Canada TELUS, one of Canada’s largest telecommunications companies, was set to begin construction on a 58-story tower in Calgary’s downtown core in August. The TELUS Sky tower, designed by Bjarke Ingels Group, will incorporate office, retail and 341 residential rental suites. The 750,000-sq. ft. building is expected to be completed by fall 2017 at an…
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Construction on a 21-story elevator to take passengers to the Walkway Over the Hudson from Hudson River’s Poughkeepsie, New York, side began in June. The project is to cost US$2.8 million, and, per ELEVATOR WORLD’s previous report, involves an 8- by 10-ft. elevator cab framed with glass and supported by a 220-ft.-tall steel tower (EW,…
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Although escalators represent only about 3% of the total equipment installed by our industry, they are the most prominent features in the buildings and facilities in which they are installed. And, in shopping centers, department stores, airports and public-transit systems, they are essential. From their crude beginnings as freight conveyors Otis called “inclined elevators” during…
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by Xueming Chen, Jianfeng Sun, Wei Hong and Yihui Ruan The stairs and handrails of escalators are designed to operate at the same speed and are driven by the same electric motor. The motor connects to a drive gear that moves the steps, and from there, a belt turns a wheel that drives the handrail.…
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by H.Y. Tian and Li Yuxiang Escalators are a common form of public transportation, and as time goes by, their aesthetic demands increase with their popularization. As the basic function of an escalator is to transport passengers between different space levels, an alternative is the design of a spiral escalator with less room required and…
Read More Millions of people use escalators every day. I wonder how many of them have questioned the type of material used to manufacture escalators and components. Looking at a car from the outside, one can see the body is made from metal(s). The tires are rubber, the windows are glass, etc. While riding them, one may…
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The History Less than 20 years ago, Europe was the continent with the most escalators produced and installed in the world. All major OEMs had at least one escalator assembly facility in Europe, and certainly, all expertise around escalators was based in Europe. This all seems long ago. Although today, most escalators in the world…
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ADRailUSA has licensed a product that creates revenue for escalator maintenance companies and their customers. That’s because the company frequently hires escalator maintenance agencies to adjust the escalators, and often hires them to install ADRail film on escalator handrails at venues such as O’Hare International Airport in Chicago and Boston Logan International Airport. ADRailUSA contends…
Read More Members of the general public take it for granted that all escalators are safe, and that there is little chance of an accident occurring. However, injuries occur more frequently on escalators than on elevators, even though there are far more elevators operating today. And, they are serious injuries. So, annual inspections do more than just…
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Like so many startup companies, Cambridge Elevating Inc. of Cambridge, Canada, took root from a need, a passion and a lot of hard work. Twenty-five years ago, a local entrepreneur had a wife suffering from multiple sclerosis; he couldn’t find anything in the market to help her enjoy life in the home they loved. With…
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