second…
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How a little increase in step depth has a significant impact on increasing transportation capacity.
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French engineer Jacques Hallé and his invention that established him as a father of the modern escalator The origins of the modern escalator are often discussed solely in terms of the contributions of three American inventors: Jesse Wilford Reno (ELEVATOR WORLD, December 2003), George A. Wheeler (EW, July 2008) and Charles D. Seeberger (EW, April…
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Program builds on existing elevator-traffic configuration studies to achieve optimal results. by Shi Xiaoliang, Si Liangqun and Wan Jianru The elevator is the indispensable means of vertical transportation in the modern city, and configuration of its traffic is increasingly important. According to the characteristics of apartment traffic flow combined with elevator service quality and resource…
Read More At its fall 2014 meeting, The National Elevator Industry, Inc. (NEII®) Field Safety Committee reviewed the 2010 Elevator Industry Field Employees’ Safety Handbook. A number of important changes were made at that meeting, in a February 2015 teleconference and at a June 16 meeting. The old green-colored handbooks are now phased out with new blue-colored…
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Shenyang Brilliant elevator system serves energy-efficient building with style. Ascensores Telesí SRL supplied and installed 10 Shenyang Brilliant Elevator Co. Ltd. elevators in the new building for Buenos Aires’ city government. Initially built as headquarters for Banco Ciudad, the building achieved Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED®) Silver Certification. In February, Head of City…
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SJEC opens new research facilities. Every five years since its founding in 1992, SJEC Corp., a prominent Suzhou-based national brand in China, has planned steps forward for its steady development. The 2011-2015 period saw the planning, building and opening of SJEC Institute Co., Ltd. and Jieco Drive Equipment Co., Ltd., both located roughly 800 m…
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Given the chance, industry veteran John Antona “would do it the same way all over again.” Giancarlo “John” Antona is president of IGV Elevator US, Inc. (ELEVATOR WORLD, April 2015) and president of Vertical Transport Technology Corp. (VTT). He is Italian in origin, born in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. He currently resides in Plantation, Florida, where…
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